Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight
The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 11 to 14 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. 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, as adjusted at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Each bout awarded 4 points. If the victory was by fall, the winner received 0 and the loser 4. If the victory was by decision, the winner received 1 and the loser 3. If the bout was tied, each wrestler received 2 points. A wrestler who accumulated 6 or more points was eliminated. Rounds continued until there were 3 or fewer uneliminated wrestlers. If only 1 wrestler remained, he received the gold medal. If 2 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and they faced each other for gold and silver. If 3 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and a round-robin was held among those 3 to determine medals.
Seven wrestlers had their second loss in as many rounds and were eliminated, leaving 13 to advance. Varga, Choi, and Uetake each had 0 points. There were 2 wrestlers at each other possible point total remaining. Hirabayashi, however, withdrew after this round. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
János Varga
Fall
Kevin McGrath
Choi Yeong-gil
Fall
Tortillano Tumasis
Yojiro Uetake
Fall
Walter Pilling
David Auble
Fall
Rubén Leibovich
Muhammad Siraj-Din
Decision
Karl Dodrimont
Aydin Ibrahimov
Decision
Koji Hirabayashi
Abdullah Khodabandeh
Decision
Mohammad Daoud Anwary
Hüseyin Akbaş
Tie
Mladen Georgiev
Pekka Alanen
Tie
Moises López
Bishambar Singh
Decision
Bazaryn Sükhbaatar
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
Total
1
Choi Yeong-gil
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
1
0
1
4
Bishambar Singh
0
1
1
6
1
1
2
6
1
1
2
8
1
2
3
8
2
1
3
10
2
2
4
11
3
2
5
11
3
2
5
13
1
3
4*
14
3
3
6
14
3
3
6
16
4
3
7
16
3
4
7
18
4
4
8
18
4
4
8
18
4
4
8
Round 3
Four wrestlers were eliminated in this round, with Siraj-Din also withdrawing to leave only 7 men advancing. All three wrestlers who started the round with 0 points picked up at least 1; Choi and Uetake shared the lead with just 1 point. Three wrestlers had 2 points. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Choi Yeong-gil
Decision
János Varga
Yojiro Uetake
Decision
Muhammad Siraj-Din
Hüseyin Akbaş
Decision
Abdullah Khodabandeh
David Auble
Decision
Mladen Georgiev
Bishambar Singh
Decision
Moises López
Aydin Ibrahimov
Fall
Pekka Alanen
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
Total
1
Choi Yeong-gil
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
3
1
0
1
2
3
Bishambar Singh
0
1
1
2
3
1
1
0
2
6
0
0
3
3
7
1
2
1
4
8
1
1
3
5*
9
2
1
3
6
10
2
2
3
7
11
3
2
3
8
12
3
2
4
9
Round 4
Varga, who had not had any points after round 2, was the only man eliminated in round 4 after two straight losses. The leaders coming into the round, Uetake and Choi, faced each other with neither in danger of elimination; Uetake won to stay in the lead. He was now joined by Ibrahimov at 2 points, after the latter wrestler had a bye. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Yojiro Uetake
Decision
Choi Yeong-gil
Hüseyin Akbaş
Fall
János Varga
David Auble
Decision
Bishambar Singh
Aydin Ibrahimov
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
1
0
1
1
3
4
1
2
1
0
4
4
Choi Yeong-gil
0
0
1
3
4
6
Bishambar Singh
0
1
1
3
5
7
0
0
3
4
7
Round 5
The three losers were all eliminated; the three winners advanced to a final round-robin. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Aydin Ibrahimov
Decision
Choi Yeong-gil
Yojiro Uetake
Decision
David Auble
Hüseyin Akbaş
Decision
Bishambar Singh
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
Total
1
1
1
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
1
2
1
0
1
5
4
1
0
1
1
3
6
5
Choi Yeong-gil
0
0
1
3
3
7
6
Bishambar Singh
0
1
1
3
3
8
Final round
None of the three medalists had faced another yet, so the final round was a full round-robin. In the first bout, Uetake defeated Ibrahimov. In the second, Akbaş also defeated Ibrahimov, giving the latter wrestler the bronze wrestler and setting up a gold medal bout between Uetake and Akbaş. Uetake won to claim Japan's first gold medal in the weight class since 1952. ; Bouts
