Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight explained
The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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]
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, 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]
Results
Round 1
Andhalkar withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Tie | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 |
| 4 | | | 1 |
| 4 | | | 1 |
| 4 | | | 1 |
| 4 | | | 1 |
| 4 | | | 1 |
| 4 | | | 1 |
| 10 | | | 2 |
| 10 | | | 2 |
| 12 | | | 3 |
| 12 | | | 3 |
| 12 | | | 3 |
| 12 | | | 3 |
| 12 | | | 3 |
| 17 | | | 4 |
| 17 | | | 4 |
| 17 | | | 4 |
| 20 | | | 3* | |
Round 2
Five wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 14 to continue on. There was a three-way tie for the lead at 1 point.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Tie | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | | | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | | | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | | | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | | | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 | | | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Round 3
Another 5 wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 9 remaining. Simić had the best score at 2 points.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision | | |
| | Tie | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Tie | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | | | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | | | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | | | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 4
Three wrestlers were eliminated. Simić had a bye and continued to hold the lead at 2 points.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Tie | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
Round 5
The fifth round eliminated 5 of 6 wrestlers, all but Simić (who thereby won the gold medal). The tie for 4th place was not broken; both men shared that result. The tie for the silver and bronze medals, however, needed to be broken by a head-to-head match in the final round.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Tie | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Tie | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
|---|
| | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
Final round
In a tie-breaker bout to determine the silver and bronze medals, Kormaník defeated Metz by decision.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Points |
|---|
| | | 1 |
| | | 3 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130410/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/WRE/mens-middleweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 27 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 500.
