Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight
Men's freestyle light heavyweight at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Basilica of Maxentius | ||||||||||||
Dates | 1–6 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's freestyle light heavyweight 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.[1] Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 79 to 87 kilograms (174.2 to 191.8 lb).[2]
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 (up from 3). Losses by decision were worth 3 points (consistent with most prior years, though in some losses by split decision had been worth only 2 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.[2][1]
Results
Round 1
Martina withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Anatoly Albul | ![]() | Decision | Eugen Holzherr | ![]() |
İsmet Atlı | ![]() | Decision | Valcho Kostov | ![]() |
György Gurics | ![]() | Decision | Bob Steckle | ![]() |
Viking Palm | ![]() | Decision | Dieter Rauchbach | ![]() |
Sajan Singh | ![]() | Decision | Antonio Marcucci | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga | ![]() |
Shunichi Kawano | ![]() | Decision | Patrick Parsons | ![]() |
Manie van Zyl | ![]() | Fall | Gerry Martina | ![]() |
Dan Brand | ![]() | Fall | Maurice Jacquel | ![]() |
César Ferreras | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dan Brand | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | César Ferreras | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Manie van Zyl | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Anatoly Albul | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | İsmet Atlı | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | György Gurics | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Shunichi Kawano | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Sajan Singh | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
11 | Eugen Holzherr | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Valcho Kostov | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Antonio Marcucci | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Patrick Parsons | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Dieter Rauchbach | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
17 | Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
17 | Maurice Jacquel | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
19 | Gerry Martina | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4* |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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César Ferreras | ![]() | Tie | Eugen Holzherr | ![]() |
Anatoly Albul | ![]() | Decision | Valcho Kostov | ![]() |
İsmet Atlı | ![]() | Decision | Bob Steckle | ![]() |
Viking Palm | ![]() | Fall | György Gurics | ![]() |
Sajan Singh | ![]() | Fall | Dieter Rauchbach | ![]() |
Antonio Marcucci | ![]() | Fall | Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Patrick Parsons | ![]() |
Shunichi Kawano | ![]() | Fall | Dan Brand | ![]() |
Manie van Zyl | ![]() | Decision | Maurice Jacquel | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Shunichi Kawano | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Sajan Singh | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Manie van Zyl | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Anatoly Albul | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | İsmet Atlı | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | César Ferreras | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | Antonio Marcucci | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Dan Brand | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
11 | György Gurics | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 |
11 | Eugen Holzherr | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 5 |
13 | Valcho Kostov | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
13 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
15 | Maurice Jacquel | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
15 | Patrick Parsons | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 |
15 | Dieter Rauchbach | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 |
18 | Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Anatoly Albul | ![]() | Fall | César Ferreras | ![]() |
İsmet Atlı | ![]() | Decision | Eugen Holzherr | ![]() |
György Gurics | ![]() | Fall | Sajan Singh | ![]() |
Viking Palm | ![]() | Decision | Antonio Marcucci | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Shunichi Kawano | ![]() |
Dan Brand | ![]() | Fall | Manie van Zyl | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Anatoly Albul | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | İsmet Atlı | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Dan Brand | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
6 | György Gurics | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 |
6 | Shunichi Kawano | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 |
6 | Sajan Singh | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 |
6 | Manie van Zyl | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 |
10 | César Ferreras | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 6 |
10 | Antonio Marcucci | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
12 | Eugen Holzherr | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İsmet Atlı | ![]() | Decision | Anatoly Albul | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | György Gurics | ![]() |
Viking Palm | ![]() | Decision | Sajan Singh | ![]() |
Manie van Zyl | ![]() | Fall | Shunichi Kawano | ![]() |
Dan Brand | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | İsmet Atlı | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Dan Brand | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Anatoly Albul | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
5 | Manie van Zyl | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 |
7 | Sajan Singh | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 8 |
8 | György Gurics | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 |
8 | Shunichi Kawano | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Round 5
This round left two wrestlers uneliminated; they advanced to face each other in the final (even though Atlı could not possibly catch Takhti on points—the winner of the final would take the gold medal). Two wrestlers were eliminated tied for third at 6 points; they would compete in a bronze medal bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Anatoly Albul | ![]() | Decision | Dan Brand | ![]() |
İsmet Atlı | ![]() | Decision | Viking Palm | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Manie van Zyl | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | İsmet Atlı | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Anatoly Albul | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Dan Brand | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
6 | Manie van Zyl | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Round 6
The bronze medal bout ended in a tie, so body weight was used to determine the winner. Albul was lighter and therefore took the bronze medal.
Atlı defeated Takhti in the final, giving the Turkish wrestler the gold medal regardless of points.
- Bronze medal bout
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Anatoly Albul | ![]() | Tie | Viking Palm | ![]() |
- Final
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İsmet Atlı | ![]() | Decision | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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![]() | İsmet Atlı | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 6 |
![]() | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
![]() | Anatoly Albul | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 8 |
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ a b Official Report 1960, p. 529.
General
- The Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome 1960: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee. Vol. 2. 1960. Retrieved 21 August 2024.