The men's Greco-Roman featherweight 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. Featherweight was the third-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
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Lee Allen Fall José António Gregório Hossein Ebrahimian Decision Rauno Mäkinen Elie Naasan Decision Joseph Schmid Vojtech Tóth Fall Jean Schintgen Mihai Şulţ Fall Don Cacas Moustafa Hamil Mansour Decision Spas Penev Leif Freij Decision Masatoshi Takahira Müzahir Sille Decision Gottlieb Neumair Rudolf Pedersen Decision Kazimierz Macioch Umberto Trippa Decision Roger Mannhard Hans Marte Tie Konstantin Vyrupayev Imre Polyák Fall Vojislav Gološin Rahal Mahassine Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Rahal Mahassine 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 13 0 2 2 13 0 2 2 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 22 0 4 4 22 0 4 4 22 0 4 4 22 0 4 4
Round 2
Mäkinen withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hossein Ebrahimian Fall José António Gregório Lee Allen Decision Rahal Mahassine Rauno Mäkinen Decision Joseph Schmid Spas Penev Decision Leif Freij Gottlieb Neumair Fall Masatoshi Takahira Moustafa Hamil Mansour Fall Don Cacas Mihai Şulţ Fall Jean Schintgen Elie Naasan Tie Vojtech Tóth Umberto Trippa Decision Hans Marte Müzahir Sille Decision Kazimierz Macioch Roger Mannhard Fall Rudolf Pedersen Konstantin Vyrupayev Fall Vojislav Gološin Imre Polyák Bye N/A N/A
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 6 1 1 2 6 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 6 2 0 2 10 Rahal Mahassine 0 3 3 10 3 0 3 10 1 2 3 10 3 0 3 14 1 3 4 14 3 1 4 16 2 3 5 16 1 4 5 18 3 1 4* 19 3 3 6 19 3 3 6 21 3 4 7 22 4 4 8 22 4 4 8 22 4 4 8 22 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hossein Ebrahimian Decision Lee Allen Imre Polyák Fall Rahal Mahassine Umberto Trippa Fall Rudolf Pedersen Spas Penev Decision Gottlieb Neumair Müzahir Sille Fall Leif Freij Mihai Şulţ Decision Elie Naasan Vojtech Tóth Decision Moustafa Hamil Mansour Hans Marte Decision Roger Mannhard Konstantin Vyrupayev Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 7 2 1 3 8 1 3 4 8 1 3 4 10 4 1 5 11 3 3 6 11 5 1 6 11 3 3 6 11 3 3 6 15 Rahal Mahassine 3 4 7 16 4 4 8 17 5 4 9
Round 4
Mansour had beaten Penev in round 1, breaking the tie for 9th place.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Imre Polyák Decision Konstantin Vyrupayev Vojtech Tóth Decision Lee Allen Hossein Ebrahimian Decision Mihai Şulţ Müzahir Sille Fall Moustafa Hamil Mansour Umberto Trippa Decision Spas Penev
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 3 5 1 3 4 5 3 1 4 7 2 3 5 8 4 3 7 9 4 4 8 10 5 3 8
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Konstantin Vyrupayev Fall Hossein Ebrahimian Imre Polyák Decision Vojtech Tóth Mihai Şulţ Decision Müzahir Sille Umberto Trippa Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 3 3 2 3 5 3 4 1 5 3 5 0 5 6 3 4 7 6 4 3 7
Round 6
Vyrupayev's head-to-head victory over Trippa was the tie-breaker between the two at 6 points for the bronze medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Imre Polyák Decision Mihai Şulţ Konstantin Vyrupayev Decision Umberto Trippa Müzahir Sille Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 1 3 2 5 0 5 5 1 6 4 3 3 6 5 5 3 8
Round 7
Sille defeated Polyák on points, bringing each of the two wrestlers to 6 points. Because of the head-to-head win, Sille took the gold medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Müzahir Sille Decision Imre Polyák
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 5 1 6 3 3 6
References
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