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

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Men's freestyle flyweight
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Ahmet Bilek, Masayuki Matsubara, Ebrahim Seifpour 1960.jpg
Medal winners
VenueBasilica of Maxentius
Dates1–6 September
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ahmet Bilek  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Masayuki Matsubara  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran
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Wrestling at the
1960 Summer Olympics
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Middlemen
Light heavymen
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The men's freestyle flyweight 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]

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
Din Nawab  Pakistan Fall Seán O'Connor  Ireland
Ahmet Bilek  Turkey Decision Masayuki Matsubara  Japan
Gray Simons  United States Fall Bengt Frännfors  Sweden
Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union Fall Faiz Mohammad Khakshar  Afghanistan
Lesław Kropp  Poland Fall Jorge Rosado  Mexico
André Zoete  France Fall Väinö Rantala  Finland
Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran Fall Dieter Gröning  Australia
Paul Neff  United Team of Germany Decision Carlo Vitrano  Italy
Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov  Bulgaria Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov  Bulgaria 0 0 0
1 Lesław Kropp  Poland 0 0 0
1 Din Nawab  Pakistan 0 0 0
1 Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran 0 0 0
1 Gray Simons  United States 0 0 0
1 André Zoete  France 0 0 0
8 Ahmet Bilek  Turkey 0 1 1
8 Paul Neff  United Team of Germany 0 1 1
10 Masayuki Matsubara  Japan 0 3 3
10 Carlo Vitrano  Italy 0 3 3
12 Bengt Frännfors  Sweden 0 4 4
12 Dieter Gröning  Australia 0 4 4
12 Faiz Mohammad Khakshar  Afghanistan 0 4 4
12 Seán O'Connor  Ireland 0 4 4
12 Väinö Rantala  Finland 0 4 4
12 Jorge Rosado  Mexico 0 4 4

Round 2[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Din Nawab  Pakistan Decision Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov  Bulgaria
Masayuki Matsubara  Japan Fall Seán O'Connor  Ireland
Ahmet Bilek  Turkey Fall Gray Simons  United States
Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union Fall Bengt Frännfors  Sweden
Jorge Rosado  Mexico Fall Faiz Mohammad Khakshar  Afghanistan
André Zoete  France Fall Lesław Kropp  Poland
Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran Fall Väinö Rantala  Finland
Paul Neff  United Team of Germany Fall Dieter Gröning  Australia
Carlo Vitrano  Italy Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran 0 0 0
1 André Zoete  France 0 0 0
4 Ahmet Bilek  Turkey 1 0 1
4 Din Nawab  Pakistan 0 1 1
4 Paul Neff  United Team of Germany 1 0 1
7 Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov  Bulgaria 0 3 3
7 Masayuki Matsubara  Japan 3 0 3
7 Carlo Vitrano  Italy 3 0 3
10 Lesław Kropp  Poland 0 4 4
10 Jorge Rosado  Mexico 4 0 4
10 Gray Simons  United States 0 4 4
13 Bengt Frännfors  Sweden 4 4 8
13 Dieter Gröning  Australia 4 4 8
13 Faiz Mohammad Khakshar  Afghanistan 4 4 8
13 Seán O'Connor  Ireland 4 4 8
13 Väinö Rantala  Finland 4 4 8

Round 3[]

Kropp's head-to-head victory over Rosado in round 1 was the tie-breaker for 11th place.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov  Bulgaria Fall Carlo Vitrano  Italy
Masayuki Matsubara  Japan Fall Din Nawab  Pakistan
Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union Decision Ahmet Bilek  Turkey
Gray Simons  United States Fall Jorge Rosado  Mexico
Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran Fall Lesław Kropp  Poland
Paul Neff  United Team of Germany Fall André Zoete  France
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran 0 0 0
2 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 0 1 1
2 Paul Neff  United Team of Germany 1 0 1
4 Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov  Bulgaria 3 0 3
4 Masayuki Matsubara  Japan 3 0 3
6 Ahmet Bilek  Turkey 1 3 4
6 Gray Simons  United States 4 0 4
6 André Zoete  France 0 4 4
9 Din Nawab  Pakistan 1 4 5
10 Carlo Vitrano  Italy 3 4 7
11 Lesław Kropp  Poland 4 4 8
12 Jorge Rosado  Mexico 4 4 8

Round 4[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Masayuki Matsubara  Japan Fall Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov  Bulgaria
Ahmet Bilek  Turkey Fall Din Nawab  Pakistan
Gray Simons  United States Decision Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union
Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran Fall André Zoete  France
Paul Neff  United Team of Germany Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran 0 0 0
2 Paul Neff  United Team of Germany 1 0 1
3 Masayuki Matsubara  Japan 3 0 3
4 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 1 3 4
4 Ahmet Bilek  Turkey 4 0 4
6 Gray Simons  United States 4 1 5
7 Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov  Bulgaria 3 4 7
8 André Zoete  France 4 4 8
9 Din Nawab  Pakistan 5 4 9

Round 5[]

Simons's victory over Aliyev in round 4 was the tie-breaker for 5th place.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ahmet Bilek  Turkey Fall Paul Neff  United Team of Germany
Masayuki Matsubara  Japan Decision Gray Simons  United States
Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran Fall Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran 0 0 0
2 Ahmet Bilek  Turkey 4 0 4
2 Masayuki Matsubara  Japan 3 1 4
4 Paul Neff  United Team of Germany 1 4 5
5 Gray Simons  United States 5 3 8
6 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 4 4 8

Round 6[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Masayuki Matsubara  Japan Fall Paul Neff  United Team of Germany
Ahmet Bilek  Turkey Decision Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran 0 3 3
2 Masayuki Matsubara  Japan 4 0 4
3 Ahmet Bilek  Turkey 4 1 5
4 Paul Neff  United Team of Germany 5 4 9

Round 7[]

Seifpour was eliminated at 6 points, earning bronze. Bilek and Matsubara were the only remaining wrestlers, each at 5 points; they had wrestled in the first round, with Bilek winning, so Bilek took gold on the head-to-head tie-breaker.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Masayuki Matsubara  Japan Decision Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ahmet Bilek  Turkey 4 1 5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Masayuki Matsubara  Japan 4 1 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ebrahim Seifpour  Iran 3 3 6

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 502.
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