Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman welterweight explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Games:	1964 Summer
Venue:	Komazawa Gymnasium
Dates:	16–19 October
Competitors:	19
Nations:	19
Gold:	Anatoly Kolesov
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Kiril Petkov
Silvernoc:	BUL
Bronze:	Bertil Nyström
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	1960
Next:	1968

The men's Greco-Roman welterweight 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

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision
		Decision
		Fall
		Tie
		Tie
		Decision
		Tie
		Decision
		Tie
		Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1
1			0
1			0
3			1
3			1
3			1
3			1
7			2
7			2
7			2
7			2
7			2
7			2
7			2
7			2
15			3
15			3
15			3
15			3
19			4

Round 2

Only 3 of the 19 wrestlers were eliminated. Of the remaining 16, Zoghian had the fewest points, at 1.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision
		Tie
		Fall
		Decision
		Decision
		Decision
		Fall
		Decision
		Decision
		Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1	R2	Total
1			0	1	1
2			2	0	2
2			1	1	2
2			2	0	2
5			2	1	3
5			2	1	3
5			1	2	3
5			0	3	3
5			2	1	3
5			3	0	3
5			1	2	3
12			3	1	4
12			1	3	4
14			2	3	5
14			2	3	5
14			2	3	5
17			3	3	6
18			3	4	7
19			4	4	8

Round 3

Six of the 16 wrestlers were eliminated. Of the remaining 10, 4 had 5 points, 4 had 4 points, and 2 (Dubicki and Schiermeyer) led with 3 points.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision
		Tie
		Tie
		Decision
		Decision
		Fall
		Decision
		Fall

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1	R2	R3	Total
1			1	1	1	3
1			2	0	1	3
3			3	1	0	4
3			2	1	1	4
3			1	3	0	4
3			0	1	3	4
7			1	2	2	5
7			0	3	2	5
7			3	0	2	5
7			1	2	2	5
11			2	0	4	6
11			2	1	3	6
11			2	1	3	6
11			2	3	1	6
15			2	3	3	8
16			2	3	4	9

Round 4

In a round with potential to eliminate up to 9 of the 10 wrestlers, only 6 were in fact eliminated. The only match where it was guaranteed that at least one wrestler would continue was Rizmayer (4 points) against Dubicki (3 points); all 5 of the other matches had potential for double elimination. Kolesov and Petkov each remained in contention with wins by fall (a win by decision would have eliminated each wrestler). Ţăranu was eliminated despite winning, picking up his 6th point due to the win being by decision. The Nyström vs. Camilleri bout would have resulted in double-elimination if tied, but Nyström won and therefore remained in competition.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Fall
		Decision
		Fall
		Decision
		Tie

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1			1	1	1	2	5
1			1	2	2	0	5
1			2	1	1	1	5
1			3	0	2	0	5
5			1	3	0	2	6
5			1	2	2	1	6
7			3	1	0	3	7
7			2	0	1	4	7
7			0	1	3	3	7
10			0	3	2	4	9

Round 5

All four wrestlers started the round even at 5 points. Both bouts were drawn, leaving all four wrestlers eliminated at the same time and with the same score of 7 points. A final round was needed to finish the four-way round-robin.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Tie
		Tie

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
1			1	1	1	2	2	7
1			1	2	2	0	2	7
1			2	1	1	1	2	7
1			3	0	2	0	2	7

Final round

The four-way round-robin to determine the top 4 places carried over three results from prior rounds, all ties: Kolesov and Petkov in round 3, Kolesov and Nyström in round 5, and Petkov and Dubicki in round 5. In the final round, Kolesov began with by defeating Dubicki; Kolesov therefore finished at 1-0-2 (5 points). Petkov and Nyström tied, so Petkov finished at 0-0-3 (6 points). Nyström and Dubicki then tied; Nyström finished at 0-0-3 (6 points) to match Petkov, while Dubicki had the only loss of the round-robin for a 0-1-2 (7 points) finish. With Petkov and Nyström even at 6 points in the round-robin and tied head-to-head, total bad points was used as the next tie-breaker to give Petkov the silver medal.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Tie (Round 3)
		Tie (Round 5)
		Tie (Round 5)
		Decision
		Tie
		Tie

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	FR	Total
			5	1	2	2	0	2	1	8
			6	3	0	2	0	2	2	9
			6	2	1	1	1	2	4	11
4			7	1	1	1	2	2	5	12

Notes and References

Web site: Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033857/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/WRE/mens-welterweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 27 March 2019.
Official Report, p. 497.