The men's Greco-Roman flyweight 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. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to .
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
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ivan Kochergin Fall Kazim Gedik Dumitru Pârvulescu Decision Dick Wilson Franz Burkhard Fall Werner Hartmann Borivoj Vukov Tie Bengt Frännfors Takashi Hirata Fall Georgi Moskov Ignazio Fabra Decision Fritz Stange Heikki Hakola Tie Stefan Hajduk Mohamed Paziraie Decision Maurice Mewis Osman El-Sayed Decision Jørgen Jensen
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 8 0 2 2 8 0 2 2 8 0 2 2 8 0 2 2 12 0 3 3 12 0 3 3 12 0 3 3 12 0 3 3 16 0 4 4 16 0 4 4 16 0 4 4
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Dumitru Pârvulescu Fall Kazim Gedik Ivan Kochergin Tie Dick Wilson Borivoj Vukov Fall Franz Burkhard Bengt Frännfors Fall Werner Hartmann Georgi Moskov Decision Fritz Stange Ignazio Fabra Decision Takashi Hirata Maurice Mewis Fall Heikki Hakola Stefan Hajduk Decision Jørgen Jensen Osman El-Sayed Decision Mohamed Paziraie
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 7 2 1 3 7 0 3 3 7 3 0 3 10 0 4 4 10 1 3 4 12 4 1 5 12 3 2 5 14 2 4 6 14 3 3 6 14 3 3 6 17 4 4 8 17 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ivan Kochergin Tie Dumitru Pârvulescu Dick Wilson Fall Franz Burkhard Borivoj Vukov Decision Georgi Moskov Takashi Hirata Decision Bengt Frännfors Ignazio Fabra Decision Maurice Mewis Mohamed Paziraie Decision Stefan Hajduk Osman El-Sayed Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 5 3 1 4 5 2 2 4 7 2 3 5 7 4 1 5 7 5 0 5 10 3 3 6 10 3 3 6 12 4 4 8 12 5 3 8
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ivan Kochergin Decision Osman El-Sayed Dumitru Pârvulescu Decision Borivoj Vukov Takashi Hirata Fall Dick Wilson Bengt Frännfors Tie Ignazio Fabra Mohamed Paziraie Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 4 0 4 1 3 1 4 3 2 3 5 3 3 2 5 3 4 1 5 3 5 0 5 7 3 3 6 8 5 2 7 9 5 4 9
Round 5
Pârvulescu was the only wrestler left with fewer than 6 points; he took the gold medal. The tie in the standings between El-Sayed and Paziraie at 6 points for the silver medal was resolved by head-to-head results; El-Sayed had defeated Paziraie in round 2, so took silver.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Mohamed Paziraie Decision Ivan Kochergin Osman El-Sayed Decision Takashi Hirata Dumitru Pârvulescu Decision Ignazio Fabra
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 4 1 5 5 1 6 5 1 6 4 4 3 7 5 5 3 8 5 5 3 8
References
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