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


The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 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

Jansson and Graffigna withdrew after their bouts.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Givi KartoziaDecisionHoward George
Herbert AlbrechtDecisionRune Jansson
Gheorghe PopoviciFallShunta Ishikura
Eugen Wiesberger Jr.DecisionMaurice Jacquel
Krali BimbalovDecisionWłodzimierz Smoliński
Tevfik KışDecisionKurt Rusterholz
Péter PitiDecisionAntonio Cerroni
José PanizoFallJulio Graffigna
Antero VanhanenByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
4011
4011
4011
4011
4011
4011
10033
10033
10033
10033
10033
15044
16033*
17044*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Givi KartoziaDecisionAntero Vanhanen
Herbert AlbrechtDecisionHoward George
Eugen Wiesberger Jr.DecisionShunta Ishikura
Maurice JacquelFallGheorghe Popovici
Krali Bimbalov'TieTevfik Kış'
Włodzimierz SmolińskiDecisionAntonio Cerroni
Péter PitiDecisionKurt Rusterholz
José PanizoByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2112
2112
2112
2112
6123
6303
6123
6033
10044
10314
12336
12336
12336
15437

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Antero VanhanenDecisionJosé Panizo
Givi KartoziaDecisionHerbert Albrecht
Gheorghe PopoviciDecisionEugen Wiesberger Jr.
Krali BimbalovDecisionMaurice Jacquel
Tevfik KışDecisionWłodzimierz Smoliński
Péter PitiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
2213
2033
4314
4314
4314
7235
7415
7235
10336
11437

Round 4

The tie between Wiesberger and Popovici was broken by head-to-head results; Popovici won in round 3.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Péter PitiFallJosé Panizo
Antero VanhanenFallHerbert Albrecht
Givi KartoziaDecisionGheorghe Popovici
Krali BimbalovDecisionEugen Wiesberger Jr.
Tevfik KışByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
2314
2404
2404
5415
6347
7538
8538
9549

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Tevfik KışDecisionAntero Vanhanen
Givi KartoziaDecisionPéter Piti
Krali BimbalovByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1505
1415
1415
1235
5437

Round 6

The sixth round ended with all four wrestlers having at least 6 points; there were two ties, a tie for first place and a tie for third place. Kış and Bimbalov tied for first. They had faced each other in round 2, with the bout ending in a tie. The decision was ultimately based on body weight, with Kış prevailing and taking the gold medal. Kartozia took the bronze medal over Piti due to head-to-head results; Kartozia had won in round 5.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Krali BimbalovDecisionPéter Piti
Tevfik KışDecisionGivi Kartozia

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
516
516
538
4538