The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 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. Light heavyweight was the second-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

Jansson and Graffigna withdrew after their bouts.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Givi Kartozia Decision Howard George Herbert Albrecht Decision Rune Jansson Gheorghe Popovici Fall Shunta Ishikura Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Decision Maurice Jacquel Krali Bimbalov Decision Włodzimierz Smoliński Tevfik Kış Decision Kurt Rusterholz Péter Piti Decision Antonio Cerroni José Panizo Fall Julio Graffigna Antero Vanhanen Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 15 0 4 4 16 0 3 3* 17 0 4 4*

Round 2

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Givi Kartozia Decision Antero Vanhanen Herbert Albrecht Decision Howard George Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Decision Shunta Ishikura Maurice Jacquel Fall Gheorghe Popovici Krali Bimbalov Tie Tevfik Kış Włodzimierz Smoliński Decision Antonio Cerroni Péter Piti Decision Kurt Rusterholz José Panizo Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 6 1 2 3 6 3 0 3 6 1 2 3 6 0 3 3 10 0 4 4 10 3 1 4 12 3 3 6 12 3 3 6 12 3 3 6 15 4 3 7

Round 3

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Antero Vanhanen Decision José Panizo Givi Kartozia Decision Herbert Albrecht Gheorghe Popovici Decision Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Krali Bimbalov Decision Maurice Jacquel Tevfik Kış Decision Włodzimierz Smoliński Péter Piti Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 3 2 0 3 3 4 3 1 4 4 3 1 4 4 3 1 4 7 2 3 5 7 4 1 5 7 2 3 5 10 3 3 6 11 4 3 7

Round 4

The tie between Wiesberger and Popovici was broken by head-to-head results; Popovici won in round 3.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Péter Piti Fall José Panizo Antero Vanhanen Fall Herbert Albrecht Givi Kartozia Decision Gheorghe Popovici Krali Bimbalov Decision Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Tevfik Kış Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 0 2 2 3 1 4 2 4 0 4 2 4 0 4 5 4 1 5 6 3 4 7 7 5 3 8 8 5 3 8 9 5 4 9

Round 5

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Tevfik Kış Decision Antero Vanhanen Givi Kartozia Decision Péter Piti Krali Bimbalov Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 5 0 5 1 4 1 5 1 4 1 5 1 2 3 5 5 4 3 7

Round 6

The sixth round ended with all four wrestlers having at least 6 points; there were two ties, a tie for first place and a tie for third place. Kış and Bimbalov tied for first. They had faced each other in round 2, with the bout ending in a tie. The decision was ultimately based on body weight, with Kış (the lighter wrestler) prevailing and taking the gold medal. Kartozia took the bronze medal over Piti due to head-to-head results; Kartozia had won in round 5.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Krali Bimbalov Decision Péter Piti Tevfik Kış Decision Givi Kartozia

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 5 1 6 5 1 6 5 3 8 4 5 3 8

References

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