Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman featherweight


The men's Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 26 to 31 August at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.

Competition format

This Greco-Roman 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. Losses by decision were worth 3 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.

Results

Round 1

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Lee AllenFallJosé António Gregório
Hossein EbrahimianDecisionRauno Mäkinen
Elie NaasanDecisionJoseph Schmid
Vojtech TóthFallJean Schintgen
Mihai ŞulţFallDon Cacas
Moustafa Hamil MansourDecisionSpas Penev
Leif FreijDecisionMasatoshi Takahira
Müzahir SilleDecisionGottlieb Neumair
Rudolf PedersenDecisionKazimierz Macioch
Umberto TrippaDecisionRoger Mannhard
Hans Marte'TieKonstantin Vyrupayev'
Imre PolyákFallVojislav Gološin
Rahal MahassineByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1Rahal Mahassine000
1000
1000
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
13022
13022
15033
15033
15033
15033
15033
15033
15033
22044
22044
22044
22044

Round 2

Mäkinen withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Hossein EbrahimianFallJosé António Gregório
Lee AllenDecisionRahal Mahassine
Rauno MäkinenDecisionJoseph Schmid
Spas PenevDecisionLeif Freij
Gottlieb NeumairFallMasatoshi Takahira
Moustafa Hamil MansourFallDon Cacas
Mihai ŞulţFallJean Schintgen
Elie Naasan'TieVojtech Tóth'
Umberto TrippaDecisionHans Marte
Müzahir SilleDecisionKazimierz Macioch
Roger MannhardFallRudolf Pedersen
Konstantin VyrupayevFallVojislav Gološin
Imre PolyákByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
3011
3101
3101
6112
6022
6112
6202
10Rahal Mahassine033
10303
10123
10303
14134
14314
16235
16145
18314*
19336
19336
21347
22448
22448
22448
22448

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Hossein EbrahimianDecisionLee Allen
Imre PolyákFallRahal Mahassine
Umberto TrippaFallRudolf Pedersen
Spas PenevDecisionGottlieb Neumair
Müzahir SilleFallLeif Freij
Mihai ŞulţDecisionElie Naasan
Vojtech TóthDecisionMoustafa Hamil Mansour
Hans MarteDecisionRoger Mannhard
Konstantin VyrupayevByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2011
3112
3202
3202
3202
7213
8134
8134
10415
11336
11516
11336
11336
15Rahal Mahassine347
16448
17549

Round 4

Mansour had beaten Penev in round 1, breaking the tie for 9th place.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Imre PolyákDecisionKonstantin Vyrupayev
Vojtech TóthDecisionLee Allen
Hossein EbrahimianDecisionMihai Şulţ
Müzahir SilleFallMoustafa Hamil Mansour
Umberto TrippaDecisionSpas Penev

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1011
2202
3213
3213
5134
5314
7235
8437
9448
10538

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Konstantin VyrupayevFallHossein Ebrahimian
Imre PolyákDecisionVojtech Tóth
Mihai ŞulţDecisionMüzahir Sille
Umberto TrippaByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1112
2303
3235
3415
3505
6347
6437

Round 6

Vyrupayev's head-to-head victory over Trippa was the tie-breaker between the two at 6 points for the bronze medal.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Imre PolyákDecisionMihai Şulţ
Konstantin VyrupayevDecisionUmberto Trippa
Müzahir SilleByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1213
2505
516
4336
5538

Round 7

Sille defeated Polyák on points, bringing each of the two wrestlers to 6 points. Because of the head-to-head win, Sille took the gold medal.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Müzahir SilleDecisionImre Polyák

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
516
336