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


The men's freestyle light 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

Martina withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Anatoly AlbulDecisionEugen Holzherr
İsmet AtlıDecisionValcho Kostov
György GuricsDecisionBob Steckle
Viking PalmDecisionDieter Rauchbach
Sajan SinghDecisionAntonio Marcucci
Gholam Reza TakhtiFallGhulam Mohiddin Gunga
Shunichi KawanoDecisionPatrick Parsons
Manie van ZylFallGerry Martina
Dan BrandFallMaurice Jacquel
César FerrerasByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
5011
5011
5011
5011
5011
5011
11033
11033
11033
11033
11033
11033
17044
17044
19044*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
César Ferreras'TieEugen Holzherr'
Anatoly AlbulDecisionValcho Kostov
İsmet AtlıDecisionBob Steckle
Viking PalmFallGyörgy Gurics
Sajan SinghFallDieter Rauchbach
Antonio MarcucciFallGhulam Mohiddin Gunga
Gholam Reza TakhtiFallPatrick Parsons
Shunichi KawanoFallDan Brand
Manie van ZylDecisionMaurice Jacquel

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2101
2101
2101
2011
6112
6112
6022
9303
10044
11145
11325
13336
13336
15437
15347
15347
18448

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Anatoly AlbulFallCésar Ferreras
İsmet AtlıDecisionEugen Holzherr
György GuricsFallSajan Singh
Viking PalmDecisionAntonio Marcucci
Gholam Reza TakhtiFallShunichi Kawano
Dan BrandFallManie van Zyl

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2202
2112
4213
5404
6505
6145
6145
6145
10246
10336
12538

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmet AtlıDecisionAnatoly Albul
Gholam Reza TakhtiFallGyörgy Gurics
Viking PalmDecisionSajan Singh
Manie van ZylFallShunichi Kawano
Dan BrandByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2213
3314
3404
5235
5505
7538
8549
8549

Round 5

This round left two wrestlers uneliminated; they advanced to face each other in the final. Two wrestlers were eliminated tied for third at 6 points; they would compete in a bronze medal bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Anatoly AlbulDecisionDan Brand
İsmet AtlıDecisionViking Palm
Gholam Reza TakhtiFallManie van Zyl

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2415
3516
3336
5437
6549

Round 6

The bronze medal bout ended in a tie, so body weight was used to determine the winner. Albul was lighter and therefore took the bronze medal.
Atlı defeated Takhti in the final, giving the Turkish wrestler the gold medal regardless of points.
; Bronze medal bout
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Anatoly Albul'TieViking Palm'

; Final
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmet AtlıDecisionGholam Reza Takhti

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
516
033
628
4628