The men's freestyle heavyweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 1 to 6 September at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over .
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
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Savkuz Dzarasov Fall Kaoru Ishiguro Yaqub-Ali Shourvarzi Fall Max Ordman Bertil Antonsson Fall Max Widmer Wilfried Dietrich Fall Ray Mitchell János Reznák Decision William Kerslake Ken Richmond Fall Nizam-ud-din Subhani Lyutvi Akhmedov Fall Muhammad Nazir Hamit Kaplan Fall Lucjan Sosnowski Pietro Marascalchi 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 1 1 10 0 3 3 11 0 4 4 11 0 4 4 11 0 4 4 11 0 4 4 11 0 4 4 11 0 4 4 11 0 4 4
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Pietro Marascalchi Fall Kaoru Ishiguro Savkuz Dzarasov Fall Yaqub-Ali Shourvarzi Bertil Antonsson Fall Max Ordman Wilfried Dietrich Fall Max Widmer Ray Mitchell Tie János Reznák William Kerslake Fall Ken Richmond Muhammad Nazir Decision Nizam-ud-din Subhani Lyutvi Akhmedov Tie Hamit Kaplan Lucjan Sosnowski 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 0 2 2 5 0 2 2 7 3 0 3 7 1 2 3 9 0 4 4 9 0 4 4 9 4 0 4 12 4 1 5 13 4 2 6 14 4 3 7 15 4 4 8 15 4 4 8 15 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Pietro Marascalchi Fall Lucjan Sosnowski Savkuz Dzarasov Fall Bertil Antonsson Wilfried Dietrich Fall Yaqub-Ali Shourvarzi János Reznák Decision Ken Richmond William Kerslake Tie Lyutvi Akhmedov Hamit Kaplan Fall Muhammad Nazir
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 5 2 2 4 5 0 4 4 5 3 1 4 8 3 2 5 9 4 3 7 10 4 4 8 10 4 4 8 12 5 4 9
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Savkuz Dzarasov Fall Pietro Marascalchi Wilfried Dietrich Decision Bertil Antonsson János Reznák Tie Lyutvi Akhmedov Hamit Kaplan Decision William Kerslake
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 4 0 4 4 5 4 2 6 5 4 2 6 7 4 3 7 8 5 3 8
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Wilfried Dietrich Fall Pietro Marascalchi Savkuz Dzarasov Tie Hamit Kaplan
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 3 3 2 5 4 4 4 8
Round 6
With three wrestlers left, the remaining men used a round-robin to determine medals rather than giving one competitor a bye in round 6. Kaplan and Dzarasov had tied in round 5. Dietrich defeated Dzarasov then tied Kaplan, finishing with the best record against the other medalists to take the gold medal. Kaplan's two ties gave him the silver medal, while Dzarasov's loss and tie earned bronze.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Wilfried Dietrich Fall Savkuz Dzarasov Wilfried Dietrich Tie Hamit Kaplan
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Vs. Medalists 1 2 3 2 5 2 7 4 2 4 6 6
References
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