Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight
The men's freestyle welterweight 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.
Results
Round 1
Tribble and Barlie withdrew after their bouts. ; Bouts
Four men were eliminated after a second loss, and a fifth eliminated after a tie and loss by fall. Sagaradze and Oberlander led the group with 0 points after the second round. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Petko Dermendzhiev
Decision
Károly Bajkó
Muhammad Afzal
Decision
Choi Byeong-seop
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran
Decision
Yasuo Watanabe
Martin Heinze
Decision
Ştefan Tampa
Phil Oberlander
Fall
Job Mayo
Guram Sagaradze
Fall
Shakar Khan Shakar
Julio Graffigna
Decision
Len Allen
İsmail Oğan
Decision
Madho Singh
Joe Feeney
Decision
John Boyle
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
Decision
Gaetano De Vescovi
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
Total
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
3
0
1
1
5
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
1
1
2
5
1
1
2
7
3
1
4
7
1
3
4
7
1
3
4
7
3
1
4
7
3
1
4
7
3
1
4
7
1
3
4
7
1
3
4
15
2
3
5
16
3
3
6
16
2
4
6
16
3
3
6
19
Choi Byeong-seop
4
3
7
20
4
4
8
Round 3
Five more wrestlers were eliminated, each with two losses. Sagaradze received his first point, but now led alone at 1 after Oberlander lost by decision and received 3 points. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Muhammad Afzal
Decision
Petko Dermendzhiev
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran
Decision
Károly Bajkó
Yasuo Watanabe
Decision
Martin Heinze
Guram Sagaradze
Decision
Phil Oberlander
Madho Singh
Decision
Len Allen
İsmail Oğan
Decision
Julio Graffigna
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
Decision
Joe Feeney
Gaetano De Vescovi
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
Total
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
1
1
2
3
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
1
1
1
3
3
0
0
3
3
3
1
1
1
3
6
1
3
0
4
6
0
1
3
4
8
3
1
1
5
8
1
3
1
5
8
1
3
1
5
11
1
3
3
7
11
3
1
3
7
11
3
1
3
7
11
3
1
3
7
15
2
3
3
8
Round 4
Over half of the remaining wrestlers were eliminated, as all 5 losers and 1 of the winners accumulated at least 6 points. Oğan moved up into a tie for the lead with Sagaradze at 2 points; Sanatkaran followed closely at 3 while Dermendzhiev moved to the brink of elimination at 5 points. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Petko Dermendzhiev
Decision
Gaetano De Vescovi
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran
Default
Muhammad Afzal
Yasuo Watanabe
Decision
Phil Oberlander
Guram Sagaradze
Decision
Madho Singh
İsmail Oğan
Foul
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
0
3
4
0
1
3
1
5
5
0
0
3
3
6
5
1
3
1
1
6
7
1
3
0
3
7
7
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
1
1
1
4
7
9
1
3
1
3
8
10
3
1
1
4
9
Round 5
Dermendzhiev was the only wrestler eliminated in round 5, leaving 3 remaining wrestlers. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran
Decision
Petko Dermendzhiev
Guram Sagaradze
Tie
İsmail Oğan
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
Total
1
0
1
1
0
2
4
1
0
0
1
1
2
4
3
1
1
1
0
1
4
4
0
1
3
1
3
8
Final round
The round 5 draw between Sagaradze and Oğan counted for the final round. Sanatkaran wrestled both of the other medalists to a tie in the final rounds as well. This left all 3 wrestlers in a three-way tie on final round points at 6 because each had drawn the others. The next tie-breaker was total bad points throughout the tournament. Sanatkaran received the bronze medal, having the highest point total at 8 to the other two men's 6. Oğan prevailed on Sagaradze on the next tie-breaker, body weight, with the lighter Turk winning over the heavier Soviet. ; Bouts
