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

Men's freestyle middleweight
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueBasilica of Maxentius
Dates1–6 September 1960
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hasan Güngör  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans Antonsson  Sweden
Wrestling at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
Flymen
Bantammen
Feathermen
Lightmen
Weltermen
Middle
Light heavymen
Heavymen
Greco-Roman
Flymen
Bantammen
Feathermen
Lightmen
Weltermen
Middlemen
Light heavymen
Heavymen

The men's freestyle middleweight 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.[1] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 lb).[2]

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 (up from 3). Losses by decision were worth 3 points (consistent with most prior years, though in some losses by split decision had been worth only 2 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.[2][1]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Takashi Nagai  Japan Fall Ronald Hunt  Australia
Géza Hollósi  Hungary Tie Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria
Hasan Güngör  Turkey Fall Julio Graffigna  Argentina
Fred Thomas  New Zealand Fall Mansour Mahdizadeh  Iran
Hans Antonsson  Sweden Fall Viljo Punkari  Finland
Madho Singh  India Fall Alan Butts  Great Britain
Ed DeWitt  United States Decision Germano Caraffini  Italy
Georg Utz  United Team of Germany Fall Henri Mottier  Switzerland
Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union Fall Mohammad Asif Khokan  Afghanistan
Muhammad Faiz  Pakistan Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Hans Antonsson  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Muhammad Faiz  Pakistan 0 0 0
1 Hasan Güngör  Turkey 0 0 0
1 Takashi Nagai  Japan 0 0 0
1 Madho Singh  India 0 0 0
1 Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Fred Thomas  New Zealand 0 0 0
1 Georg Utz  United Team of Germany 0 0 0
9 Ed DeWitt  United States 0 1 1
10 Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria 0 2 2
10 Géza Hollósi  Hungary 0 2 2
12 Germano Caraffini  Italy 0 3 3
13 Alan Butts  Great Britain 0 4 4
13 Julio Graffigna  Argentina 0 4 4
13 Ronald Hunt  Australia 0 4 4
13 Mohammad Asif Khokan  Afghanistan 0 4 4
13 Mansour Mahdizadeh  Iran 0 4 4
13 Viljo Punkari  Finland 0 4 4
13 Henri Mottier  Switzerland 0 4 4

Round 2

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Takashi Nagai  Japan Decision Muhammad Faiz  Pakistan
Géza Hollósi  Hungary Fall Ronald Hunt  Australia
Hasan Güngör  Turkey Decision Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria
Fred Thomas  New Zealand Decision Julio Graffigna  Argentina
Mansour Mahdizadeh  Iran Decision Hans Antonsson  Sweden
Viljo Punkari  Finland Fall Alan Butts  Great Britain
Madho Singh  India Fall Germano Caraffini  Italy
Ed DeWitt  United States Fall Henri Mottier  Switzerland
Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union Fall Georg Utz  United Team of Germany
Mohammad Asif Khokan  Afghanistan Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Madho Singh  India 0 0 0
1 Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union 0 0 0
3 Ed DeWitt  United States 1 0 1
3 Hasan Güngör  Turkey 0 1 1
3 Takashi Nagai  Japan 0 1 1
3 Fred Thomas  New Zealand 0 1 1
7 Géza Hollósi  Hungary 2 0 2
8 Hans Antonsson  Sweden 0 3 3
8 Muhammad Faiz  Pakistan 0 3 3
10 Mohammad Asif Khokan  Afghanistan 4 0 4
10 Viljo Punkari  Finland 4 0 4
10 Georg Utz  United Team of Germany 0 4 4
13 Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria 2 3 5
13 Mansour Mahdizadeh  Iran 4 1 5
15 Germano Caraffini  Italy 3 4 7
15 Julio Graffigna  Argentina 4 3 7
17 Alan Butts  Great Britain 4 4 8
17 Ronald Hunt  Australia 4 4 8
17 Henri Mottier  Switzerland 4 4 8

Round 3

Faiz withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Muhammad Faiz  Pakistan Decision Mohammad Asif Khokan  Afghanistan
Géza Hollósi  Hungary Decision Takashi Nagai  Japan
Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria Fall Fred Thomas  New Zealand
Hasan Güngör  Turkey Tie Mansour Mahdizadeh  Iran
Hans Antonsson  Sweden Decision Madho Singh  India
Georg Utz  United Team of Germany Decision Viljo Punkari  Finland
Ed DeWitt  United States Decision Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ed DeWitt  United States 1 1 2
2 Hasan Güngör  Turkey 1 2 3
2 Géza Hollósi  Hungary 2 1 3
2 Madho Singh  India 0 3 3
2 Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union 0 3 3
6 Hans Antonsson  Sweden 3 1 4
6 Takashi Nagai  Japan 1 3 4
8 Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria 5 0 5
8 Fred Thomas  New Zealand 1 4 5
8 Georg Utz  United Team of Germany 4 1 5
11 Muhammad Faiz  Pakistan 3 1 4*
12 Mohammad Asif Khokan  Afghanistan 4 3 7
12 Mansour Mahdizadeh  Iran 5 2 7
12 Viljo Punkari  Finland 4 3 7

Round 4

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria Decision Takashi Nagai  Japan
Hasan Güngör  Turkey Decision Géza Hollósi  Hungary
Hans Antonsson  Sweden Fall Fred Thomas  New Zealand
Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union Decision Madho Singh  India
Ed DeWitt  United States Decision Georg Utz  United Team of Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ed DeWitt  United States 2 1 3
2 Hans Antonsson  Sweden 4 0 4
2 Hasan Güngör  Turkey 3 1 4
2 Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union 3 1 4
5 Prodan Gardzhev  Bulgaria 5 1 6
5 Géza Hollósi  Hungary 3 3 6
5 Madho Singh  India 3 3 6
8 Takashi Nagai  Japan 4 3 7
9 Georg Utz  United Team of Germany 5 3 8
10 Fred Thomas  New Zealand 5 4 9

Round 5

The draw between Antonsson and Skhirt'ladze eliminated them both and left them tied in the standings for second place at 6 points (if either had won, the winner would have faced Güngör for the gold medal). Because head-to-head results could not break that tie, lighter body weight was used and Skhirt'ladze took the silver medal.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Hasan Güngör  Turkey Fall Ed DeWitt  United States
Hans Antonsson  Sweden Tie Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hasan Güngör  Turkey 4 0 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Giorgi Skhirt'ladze  Soviet Union 4 2 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans Antonsson  Sweden 4 2 6
4 Ed DeWitt  United States 3 4 7

References

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1960, p. 525.

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