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, as adjusted at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Each bout awarded 4 points. If the victory was by fall, the winner received 0 and the loser 4. If the victory was by decision, the winner received 1 and the loser 3. If the bout was tied, each wrestler received 2 points. A wrestler who accumulated 6 or more points was eliminated. Rounds continued until there were 3 or fewer uneliminated wrestlers. If only 1 wrestler remained, he received the gold medal. If 2 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and they faced each other for gold and silver. If 3 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and a round-robin was held among those 3 to determine medals.
Four wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 13 in competition. Kiehl and Radev each made it through the first two rounds with 0 points. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Rostom Abashidze
Decision
Ferenc Kiss
Petar Cucić
Tie
Lucjan Sosnowski
Nicolae Martinescu
Decision
Adelmo Bulgarelli
Gıyasettin Yılmaz
Fall
Akira Nakaura
Aimo Mäenpää
Decision
Eugen Wiesberger Jr.
Boyan Radev
Fall
Gang Du-man
Heinz Kiehl
Fall
Pat Lovell
Peter Jutzeler
Fall
José Panizo
Pelle Svensson
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
Total
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
4
1
1
2
4
2
0
2
6
2
1
3
6
3
0
3
6
0
3
3
6
2
1
3
6
0
3
3
11
2
2
4
11
2
2
4
13
2
3
5
14
3
4
7
15
Gang Du-man
4
4
8
15
4
4
8
15
4
4
8
Round 3
Four more wrestlers were eliminated. Radev still had 0 points, while the next closest wrestlers had 3. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Pelle Svensson
Tie
Rostom Abashidze
Ferenc Kiss
Decision
Petar Cucić
Adelmo Bulgarelli
Decision
Lucjan Sosnowski
Nicolae Martinescu
Decision
Gıyasettin Yılmaz
Boyan Radev
Default
Aimo Mäenpää
Eugen Wiesberger Jr.
Decision
Heinz Kiehl
Peter Jutzeler
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
Total
1
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
3
2
0
0
3
3
2
1
0
2
3
5
0
3
1
4
5
2
1
1
4
5
0
3
1
4
8
2
1
2
5
8
2
0
3
5
10
2
3
1
6
10
1
1
4
6
12
2
2
3
7
12
2
2
3
7
Round 4
More than half of the wrestlers were eliminated. Radev finally received his first point, but still led at 1—guaranteeing he would make it through round 5 as well. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Rostom Abashidze
Decision
Peter Jutzeler
Pelle Svensson
Tie
Ferenc Kiss
Nicolae Martinescu
Decision
Eugen Wiesberger Jr.
Boyan Radev
Decision
Gıyasettin Yılmaz
Heinz Kiehl
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
3
0
3
3
2
1
1
1
5
3
1
0
2
2
5
5
2
1
2
1
6
5
3
0
0
3
6
5
0
3
1
2
6
8
0
3
1
3
7
9
2
0
3
3
8
Round 5
The fifth round eliminated 3 of the 4 remaining wrestlers; Radev, as the only man left with fewer than 6 points, took the gold medal. The tie in the standings between Svensson and Kiehl was broken by their head-to-head results in this round; Svensson won the bout between them and earned silver. ; Bouts
