The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight 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. Bantamweight was the second-lightest 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
Cañete withdrew after his bout. Schlechter was injured and could not continue.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ion Cernea Fall Michel Ben Akoun Imre Hódos Fall Loek Alflen Richard Debrunner Tie Reino Tuominen Masamitsu Ichiguchi Fall Larry Lauchle Gilberto Gramellini Decision Bernard Knitter Yaşar Yılmaz Decision Kamal El-Sayed Ali Gilbert Dubier Decision Ewald Tauer Oleg Karavaev Fall John Tveiten Stipan Dora Decision Aimé Verhoeven Jiří Švec Decision Ali Bani Hashemi Franz Brunner Decision Mikhail Theodoropoulos Edvin Vesterby Decision Orlando Gonçalves Dinko Petrov Fall François Schlechter Michel Nakouzi Decision Santiago Cañete
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 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 6 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 23 0 4 4 23 0 4 4 23 0 4 4 23 0 4 4 27 0 3 3* 28 0 4 4*
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ion Cernea Tie Imre Hódos Loek Alflen Fall Michel Ben Akoun Gilberto Gramellini Fall Richard Debrunner Bernard Knitter Fall Reino Tuominen Masamitsu Ichiguchi Decision Kamal El-Sayed Ali Yaşar Yılmaz Fall Larry Lauchle Michel Nakouzi Decision Gilbert Dubier Ewald Tauer Decision John Tveiten Oleg Karavaev Fall Aimé Verhoeven Stipan Dora Decision Ali Bani Hashemi Jiří Švec Decision Mikhail Theodoropoulos Edvin Vesterby Decision Franz Brunner Dinko Petrov Decision Orlando Gonçalves
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 6 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 6 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 12 3 0 3 13 4 0 4 13 1 3 4 13 1 3 4 13 3 1 4 17 3 3 6 17 3 3 6 17 2 4 6 17 3 3 6 17 3 3 6 17 2 4 6 23 4 3 7 23 3 4 7 25 4 4 8 25 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ion Cernea Decision Loek Alflen Imre Hódos Tie Gilberto Gramellini Bernard Knitter Tie Masamitsu Ichiguchi Yaşar Yılmaz Decision Gilbert Dubier Michel Nakouzi Decision Ewald Tauer Oleg Karavaev Decision Stipan Dora Jiří Švec Decision Franz Brunner Dinko Petrov Decision Edvin Vesterby
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 2 1 3 4 2 1 3 9 2 2 4 10 2 3 5 10 3 2 5 10 2 3 5 13 4 3 7 13 4 3 7 13 4 3 7 13 4 3 7
Round 4
The Official Report shows Vesterby (correctly) at 5 points after round 3, following 2 wins by decision and a loss by decision. After round 4, however, Vesterby is shown at 4 points even though his win by fall should have kept him at 5. There is no explanation for a wrestler receiving a reduction in bad points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ion Cernea Decision Gilberto Gramellini Bernard Knitter Fall Imre Hódos Masamitsu Ichiguchi Decision Yaşar Yılmaz Oleg Karavaev Decision Michel Nakouzi Edvin Vesterby Fall Stipan Dora Jiří Švec Tie Dinko Petrov
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 0 5 5 3 2 5 5 5 0 4* 5 2 3 5 9 3 3 6 9 3 3 6 11 4 4 8 12 5 4 9
Round 5
Vesterby's inexplicably reduced point total put him in a tie with Petrov for the bronze medal at 6 points. This tie was broken on head-to-head results; Petrov had defeated Vesterby in round 3. Vesterby would have finished in 4th place even were it not for the point reduction. Švec and Yılmaz were the ones ultimately affected by it, as they would have finished tied with Vesterby for 4th rather than tied only with each other for 5th.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ion Cernea Decision Bernard Knitter Oleg Karavaev Fall Masamitsu Ichiguchi Yaşar Yılmaz Tie Dinko Petrov Jiří Švec Tie Edvin Vesterby
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 0 2 2 4 1 5 4 2 6 4 4* 2 6* 5 5 2 7 5 5 2 7 7 4 4 8 7 5 3 8
Round 6
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Oleg Karavaev Decision Ion Cernea
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 2 1 3 4 3 7
References
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