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.[1] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).[2]
Men's freestyle flyweight at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Basilica of Maxentius | ||||||||||||
Dates | 1–6 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 17 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Competition format
editThis 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
editRound 1
edit- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Din Nawab | Pakistan | Fall | Seán O'Connor | Ireland |
Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | Decision | Masayuki Matsubara | Japan |
Gray Simons | United States | Fall | Bengt Frännfors | Sweden |
Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union | Fall | Faiz Mohammad Khakshar | Afghanistan |
Lesław Kropp | Poland | Fall | Jorge Rosado | Mexico |
André Zoete | France | Fall | Väinö Rantala | Finland |
Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | Fall | Dieter Gröning | Australia |
Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | Decision | Carlo Vitrano | Italy |
Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov | Bulgaria | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Lesław Kropp | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Din Nawab | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Gray Simons | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | André Zoete | France | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
8 | Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 |
10 | Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | Carlo Vitrano | Italy | 0 | 3 | 3 |
12 | Bengt Frännfors | Sweden | 0 | 4 | 4 |
12 | Dieter Gröning | Australia | 0 | 4 | 4 |
12 | Faiz Mohammad Khakshar | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 4 |
12 | Seán O'Connor | Ireland | 0 | 4 | 4 |
12 | Väinö Rantala | Finland | 0 | 4 | 4 |
12 | Jorge Rosado | Mexico | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Round 2
edit- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Din Nawab | Pakistan | Decision | Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov | Bulgaria |
Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | Fall | Seán O'Connor | Ireland |
Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | Fall | Gray Simons | United States |
Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union | Fall | Bengt Frännfors | Sweden |
Jorge Rosado | Mexico | Fall | Faiz Mohammad Khakshar | Afghanistan |
André Zoete | France | Fall | Lesław Kropp | Poland |
Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | Fall | Väinö Rantala | Finland |
Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | Fall | Dieter Gröning | Australia |
Carlo Vitrano | Italy | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | André Zoete | France | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Din Nawab | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Carlo Vitrano | Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Lesław Kropp | Poland | 0 | 4 | 4 |
10 | Jorge Rosado | Mexico | 4 | 0 | 4 |
10 | Gray Simons | United States | 0 | 4 | 4 |
13 | Bengt Frännfors | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 8 |
13 | Dieter Gröning | Australia | 4 | 4 | 8 |
13 | Faiz Mohammad Khakshar | Afghanistan | 4 | 4 | 8 |
13 | Seán O'Connor | Ireland | 4 | 4 | 8 |
13 | Väinö Rantala | Finland | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Round 3
editKropp's head-to-head victory over Rosado in round 1 was the tie-breaker for 11th place.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov | Bulgaria | Fall | Carlo Vitrano | Italy |
Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | Fall | Din Nawab | Pakistan |
Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union | Decision | Ahmet Bilek | Turkey |
Gray Simons | United States | Fall | Jorge Rosado | Mexico |
Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | Fall | Lesław Kropp | Poland |
Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | Fall | André Zoete | France |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6 | Gray Simons | United States | 4 | 0 | 4 |
6 | André Zoete | France | 0 | 4 | 4 |
9 | Din Nawab | Pakistan | 1 | 4 | 5 |
10 | Carlo Vitrano | Italy | 3 | 4 | 7 |
11 | Lesław Kropp | Poland | 4 | 4 | 8 |
12 | Jorge Rosado | Mexico | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Round 4
edit- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | Fall | Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov | Bulgaria |
Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | Fall | Din Nawab | Pakistan |
Gray Simons | United States | Decision | Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union |
Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | Fall | André Zoete | France |
Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
6 | Gray Simons | United States | 4 | 1 | 5 |
7 | Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 3 | 4 | 7 |
8 | André Zoete | France | 4 | 4 | 8 |
9 | Din Nawab | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Round 5
editSimons's victory over Aliyev in round 4 was the tie-breaker for 5th place.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | Fall | Paul Neff | United Team of Germany |
Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | Decision | Gray Simons | United States |
Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | Fall | Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | 3 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | 1 | 4 | 5 |
5 | Gray Simons | United States | 5 | 3 | 8 |
6 | Ali Aliyev | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Round 6
edit- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | Fall | Paul Neff | United Team of Germany |
Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | Decision | Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2 | Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | 4 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Paul Neff | United Team of Germany | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Round 7
editSeifpour was eliminated at 6 points, earning bronze. Bilek and Matsubara were the only remaining wrestlers, each at 5 points; they had wrestled in the first round, with Bilek winning, so Bilek took gold on the head-to-head tie-breaker.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | Decision | Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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Ahmet Bilek | Turkey | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Masayuki Matsubara | Japan | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Ebrahim Seifpour | Iran | 3 | 3 | 6 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ a b Official Report 1960, p. 502.
General
- The Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome 1960: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee. Vol. 2. 1960. Retrieved 21 August 2024.