| Event: | Men's freestyle light heavyweight |
| Games: | 1964 Summer |
| Venue: | Komazawa Gymnasium |
| Dates: | 11–14 October |
| Competitors: | 16 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Gold: | Aleksandr Medved |
| Goldnoc: | URS |
| Silver: | Ahmet Ayık |
| Silvernoc: | TUR |
| Bronze: | Said Mustafov |
| Bronzenoc: | BUL |
| Prev: | 1960 |
| Next: | 1968 |
The men's freestyle light heavyweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 11 to 14 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]
This freestyle 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]
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Tie | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Decision |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 1 | |||
| 8 | 2 | |||
| 8 | 2 | |||
| 10 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 3 | |||
| 13 | 4 | |||
| 13 | 4 |
Five wrestlers were eliminated; 11 remained. Three had 1 point.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Tie | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Tie |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Four wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 7 to continue. Takhti took sole possession of the lead, staying at 1 point.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Tie | |||||
| Bye | N/A | N/A |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Only two wrestlers were eliminated in this round. Each of the remaining 5 had at least 3 points.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Bye | N/A | N/A |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Ayık advanced to the final round with a bye; the two bouts in round 5 would eliminate at least 2 and possibly 3 other wrestlers. Medved defeated Jutzeler to eliminate the latter wrestler. The draw between Takhti and Mustafov resulted in only Takhti's elimination; Mustafov had started with 3 points and the tie placed him at 5, not enough for elimination.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | |||||
| Tie | |||||
| Bye | N/A | N/A |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Ayık's draws against Mustafov (in round 1) and Medved (in round 3) counted for the final round. The only bout left between the medalists was Medved against Mustafov; the winner would take gold and the loser bronze. Medved pinned Mustafov in 39 seconds.
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tie (Round 1) | |||||
| Tie (Round 3) | |||||
| Fall |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ||||
| 4 | ||||
| 6 |