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Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

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]

Men's freestyle light heavyweight
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueBasilica of Maxentius
Dates1–6 September
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) İsmet Atlı  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anatoly Albul  Soviet Union
← 1956
1964 →

Competition format

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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

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Round 1

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Martina withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union Decision Eugen Holzherr   Switzerland
İsmet Atlı   Turkey Decision Valcho Kostov   Bulgaria
György Gurics   Hungary Decision Bob Steckle   Canada
Viking Palm   Sweden Decision Dieter Rauchbach   United Team of Germany
Sajan Singh   India Decision Antonio Marcucci   Italy
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga   Afghanistan
Shunichi Kawano   Japan Decision Patrick Parsons   Australia
Manie van Zyl   South Africa Fall Gerry Martina   Ireland
Dan Brand   United States Fall Maurice Jacquel   France
César Ferreras   Venezuela Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Dan Brand   United States 0 0 0
1 César Ferreras   Venezuela 0 0 0
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
1 Manie van Zyl   South Africa 0 0 0
5 Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union 0 1 1
5 İsmet Atlı   Turkey 0 1 1
5 György Gurics   Hungary 0 1 1
5 Shunichi Kawano   Japan 0 1 1
5 Viking Palm   Sweden 0 1 1
5 Sajan Singh   India 0 1 1
11 Eugen Holzherr   Switzerland 0 3 3
11 Valcho Kostov   Bulgaria 0 3 3
11 Antonio Marcucci   Italy 0 3 3
11 Patrick Parsons   Australia 0 3 3
11 Dieter Rauchbach   United Team of Germany 0 3 3
11 Bob Steckle   Canada 0 3 3
17 Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga   Afghanistan 0 4 4
17 Maurice Jacquel   France 0 4 4
19 Gerry Martina   Ireland 0 4 4*

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
César Ferreras   Venezuela Tie Eugen Holzherr   Switzerland
Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union Decision Valcho Kostov   Bulgaria
İsmet Atlı   Turkey Decision Bob Steckle   Canada
Viking Palm   Sweden Fall György Gurics   Hungary
Sajan Singh   India Fall Dieter Rauchbach   United Team of Germany
Antonio Marcucci   Italy Fall Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga   Afghanistan
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Patrick Parsons   Australia
Shunichi Kawano   Japan Fall Dan Brand   United States
Manie van Zyl   South Africa Decision Maurice Jacquel   France
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
2 Shunichi Kawano   Japan 1 0 1
2 Viking Palm   Sweden 1 0 1
2 Sajan Singh   India 1 0 1
2 Manie van Zyl   South Africa 0 1 1
6 Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union 1 1 2
6 İsmet Atlı   Turkey 1 1 2
6 César Ferreras   Venezuela 0 2 2
9 Antonio Marcucci   Italy 3 0 3
10 Dan Brand   United States 0 4 4
11 György Gurics   Hungary 1 4 5
11 Eugen Holzherr   Switzerland 3 2 5
13 Valcho Kostov   Bulgaria 3 3 6
13 Bob Steckle   Canada 3 3 6
15 Maurice Jacquel   France 4 3 7
15 Patrick Parsons   Australia 3 4 7
15 Dieter Rauchbach   United Team of Germany 3 4 7
18 Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga   Afghanistan 4 4 8

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union Fall César Ferreras   Venezuela
İsmet Atlı   Turkey Decision Eugen Holzherr   Switzerland
György Gurics   Hungary Fall Sajan Singh   India
Viking Palm   Sweden Decision Antonio Marcucci   Italy
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Shunichi Kawano   Japan
Dan Brand   United States Fall Manie van Zyl   South Africa
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
2 Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union 2 0 2
2 Viking Palm   Sweden 1 1 2
4 İsmet Atlı   Turkey 2 1 3
5 Dan Brand   United States 4 0 4
6 György Gurics   Hungary 5 0 5
6 Shunichi Kawano   Japan 1 4 5
6 Sajan Singh   India 1 4 5
6 Manie van Zyl   South Africa 1 4 5
10 César Ferreras   Venezuela 2 4 6
10 Antonio Marcucci   Italy 3 3 6
12 Eugen Holzherr   Switzerland 5 3 8

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
İsmet Atlı   Turkey Decision Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall György Gurics   Hungary
Viking Palm   Sweden Decision Sajan Singh   India
Manie van Zyl   South Africa Fall Shunichi Kawano   Japan
Dan Brand   United States Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
2 Viking Palm   Sweden 2 1 3
3 İsmet Atlı   Turkey 3 1 4
3 Dan Brand   United States 4 0 4
5 Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union 2 3 5
5 Manie van Zyl   South Africa 5 0 5
7 Sajan Singh   India 5 3 8
8 György Gurics   Hungary 5 4 9
8 Shunichi Kawano   Japan 5 4 9

Round 5

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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
Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union Decision Dan Brand   United States
İsmet Atlı   Turkey Decision Viking Palm   Sweden
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Manie van Zyl   South Africa
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
2 İsmet Atlı   Turkey 4 1 5
3 Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union 5 1 6
3 Viking Palm   Sweden 3 3 6
5 Dan Brand   United States 4 3 7
6 Manie van Zyl   South Africa 5 4 9

Round 6

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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
Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union Tie Viking Palm   Sweden
Final
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
İsmet Atlı   Turkey Decision Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
  İsmet Atlı   Turkey 5 1 6
  Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 3 3
  Anatoly Albul   Soviet Union 6 2 8
4 Viking Palm   Sweden 6 2 8

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1960, p. 529.

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