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


The men's Greco-Roman welterweight 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

Rosbag was injured during his bout and was unable to continue.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Harald BarlieDecisionÁngel Cuetos
Hryhoriy HamarnikDecisionBjarne Ansbøl
Sachihiko TakedaDecisionKarel Oomen
Valeriu Bularcă'TieKiril Petkov'
Günther MaritschniggDecisionFritz Fivian
Hans-Jörg HirschbühlFallHicham Ido
Matti LaaksoDecisionBernard Philippe
Franco BenedettiDecisionRobert Clark
René SchiermeyerFallEdward Żuławnik
Ben AliDecisionSam Azoulay
Bertil NyströmInjuredAb Rosbag
Franz BergerDecisionJuan Rolón
Mithat BayrakDecisionStevan Horvat
Antal RizmayerByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
5011
5011
5011
5011
5011
5011
5011
5011
5011
14022
14022
16033
16033
16033
16033
16033
16033
16033
16033
16033
25044
25044
27044*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Antal RizmayerDecisionÁngel Cuetos
Hryhoriy HamarnikDecisionHarald Barlie
Bjarne Ansbøl'TieSachihiko Takeda'
Valeriu BularcăDecisionKarel Oomen
Kiril PetkovDecisionFritz Fivian
Günther MaritschniggFallHicham Ido
Matti LaaksoDecisionHans-Jörg Hirschbühl
Robert ClarkDecisionBernard Philippe
Franco Benedetti'TieRené Schiermeyer'
Sam AzoulayWalkoverEdward Żuławnik
Ben Ali'TieBertil Nyström'
Mithat BayrakFallFranz Berger
Stevan HorvatFallJuan Rolón

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
1101
1011
4112
4112
4022
4022
8123
8303
8123
8213
8033
8303
8213
8123
16134
16314
18325
18145
20336
20336
20336
20336
24347
25448
25448

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Antal RizmayerDecisionHarald Barlie
Hryhoriy HamarnikFallSachihiko Takeda
Bjarne AnsbølFallValeriu Bularcă
Kiril PetkovDecisionGünther Maritschnigg
Hans-Jörg HirschbühlFallRobert Clark
Matti LaaksoDecisionFranco Benedetti
René SchiermeyerFallSam Azoulay
Franz BergerDecisionBen Ali
Mithat BayrakDecisionBertil Nyström
Stevan HorvatByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1112
1202
1112
1202
5303
5213
5303
8134
8314
10505
10235
12336
12336
12516
15347
15437
15347
15347
19448

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Stevan HorvatDecisionAntal Rizmayer
Hryhoriy HamarnikFallKiril Petkov
Günther MaritschniggDecisionBjarne Ansbøl
René SchiermeyerFallHans-Jörg Hirschbühl
Matti LaaksoInjuredBertil Nyström
Mithat BayrakByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
1202
1202
4303
5314
6415
6235
8347
9538
9448
11549

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mithat BayrakDecisionAntal Rizmayer
Stevan HorvatDecisionHryhoriy Hamarnik
Günther MaritschniggFallMatti Laakso
René SchiermeyerByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
2213
3235
3415
3505
6347
7538

Round 6

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Stevan HorvatDecisionRené Schiermeyer
Mithat Bayrak'TieHryhoriy Hamarnik'
Günther MaritschniggByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1325
1505
1235
4516
5527

Round 7

All three remaining wrestlers had 5 points and none had faced either of the others. Rather than giving one of the wrestlers the substantial advantage of a bye in this round, the three men faced each other in a round-robin.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Günther MaritschniggDecisionRené Schiermeyer
Mithat BayrakFallGünther Maritschnigg
Mithat BayrakDecisionRené Schiermeyer

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
516
5510
5712