Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight


The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 1 to 6 September at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.

Competition format

This freestyle wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, though adjusted the point values slightly. Wins by fall continued to be worth 0 points and wins by decision continued to be worth 1 point. Losses by fall, however, were now worth 4 points. Losses by decision were worth 3 points. Ties were now allowed, worth 2 points for each wrestler. The elimination threshold was also increased from 5 points to 6 points. The medal round concept, used in 1952 and 1956 requiring a round-robin amongst the medalists even if one or more finished a round with enough points for elimination, was used only if exactly three wrestlers remained after a round—if two competitors remained, they faced off head-to-head; if only one, he was the gold medalist.

Results

Round 1

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Din NawabFallSeán O'Connor
Ahmet BilekDecisionMasayuki Matsubara
Gray SimonsFallBengt Frännfors
Ali AliyevFallFaiz Mohammad Khakshar
Lesław KroppFallJorge Rosado
André ZoeteFallVäinö Rantala
Ebrahim SeifpourFallDieter Gröning
Paul NeffDecisionCarlo Vitrano
Nikola Vasilev DimitrovByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
8011
8011
10033
10033
12044
12044
12044
12044
12044
12044

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Din NawabDecisionNikola Vasilev Dimitrov
Masayuki MatsubaraFallSeán O'Connor
Ahmet BilekFallGray Simons
Ali AliyevFallBengt Frännfors
Jorge RosadoFallFaiz Mohammad Khakshar
André ZoeteFallLesław Kropp
Ebrahim SeifpourFallVäinö Rantala
Paul NeffFallDieter Gröning
Carlo VitranoByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
4101
4011
4101
7033
7303
7303
10044
10404
10044
13448
13448
13448
13448
13448

Round 3

Kropp's head-to-head victory over Rosado in round 1 was the tie-breaker for 11th place.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Nikola Vasilev DimitrovFallCarlo Vitrano
Masayuki MatsubaraFallDin Nawab
Ali AliyevDecisionAhmet Bilek
Gray SimonsFallJorge Rosado
Ebrahim SeifpourFallLesław Kropp
Paul NeffFallAndré Zoete

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2011
2101
4303
4303
6404
6044
8145
8145
10347
11448
12448

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Masayuki MatsubaraFallNikola Vasilev Dimitrov
Ahmet BilekFallDin Nawab
Gray SimonsDecisionAli Aliyev
Ebrahim SeifpourFallAndré Zoete
Paul NeffByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2101
3303
4134
5505
5415
7347
8448
9549

Round 5

Simons's victory over Aliyev in round 4 was the tie-breaker for 5th place.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ahmet BilekFallPaul Neff
Masayuki MatsubaraDecisionGray Simons
Ebrahim SeifpourFallAli Aliyev

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2314
3505
3145
5538
6448

Round 6

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Masayuki MatsubaraFallPaul Neff
Ahmet BilekDecisionEbrahim Seifpour

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1033
2404
516
4549

Round 7

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Masayuki MatsubaraDecisionEbrahim Seifpour

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
415
336