Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight
Men's freestyle welterweight at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Basilica of Maxentius | ||||||||||||
Dates | 1–6 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
The men's freestyle welterweight 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]
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
Rantanen withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İsmail Ogan | ![]() | Decision | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() |
Udey Chand | ![]() | Decision | Joe Feeney | ![]() |
Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() | Fall | Musa Kazanov | ![]() |
Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | Decision | Franz Berger | ![]() |
Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() | Decision | Juan Flores | ![]() |
Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() | Fall | Choi Myeong-jong | ![]() |
Åke Carlsson | ![]() | Decision | Veikko Rantanen | ![]() |
Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | Fall | Peter Amey | ![]() |
Juan Rolón | ![]() | Decision | Sultan Mohammad Dost | ![]() |
Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | Fall | Kurt Boese | ![]() |
Karl Bruggmann | ![]() | Fall | Robert Clark | ![]() |
Martin Heinze | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Karl Bruggmann | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Martin Heinze | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Åke Carlsson | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Udey Chand | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | İsmail Ogan | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Juan Rolón | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
13 | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
13 | Joe Feeney | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
13 | Franz Berger | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
13 | Juan Flores | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
13 | Sultan Mohammad Dost | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
18 | Peter Amey | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
18 | Kurt Boese | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
18 | Choi Myeong-jong | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
18 | Robert Clark | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
18 | Musa Kazanov | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
23 | Veikko Rantanen | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İsmail Ogan | ![]() | Decision | Martin Heinze | ![]() |
Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | Decision | Udey Chand | ![]() |
Musa Kazanov | ![]() | Decision | Joe Feeney | ![]() |
Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() | Fall | Franz Berger | ![]() |
Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | Fall | Juan Flores | ![]() |
Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() | Decision | Åke Carlsson | ![]() |
Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() | Fall | Choi Myeong-jong | ![]() |
Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | Decision | Juan Rolón | ![]() |
Peter Amey | ![]() | Decision | Sultan Mohammad Dost | ![]() |
Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | Fall | Karl Bruggmann | ![]() |
Kurt Boese | ![]() | Fall | Robert Clark | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | İsmail Ogan | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Martin Heinze | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Kurt Boese | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
9 | Karl Bruggmann | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
9 | Åke Carlsson | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Udey Chand | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Juan Rolón | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
15 | Peter Amey | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
15 | Musa Kazanov | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
17 | Sultan Mohammad Dost | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
17 | Joe Feeney | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
19 | Franz Berger | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 |
19 | Juan Flores | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 |
21 | Choi Myeong-jong | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
21 | Robert Clark | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Martin Heinze | ![]() | Tie | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() |
İsmail Ogan | ![]() | Fall | Udey Chand | ![]() |
Musa Kazanov | ![]() | Decision | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() |
Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() | Fall | Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() |
Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() | Decision | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() |
Åke Carlsson | ![]() | Fall | Peter Amey | ![]() |
Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | Walkover | Juan Rolón | ![]() |
Karl Bruggmann | ![]() | Decision | Kurt Boese | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | İsmail Ogan | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Åke Carlsson | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 |
9 | Karl Bruggmann | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Martin Heinze | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 5 |
11 | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 6 |
11 | Musa Kazanov | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 6 |
13 | Kurt Boese | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
14 | Udey Chand | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
14 | Juan Rolón | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
16 | Peter Amey | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() | Fall | Martin Heinze | ![]() |
İsmail Ogan | ![]() | Decision | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() |
Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() | Decision | Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() |
Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | Fall | Åke Carlsson | ![]() |
Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | Fall | Karl Bruggmann | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2 | İsmail Ogan | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
8 | Åke Carlsson | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
9 | Karl Bruggmann | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 |
9 | Martin Heinze | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Round 5
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İsmail Ogan | ![]() | Decision | Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() |
Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | Decision | Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() |
Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | Fall | Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | İsmail Ogan | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Emam Ali Habibi | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 |
4 | Gaetano De Vescovi | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
4 | Yutaka Kaneko | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 6
With three remaining wrestlers, the competition used a round-robin to determine the medalists rather than giving one wrestler a bye in round 6. Ogan defeated Bashir, but Blubaugh defeated both of them to take the gold medal.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İsmail Ogan | ![]() | Decision | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() |
Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | Decision | İsmail Ogan | ![]() |
Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | Fall | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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![]() | Doug Blubaugh | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | İsmail Ogan | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
![]() | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 12 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 520.