Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight
Men's freestyle middleweight 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 middleweight 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] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 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
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Takashi Nagai | ![]() | Fall | Ronald Hunt | ![]() |
Géza Hollósi | ![]() | Tie | Prodan Gardzhev | ![]() |
Hasan Güngör | ![]() | Fall | Julio Graffigna | ![]() |
Fred Thomas | ![]() | Fall | Mansour Mahdizadeh | ![]() |
Hans Antonsson | ![]() | Fall | Viljo Punkari | ![]() |
Madho Singh | ![]() | Fall | Alan Butts | ![]() |
Ed DeWitt | ![]() | Decision | Germano Caraffini | ![]() |
Georg Utz | ![]() | Fall | Henri Mottier | ![]() |
Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() | Fall | Mohammad Asif Khokan | ![]() |
Muhammad Faiz | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Hans Antonsson | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Muhammad Faiz | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Hasan Güngör | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Takashi Nagai | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Madho Singh | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Fred Thomas | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Georg Utz | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Ed DeWitt | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
10 | Prodan Gardzhev | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Géza Hollósi | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Germano Caraffini | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
13 | Alan Butts | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
13 | Julio Graffigna | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
13 | Ronald Hunt | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
13 | Mohammad Asif Khokan | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
13 | Mansour Mahdizadeh | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
13 | Viljo Punkari | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
13 | Henri Mottier | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Takashi Nagai | ![]() | Decision | Muhammad Faiz | ![]() |
Géza Hollósi | ![]() | Fall | Ronald Hunt | ![]() |
Hasan Güngör | ![]() | Decision | Prodan Gardzhev | ![]() |
Fred Thomas | ![]() | Decision | Julio Graffigna | ![]() |
Mansour Mahdizadeh | ![]() | Decision | Hans Antonsson | ![]() |
Viljo Punkari | ![]() | Fall | Alan Butts | ![]() |
Madho Singh | ![]() | Fall | Germano Caraffini | ![]() |
Ed DeWitt | ![]() | Fall | Henri Mottier | ![]() |
Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() | Fall | Georg Utz | ![]() |
Mohammad Asif Khokan | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Madho Singh | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Ed DeWitt | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Hasan Güngör | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Takashi Nagai | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Fred Thomas | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Géza Hollósi | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Hans Antonsson | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Muhammad Faiz | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | Mohammad Asif Khokan | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
10 | Viljo Punkari | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
10 | Georg Utz | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
13 | Prodan Gardzhev | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
13 | Mansour Mahdizadeh | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
15 | Germano Caraffini | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 |
15 | Julio Graffigna | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
17 | Alan Butts | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
17 | Ronald Hunt | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
17 | Henri Mottier | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Round 3
Faiz withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Muhammad Faiz | ![]() | Decision | Mohammad Asif Khokan | ![]() |
Géza Hollósi | ![]() | Decision | Takashi Nagai | ![]() |
Prodan Gardzhev | ![]() | Fall | Fred Thomas | ![]() |
Hasan Güngör | ![]() | Tie | Mansour Mahdizadeh | ![]() |
Hans Antonsson | ![]() | Decision | Madho Singh | ![]() |
Georg Utz | ![]() | Decision | Viljo Punkari | ![]() |
Ed DeWitt | ![]() | Decision | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Ed DeWitt | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Hasan Güngör | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2 | Géza Hollósi | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Madho Singh | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2 | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Hans Antonsson | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Takashi Nagai | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Prodan Gardzhev | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 |
8 | Fred Thomas | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 |
8 | Georg Utz | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
11 | Muhammad Faiz | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4* |
12 | Mohammad Asif Khokan | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
12 | Mansour Mahdizadeh | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 7 |
12 | Viljo Punkari | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Prodan Gardzhev | ![]() | Decision | Takashi Nagai | ![]() |
Hasan Güngör | ![]() | Decision | Géza Hollósi | ![]() |
Hans Antonsson | ![]() | Fall | Fred Thomas | ![]() |
Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() | Decision | Madho Singh | ![]() |
Ed DeWitt | ![]() | Decision | Georg Utz | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Ed DeWitt | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Hans Antonsson | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Hasan Güngör | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Prodan Gardzhev | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 6 |
5 | Géza Hollósi | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Madho Singh | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Takashi Nagai | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
9 | Georg Utz | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 8 |
10 | Fred Thomas | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Round 5
The draw between Antonsson and Skhirt'ladze eliminated them both and left them tied in the standings for second place at 6 points (if either had won, the winner would have faced Güngör for the gold medal). Because head-to-head results could not break that tie, lighter body weight was used and Skhirt'ladze took the silver medal.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Hasan Güngör | ![]() | Fall | Ed DeWitt | ![]() |
Hans Antonsson | ![]() | Tie | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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![]() | Hasan Güngör | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 6 |
![]() | Hans Antonsson | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Ed DeWitt | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 |
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ a b Official Report 1960, p. 525.
General
- The Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome 1960: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee. Vol. 2. 1960. Retrieved 21 August 2024.