This Greco-Roman 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, as adjusted at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Each bout awarded 4 points. If the victory was by fall, the winner received 0 and the loser 4. If the victory was by decision, the winner received 1 and the loser 3. If the bout was tied, each wrestler received 2 points. A wrestler who accumulated 6 or more points was eliminated. Rounds continued until there were 3 or fewer uneliminated wrestlers. If only 1 wrestler remained, he received the gold medal. If 2 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and they faced each other for gold and silver. If 3 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and a round-robin was held among those 3 to determine medals.
Six wrestlers were eliminated with their second loss each. Wilson had a bye to stay at 0 points, the only competitor to do so as Hanahara won by decision and received 1 point. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Maurice Mewis
Decision
Sin Sang-sik
Burhan Bozkurt
Decision
Ahmad Khoshoi
Vasilios Ganotis
Default
Imre Alker
Tsutomu Hanahara
Decision
Armais Sayadov
Rolf Lacour
Decision
Risto Björlin
Ignazio Fabra
Decision
Fouad Ali
Angel Kerezov
Decision
Jørgen Jensen
Dumitru Pîrvulescu
Fall
César del Rio
Dick Wilson
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
Total
1
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
4
1
1
2
4
1
1
2
4
1
1
2
7
2
1
3
7
3
0
3
7
2
1
3
10
1
3
4
11
Sin Sang-sik
2
3
5
12
3
3
6
12
3
3
6
12
3
3
6
12
3
3
6
16
4
4
8
16
4
4
8
Round 3
Ganotis and Sayadov each had their second loss and were eliminated. Bozkurt had his first loss, but with a tie and win by decision earlier, had enough points to eliminate him as well. Sin won in round 3, but the point from the win by decision was enough to eliminate him. Hanahara and Pîrvulescu took the lead with 2 points after Wilson's loss put him at 3. Lacour also survived a loss, at 5 points. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Maurice Mewis
Decision
Burhan Bozkurt
Tsutomu Hanahara
Decision
Vasilios Ganotis
Ignazio Fabra
Decision
Armais Sayadov
Dumitru Pîrvulescu
Decision
Rolf Lacour
Sin Sang-sik
Decision
Dick Wilson
Angel Kerezov
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
Total
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
3
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
0
3
3
1
1
1
3
3
0
0
3
3
7
1
1
3
5
8
2
1
3
6
8
3
0
3
6
8
Sin Sang-sik
2
3
1
6
11
1
3
3
7
Round 4
Four of the seven wrestlers were eliminated in this round, with the three remaining advancing to the final round. Wilson, after a first round win and second round bye, had his second loss in a row. Fabra, Mewis, and Lacour all finished with 3–1 records, but 6 points because their wins had all been by decision. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Angel Kerezov
Decision
Dick Wilson
Tsutomu Hanahara
Decision
Maurice Mewis
Rolf Lacour
Decision
Ignazio Fabra
Dumitru Pîrvulescu
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1
1
0
1
0
2
2
0
1
1
1
3
3
2
1
0
1
4
4
1
1
1
3
6
4
1
1
1
3
6
4
0
0
3
3
6
4
1
1
3
1
6
Final round
None of the medalists had faced each other yet, so the final round was a full round-robin. Kerezov defeated Pîrvulescu, as did Hanahara. This gave Pîrvulescu the bronze medal and set up a de facto gold medal match between Kerezov and Hanahara. The latter wrestler prevailed by decision. ; Bouts
