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

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Men's freestyle lightweight
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueBasilica of Maxentius
Dates1–6 September
Competitors24 from 24 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shelby Wilson  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria
← 1956
1964 →

The men's freestyle lightweight 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
Tony Ries Jr.  South Africa Decision Mario Tovar  Mexico
Bong Ug-won  South Korea Decision Rafael Duran  Venezuela
Ray Lougheed  Canada Decision Roger Bielle  France
Nazem Amine  Lebanon Decision Kenny Stephenson  Great Britain
Moustafa Tajiki  Iran Fall Muhammad Ashraf-Din  Pakistan
Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey Fall Nick Stamulus  Australia
Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy Fall Amir Jan Khalunder  Afghanistan
Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria Decision Horst Bergmann  United Team of Germany
Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union Decision Jan Kuczyński  Poland
Kazuo Abe  Japan Decision Gyula Tóth  Hungary
Shelby Wilson  United States Decision Parkash Gian  India
Martti Peltoniemi  Finland Decision José Yañez  Cuba
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 0 0 0
1 Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey 0 0 0
1 Moustafa Tajiki  Iran 0 0 0
4 Kazuo Abe  Japan 0 1 1
4 Nazem Amine  Lebanon 0 1 1
4 Bong Ug-won  South Korea 0 1 1
4 Ray Lougheed  Canada 0 1 1
4 Martti Peltoniemi  Finland 0 1 1
4 Tony Ries Jr.  South Africa 0 1 1
4 Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union 0 1 1
4 Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria 0 1 1
4 Shelby Wilson  United States 0 1 1
13 Horst Bergmann  United Team of Germany 0 3 3
13 Roger Bielle  France 0 3 3
13 Rafael Duran  Venezuela 0 3 3
13 Parkash Gian  India 0 3 3
13 Jan Kuczyński  Poland 0 3 3
13 Kenny Stephenson  Great Britain 0 3 3
13 Gyula Tóth  Hungary 0 3 3
13 Mario Tovar  Mexico 0 3 3
13 José Yañez  Cuba 0 3 3
22 Muhammad Ashraf-Din  Pakistan 0 4 4
22 Amir Jan Khalunder  Afghanistan 0 4 4
22 Nick Stamulus  Australia 0 4 4

Round 2[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mario Tovar  Mexico Fall Rafael Duran  Venezuela
Bong Ug-won  South Korea Decision Tony Ries Jr.  South Africa
Ray Lougheed  Canada Decision Kenny Stephenson  Great Britain
Roger Bielle  France Fall Nazem Amine  Lebanon
Muhammad Ashraf-Din  Pakistan Decision Nick Stamulus  Australia
Moustafa Tajiki  Iran Decision Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey
Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria Fall Amir Jan Khalunder  Afghanistan
Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy Decision Horst Bergmann  United Team of Germany
Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union Fall Gyula Tóth  Hungary
Kazuo Abe  Japan Fall Jan Kuczyński  Poland
Shelby Wilson  United States Decision Martti Peltoniemi  Finland
Parkash Gian  India Decision José Yañez  Cuba
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Kazuo Abe  Japan 1 0 1
1 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 0 1 1
1 Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union 1 0 1
1 Moustafa Tajiki  Iran 0 1 1
1 Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria 1 0 1
6 Bong Ug-won  South Korea 1 1 2
6 Ray Lougheed  Canada 1 1 2
6 Shelby Wilson  United States 1 1 2
9 Roger Bielle  France 3 0 3
9 Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey 0 3 3
9 Mario Tovar  Mexico 3 0 3
12 Parkash Gian  India 3 1 4
12 Martti Peltoniemi  Finland 1 3 4
12 Tony Ries Jr.  South Africa 1 3 4
15 Nazem Amine  Lebanon 1 4 5
15 Muhammad Ashraf-Din  Pakistan 4 1 5
17 Horst Bergmann  United Team of Germany 3 3 6
17 Kenny Stephenson  Great Britain 3 3 6
17 José Yañez  Cuba 3 3 6
20 Rafael Duran  Venezuela 3 4 7
20 Jan Kuczyński  Poland 3 4 7
20 Nick Stamulus  Australia 4 3 7
20 Gyula Tóth  Hungary 3 4 7
24 Amir Jan Khalunder  Afghanistan 4 4 8

Round 3[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Bong Ug-won  South Korea Decision Mario Tovar  Mexico
Tony Ries Jr.  South Africa Decision Ray Lougheed  Canada
Muhammad Ashraf-Din  Pakistan Decision Roger Bielle  France
Moustafa Tajiki  Iran Fall Nazem Amine  Lebanon
Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey Tie Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy
Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union Decision Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria
Shelby Wilson  United States Decision Kazuo Abe  Japan
Martti Peltoniemi  Finland Decision Parkash Gian  India
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Moustafa Tajiki  Iran 1 0 1
2 Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union 1 1 2
3 Bong Ug-won  South Korea 2 1 3
3 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 1 2 3
3 Shelby Wilson  United States 2 1 3
6 Kazuo Abe  Japan 1 3 4
6 Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria 1 3 4
8 Ray Lougheed  Canada 2 3 5
8 Martti Peltoniemi  Finland 4 1 5
8 Tony Ries Jr.  South Africa 4 1 5
8 Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey 3 2 5
12 Muhammad Ashraf-Din  Pakistan 5 1 6
12 Roger Bielle  France 3 3 6
12 Mario Tovar  Mexico 3 3 6
15 Parkash Gian  India 4 3 7
16 Nazem Amine  Lebanon 5 4 9

Round 4[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Moustafa Tajiki  Iran Fall Tony Ries Jr.  South Africa
Bong Ug-won  South Korea Decision Ray Lougheed  Canada
Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria Decision Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey
Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy Fall Kazuo Abe  Japan
Shelby Wilson  United States Decision Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union
Martti Peltoniemi  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Moustafa Tajiki  Iran 1 0 1
2 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 3 0 3
3 Bong Ug-won  South Korea 3 1 4
3 Shelby Wilson  United States 3 1 4
5 Martti Peltoniemi  Finland 5 0 5
5 Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union 2 3 5
5 Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria 4 1 5
8 Kazuo Abe  Japan 4 4 8
8 Ray Lougheed  Canada 5 3 8
8 Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey 5 3 8
11 Tony Ries Jr.  South Africa 5 4 9

Round 5[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Bong Ug-won  South Korea Decision Martti Peltoniemi  Finland
Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria Fall Moustafa Tajiki  Iran
Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union Fall Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy
Shelby Wilson  United States Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shelby Wilson  United States 4 0 4
2 Bong Ug-won  South Korea 4 1 5
2 Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union 5 0 5
2 Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria 5 0 5
2 Moustafa Tajiki  Iran 1 4 5
6 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 3 4 7
7 Martti Peltoniemi  Finland 5 3 8

Round 6[]

Wilson's victory over Syniavskiy in round 4 turned out to be the gold medal winning match, as those two wrestlers were the only ones left with fewer than 6 points at the end of round 6. They each had 5 points, so the tie was broken by head-to-head results. (Bong and Tajiki had not faced each other, and ties for 4th or worse place were not broken unless head-to-head results were already achieved, so they shared 4th place.)

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Shelby Wilson  United States Decision Moustafa Tajiki  Iran
Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria Decision Bong Ug-won  South Korea
Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shelby Wilson  United States 4 1 5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Volodymyr Syniavskiy  Soviet Union 5 0 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Enyu Valchev  Bulgaria 5 1 6
4 Bong Ug-won  South Korea 5 3 8
4 Moustafa Tajiki  Iran 5 3 8

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 515.
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