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


The men's freestyle 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.

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. 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
Savkuz DzarasovFallKaoru Ishiguro
Yaqub-Ali ShourvarziFallMax Ordman
Bertil AntonssonFallMax Widmer
Wilfried DietrichFallRay Mitchell
János ReznákDecisionWilliam Kerslake
Ken RichmondFallNizam-ud-din Subhani
Lyutvi AkhmedovFallMuhammad Nazir
Hamit KaplanFallLucjan Sosnowski
Pietro MarascalchiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
9011
10033
11044
11044
11044
11044
11044
11044
11044

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro MarascalchiFallKaoru Ishiguro
Savkuz DzarasovFallYaqub-Ali Shourvarzi
Bertil AntonssonFallMax Ordman
Wilfried DietrichFallMax Widmer
Ray Mitchell'TieJános Reznák'
William KerslakeFallKen Richmond
Muhammad NazirDecisionNizam-ud-din Subhani
Lyutvi Akhmedov'TieHamit Kaplan'
Lucjan SosnowskiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
5022
5022
7303
7123
9044
9044
9404
12415
13426
14437
15448
15448
15448

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro MarascalchiFallLucjan Sosnowski
Savkuz DzarasovFallBertil Antonsson
Wilfried DietrichFallYaqub-Ali Shourvarzi
János ReznákDecisionKen Richmond
William Kerslake'TieLyutvi Akhmedov'
Hamit KaplanFallMuhammad Nazir

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
4202
5224
5044
5314
8325
9437
10448
10448
12549

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Savkuz DzarasovFallPietro Marascalchi
Wilfried DietrichDecisionBertil Antonsson
János Reznák'TieLyutvi Akhmedov'
Hamit KaplanDecisionWilliam Kerslake

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2011
3213
4044
5426
5426
7437
8538

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Wilfried DietrichFallPietro Marascalchi
Savkuz Dzarasov'TieHamit Kaplan'

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
2022
3325
4448

Round 6

With three wrestlers left, the remaining men used a round-robin to determine medals rather than giving one competitor a bye in round 6. Kaplan and Dzarasov had tied in round 5. Dietrich defeated Dzarasov then tied Kaplan, finishing with the best record against the other medalists to take the gold medal. Kaplan's two ties gave him the silver medal, while Dzarasov's loss and tie earned bronze.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Wilfried DietrichFallSavkuz Dzarasov
Wilfried Dietrich'TieHamit Kaplan'

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotalVs. Medalists
1232
5274
2466