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


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.

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. 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
Tony Ries Jr.DecisionMario Tovar
Bong Ug-wonDecisionRafael Duran
Ray LougheedDecisionRoger Bielle
Nazem AmineDecisionKenny Stephenson
Moustafa TajikiFallMuhammad Ashraf-Din
Hayrullah ŞahinkayaFallNick Stamulus
Garibaldo NizzolaFallAmir Jan Khalunder
Enyu ValchevDecisionHorst Bergmann
Volodymyr SyniavskiyDecisionJan Kuczyński
Kazuo AbeDecisionGyula Tóth
Shelby WilsonDecisionParkash Gian
Martti PeltoniemiDecisionJosé Yañez

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
4011
4011
4Bong Ug-won011
4011
4011
4011
4011
4011
4011
13033
13033
13033
13033
13033
13033
13033
13033
13033
22044
22044
22044

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mario TovarFallRafael Duran
Bong Ug-wonDecisionTony Ries Jr.
Ray LougheedDecisionKenny Stephenson
Roger BielleFallNazem Amine
Muhammad Ashraf-DinDecisionNick Stamulus
Moustafa TajikiDecisionHayrullah Şahinkaya
Enyu ValchevFallAmir Jan Khalunder
Garibaldo NizzolaDecisionHorst Bergmann
Volodymyr SyniavskiyFallGyula Tóth
Kazuo AbeFallJan Kuczyński
Shelby WilsonDecisionMartti Peltoniemi
Parkash GianDecisionJosé Yañez

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
1011
1101
1011
1101
6Bong Ug-won112
6112
6112
9303
9033
9303
12314
12134
12134
15145
15415
17336
17336
17336
20347
20347
20437
20347
24448

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Bong Ug-wonDecisionMario Tovar
Tony Ries Jr.DecisionRay Lougheed
Muhammad Ashraf-DinDecisionRoger Bielle
Moustafa TajikiFallNazem Amine
Hayrullah Şahinkaya'TieGaribaldo Nizzola'
Volodymyr SyniavskiyDecisionEnyu Valchev
Shelby WilsonDecisionKazuo Abe
Martti PeltoniemiDecisionParkash Gian

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
2112
3Bong Ug-won213
3123
3213
6134
6134
8235
8415
8415
8325
12516
12336
12336
15437
16549

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Moustafa TajikiFallTony Ries Jr.
Bong Ug-wonDecisionRay Lougheed
Enyu ValchevDecisionHayrullah Şahinkaya
Garibaldo NizzolaFallKazuo Abe
Shelby WilsonDecisionVolodymyr Syniavskiy
Martti PeltoniemiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
2303
3Bong Ug-won314
3314
5505
5235
5415
8448
8538
8538
11549

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Bong Ug-wonDecisionMartti Peltoniemi
Enyu ValchevFallMoustafa Tajiki
Volodymyr SyniavskiyFallGaribaldo Nizzola
Shelby WilsonByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1404
2Bong Ug-won415
2505
2505
2145
6347
7538

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.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Shelby WilsonDecisionMoustafa Tajiki
Enyu ValchevDecisionBong Ug-won
Volodymyr SyniavskiyByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
415
505
516
4Bong Ug-won538
4538