The men's Greco-Roman welterweight 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. Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing .
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.
Results
Round 1
Rosbag was injured during his bout and was unable to continue.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Harald Barlie Decision Ángel Cuetos Hryhoriy Hamarnik Decision Bjarne Ansbøl Sachihiko Takeda Decision Karel Oomen Valeriu Bularcă Tie Kiril Petkov Günther Maritschnigg Decision Fritz Fivian Hans-Jörg Hirschbühl Fall Hicham Ido Matti Laakso Decision Bernard Philippe Franco Benedetti Decision Robert Clark René Schiermeyer Fall Edward Żuławnik Ben Ali Decision Sam Azoulay Bertil Nyström Injured Ab Rosbag Franz Berger Decision Juan Rolón Mithat Bayrak Decision Stevan Horvat Antal Rizmayer Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 Ben Ali 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 14 0 2 2 14 0 2 2 16 0 3 3 16 0 3 3 16 0 3 3 16 0 3 3 16 0 3 3 16 0 3 3 16 0 3 3 16 0 3 3 16 0 3 3 25 0 4 4 25 0 4 4 27 0 4 4*
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Antal Rizmayer Decision Ángel Cuetos Hryhoriy Hamarnik Decision Harald Barlie Bjarne Ansbøl Tie Sachihiko Takeda Valeriu Bularcă Decision Karel Oomen Kiril Petkov Decision Fritz Fivian Günther Maritschnigg Fall Hicham Ido Matti Laakso Decision Hans-Jörg Hirschbühl Robert Clark Decision Bernard Philippe Franco Benedetti Tie René Schiermeyer Sam Azoulay Walkover Edward Żuławnik Ben Ali Tie Bertil Nyström Mithat Bayrak Fall Franz Berger Stevan Horvat Fall Juan Rolón
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 8 Ben Ali 1 2 3 8 3 0 3 8 1 2 3 8 2 1 3 8 0 3 3 8 3 0 3 8 2 1 3 8 1 2 3 16 1 3 4 16 3 1 4 18 3 2 5 18 1 4 5 20 3 3 6 20 3 3 6 20 3 3 6 20 3 3 6 24 3 4 7 25 4 4 8 25 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Antal Rizmayer Decision Harald Barlie Hryhoriy Hamarnik Fall Sachihiko Takeda Bjarne Ansbøl Fall Valeriu Bularcă Kiril Petkov Decision Günther Maritschnigg Hans-Jörg Hirschbühl Fall Robert Clark Matti Laakso Decision Franco Benedetti René Schiermeyer Fall Sam Azoulay Franz Berger Decision Ben Ali Mithat Bayrak Decision Bertil Nyström Stevan Horvat Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 2 1 3 5 3 0 3 8 1 3 4 8 3 1 4 10 5 0 5 10 2 3 5 12 3 3 6 12 3 3 6 12 5 1 6 15 3 4 7 15 4 3 7 15 3 4 7 15 3 4 7 19 4 4 8
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Stevan Horvat Decision Antal Rizmayer Hryhoriy Hamarnik Fall Kiril Petkov Günther Maritschnigg Decision Bjarne Ansbøl René Schiermeyer Fall Hans-Jörg Hirschbühl Matti Laakso Injured Bertil Nyström Mithat Bayrak Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 4 3 0 3 5 3 1 4 6 4 1 5 6 2 3 5 8 3 4 7 9 5 3 8 9 4 4 8 11 5 4 9
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Mithat Bayrak Decision Antal Rizmayer Stevan Horvat Decision Hryhoriy Hamarnik Günther Maritschnigg Fall Matti Laakso René Schiermeyer Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 5 3 4 1 5 3 5 0 5 6 3 4 7 7 5 3 8
Round 6
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Stevan Horvat Decision René Schiermeyer Mithat Bayrak Tie Hryhoriy Hamarnik Günther Maritschnigg Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 3 2 5 1 5 0 5 1 2 3 5 4 5 1 6 5 5 2 7
Round 7
All three remaining wrestlers had 5 points and none had faced either of the others. Rather than giving one of the wrestlers the substantial advantage of a bye in this round, the three men faced each other in a round-robin.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Günther Maritschnigg Decision René Schiermeyer Mithat Bayrak Fall Günther Maritschnigg Mithat Bayrak Decision René Schiermeyer
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 5 1 6 5 5 10 5 7 12
References
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