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

Event:Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
Games:1960 Summer
Venue:Basilica of Maxentius
Dates:26–31 August
Competitors:18
Nations:18
Gold:Dumitru Pârvulescu
Goldnoc:ROU
Silver:Osman El-Sayed
Silvernoc:UAR
Bronze:Mohamed Paziraie
Bronzenoc:IRI
Prev:1956
Next:1964

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.[1] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52kg (115lb).

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 (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.[1]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fall
Decision
Fall
Borivoj Vukov Tie Bengt Frännfors
Fall
Decision
Heikki Hakola Tie Stefan Hajduk
Decision
Decision
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
4 0 1 1
4 0 1 1
4 0 1 1
4 0 1 1
8 0 2 2
8 0 2 2
8 0 2 2
8 0 2 2
12 0 3 3
12 0 3 3
12 0 3 3
12 0 3 3
16 0 4 4
16 0 4 4
16 0 4 4

Round 2

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fall
Ivan Kochergin Tie Dick Wilson
Fall
Fall
Decision
Decision
Fall
Decision
Decision
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 1 0 1
2 1 1 2
2 1 1 2
2 2 0 2
2 0 2 2
2 2 0 2
7 2 1 3
7 0 3 3
7 3 0 3
10 0 4 4
10 1 3 4
12 4 1 5
12 3 2 5
14 2 4 6
14 3 3 6
14 3 3 6
17 4 4 8
17 4 4 8

Round 3

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ivan Kochergin Tie Dumitru Pârvulescu
Fall
Decision
Decision
Decision
Decision
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 2 0 2
2 2 1 3
2 1 2 3
2 2 1 3
5 3 1 4
5 2 2 4
7 2 3 5
7 4 1 5
7 5 0 5
10 3 3 6
10 3 3 6
12 4 4 8
12 5 3 8

Round 4

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision
Decision
Fall
Bengt Frännfors Tie Ignazio Fabra
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 4 0 4
1 3 1 4
3 2 3 5
3 3 2 5
3 4 1 5
3 5 0 5
7 3 3 6
8 5 2 7
9 5 4 9

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
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision
Decision
Decision Ignazio Fabra
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
4 1 5
5 1 6
5 1 6
4 4 3 7
5 5 3 8
5 5 3 8

References

General

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130415/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/WRE/mens-flyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 15 March 2019.