Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman flyweight


The men's Greco-Roman flyweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 26 to 31 August at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.

Competition format

This Greco-Roman 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. Losses by decision were worth 3 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.

Results

Round 1

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ivan KocherginFallKazim Gedik
Dumitru PârvulescuDecisionDick Wilson
Franz BurkhardFallWerner Hartmann
Borivoj Vukov'TieBengt Frännfors'
Takashi HirataFallGeorgi Moskov
Ignazio FabraDecisionFritz Stange
Heikki Hakola'TieStefan Hajduk'
Mohamed PaziraieDecisionMaurice Mewis
Osman El-SayedDecisionJørgen Jensen

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
4011
4011
4011
4011
8022
8022
8022
8022
12033
12033
12033
12033
16044
16044
16044

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dumitru PârvulescuFallKazim Gedik
Ivan Kochergin'TieDick Wilson'
Borivoj VukovFallFranz Burkhard
Bengt FrännforsFallWerner Hartmann
Georgi MoskovDecisionFritz Stange
Ignazio FabraDecisionTakashi Hirata
Maurice MewisFallHeikki Hakola
Stefan HajdukDecisionJørgen Jensen
Osman El-SayedDecisionMohamed Paziraie

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
2112
2112
2202
2022
2202
7213
7033
7303
10044
10134
12415
12325
14246
14336
14336
17448
17448

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ivan Kochergin'TieDumitru Pârvulescu'
Dick WilsonFallFranz Burkhard
Borivoj VukovDecisionGeorgi Moskov
Takashi HirataDecisionBengt Frännfors
Ignazio FabraDecisionMaurice Mewis
Mohamed PaziraieDecisionStefan Hajduk
Osman El-SayedByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
2213
2123
2213
5314
5224
7235
7415
7505
10336
10336
12448
12538

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ivan KocherginDecisionOsman El-Sayed
Dumitru PârvulescuDecisionBorivoj Vukov
Takashi HirataFallDick Wilson
Bengt Frännfors'TieIgnazio Fabra'
Mohamed PaziraieByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1404
1314
3235
3325
3415
3505
7336
8527
9549

Round 5

Pârvulescu was the only wrestler left with fewer than 6 points; he took the gold medal. The tie in the standings between El-Sayed and Paziraie at 6 points for the silver medal was resolved by head-to-head results; El-Sayed had defeated Paziraie in round 2, so took silver.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mohamed PaziraieDecisionIvan Kochergin
Osman El-SayedDecisionTakashi Hirata
Dumitru PârvulescuDecisionIgnazio Fabra

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
415
516
516
4437
5538
5538