The men's freestyle welterweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 1 to 6 September at the Basilica of Maxentius. Each nation was limited to one competitor. The Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing .
Competition format
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, 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
Rantanen withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation İsmail Ogan Decision Vakhtang Balavadze Udey Chand Decision Joe Feeney Yutaka Kaneko Fall Musa Kazanov Coenraad de Villiers Decision Franz Berger Gaetano De Vescovi Decision Juan Flores Emam Ali Habibi Fall Choi Myeong-jong Åke Carlsson Decision Veikko Rantanen Muhammad Bashir Fall Peter Amey Juan Rolón Decision Sultan Mohammad Dost Doug Blubaugh Fall Kurt Boese Karl Bruggmann Fall Robert Clark Martin Heinze 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 7 0 1 1 7 0 1 1 7 0 1 1 7 0 1 1 7 0 1 1 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 18 0 4 4 18 0 4 4 18 Choi Myeong-jong 0 4 4 18 0 4 4 18 0 4 4 23 0 3 3*
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation İsmail Ogan Decision Martin Heinze Vakhtang Balavadze Decision Udey Chand Musa Kazanov Decision Joe Feeney Yutaka Kaneko Fall Franz Berger Coenraad de Villiers Fall Juan Flores Emam Ali Habibi Decision Åke Carlsson Gaetano De Vescovi Fall Choi Myeong-jong Muhammad Bashir Decision Juan Rolón Peter Amey Decision Sultan Mohammad Dost Doug Blubaugh Fall Karl Bruggmann Kurt Boese Fall Robert Clark
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 7 1 1 2 8 0 3 3 9 3 1 4 9 4 0 4 9 0 4 4 9 1 3 4 9 1 3 4 9 1 3 4 15 4 1 5 15 4 1 5 17 3 3 6 17 3 3 6 19 3 4 7 19 3 4 7 21 Choi Myeong-jong 4 4 8 21 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Martin Heinze Tie Vakhtang Balavadze İsmail Ogan Fall Udey Chand Musa Kazanov Decision Coenraad de Villiers Gaetano De Vescovi Fall Yutaka Kaneko Emam Ali Habibi Decision Muhammad Bashir Åke Carlsson Fall Peter Amey Doug Blubaugh Walkover Juan Rolón Karl Bruggmann Decision Kurt Boese
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 5 1 3 4 5 4 0 4 5 1 3 4 5 0 4 4 9 4 1 5 9 3 2 5 11 4 2 6 11 5 1 6 13 4 3 7 14 4 4 8 14 4 4 8 16 5 4 9
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yutaka Kaneko Fall Martin Heinze İsmail Ogan Decision Coenraad de Villiers Emam Ali Habibi Decision Gaetano De Vescovi Doug Blubaugh Fall Åke Carlsson Muhammad Bashir Fall Karl Bruggmann
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 4 4 0 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 0 4 7 4 3 7 8 4 4 8 9 5 4 9 9 5 4 9
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation İsmail Ogan Decision Yutaka Kaneko Muhammad Bashir Decision Gaetano De Vescovi Doug Blubaugh Fall Emam Ali Habibi
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 3 4 1 5 4 3 4 7 4 4 3 7 4 4 3 7
Round 6
With three remaining wrestlers, the competition used a round-robin to determine the medalists rather than giving one wrestler a bye in round 6. Ogan defeated Bashir, but Blubaugh defeated both of them to take the gold medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation İsmail Ogan Decision Muhammad Bashir Doug Blubaugh Decision İsmail Ogan Doug Blubaugh Fall Muhammad Bashir
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 0 1 1 4 4 8 5 7 12
References
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