| Event: | Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight |
| Games: | 1964 Summer |
| Venue: | Komazawa Gymnasium |
| Dates: | 16–19 October |
| Competitors: | 18 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Gold: | Boyan Radev |
| Goldnoc: | BUL |
| Silver: | Per Svensson |
| Silvernoc: | SWE |
| Bronze: | Heinz Kiehl |
| Bronzenoc: | EUA |
| Prev: | 1960 |
| Next: | 1968 |
The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 16 to 19 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]
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 they had already wrestled each other, that result was used). If 3 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and a round-robin was held among those 3 to determine medals (with previous head-to-head results, if any, counting for this round-robin).[1] [2]
Mane withdrew after his bout.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tie | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Tie | |||||
| Tie | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Foul | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Decision |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 1 | |||
| 5 | 1 | |||
| 7 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 3 | |||
| 13 | 3 | |||
| 15 | 4 | |||
| 15 | 4 | |||
| 15 | 4 | |||
| 18 | 4* |
Four wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 13 in competition. Kiehl and Radev each made it through the first two rounds with 0 points.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | |||||
| Tie | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Bye | N/A | N/A |
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Four more wrestlers were eliminated. Radev still had 0 points, while the next closest wrestlers had 3.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tie | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Default | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Bye | N/A | N/A |
| 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 |
More than half of the wrestlers (5 of 9) were eliminated. Radev finally received his first point, but still led at 1—guaranteeing he would make it through round 5 as well.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | |||||
| Tie | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Bye | N/A | N/A |
| 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 |
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.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | |||||
| Decision |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |