The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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. Middleweight was the third-heaviest 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
Gurics withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Oddvar Barlie Tie Bolesław Dubicki Ronald Hunt Tie Hammou Haddaoui Khadir Pentti Punkari Tie Mansour Hazrati Jiří Kormaník Decision André Lamy Kazım Ayvaz Decision Marziano Magnani Lothar Metz Fall Raymond Schummer Russell Camilleri Decision Charles Berthoud Yacoub Romanos Fall Helmut Längle Nikolay Chuchalov Fall Leopold Israelsson Dimitar Dobrev Fall Luís Caldas György Gurics Decision Albert Michiels Ion Ţăranu Fall Noboru Aomi
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 9 0 2 2 9 0 2 2 9 0 2 2 9 0 2 2 9 0 2 2 9 0 2 2 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 19 0 4 4 19 0 4 4 19 0 4 4 19 0 4 4 19 0 4 4 24 0 1 1*
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Oddvar Barlie Fall Ronald Hunt Bolesław Dubicki Fall Hammou Haddaoui Khadir Pentti Punkari Decision André Lamy Jiří Kormaník Decision Mansour Hazrati Lothar Metz Decision Marziano Magnani Kazım Ayvaz Fall Raymond Schummer Russell Camilleri Fall Helmut Längle Yacoub Romanos Decision Charles Berthoud Dimitar Dobrev Decision Nikolay Chuchalov Leopold Israelsson Fall Luís Caldas Albert Michiels Decision Noboru Aomi Ion Ţăranu Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 7 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 7 1 1 2 10 0 3 3 10 2 1 3 12 4 0 4 12 3 1 4 14 2 3 5 15 3 3 6 15 2 4 6 15 2 4 6 15 3 3 6 15 3 3 6 20 4 3 7 21 4 4 8 21 4 4 8 21 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ion Ţăranu Fall Oddvar Barlie Bolesław Dubicki Decision Pentti Punkari Kazım Ayvaz Decision Mansour Hazrati Lothar Metz Tie Jiří Kormaník Russell Camilleri Tie Yacoub Romanos Nikolay Chuchalov Decision Albert Michiels Dimitar Dobrev Decision Leopold Israelsson
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 2 3 4 2 1 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 8 3 1 4 8 2 2 4 10 2 4 6 10 3 3 6 12 4 3 7 12 4 3 7 14 5 3 8
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ion Ţăranu Tie Bolesław Dubicki Kazım Ayvaz Fall Jiří Kormaník Lothar Metz Fall Russell Camilleri Nikolay Chuchalov Fall Yacoub Romanos Dimitar Dobrev Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 0 3 5 4 0 4 6 3 2 5 7 3 4 7 7 3 4 7 9 4 4 8
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Dimitar Dobrev Decision Ion Ţăranu Bolesław Dubicki Tie Kazım Ayvaz Lothar Metz Decision Nikolay Chuchalov
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 4 4 2 3 5 5 4 3 7 5 5 2 7
Round 6
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Dimitar Dobrev Decision Kazım Ayvaz Ion Ţăranu Tie Lothar Metz
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 3 1 4 4 2 6 3 4 3 7 3 5 2 7
Bronze medal bout
Ţăranu and Ayvaz finished round 6 tied for 3rd at 7 points and had not faced each other; they competed in a bronze medal bout, won by Ţăranu.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ion Ţăranu Decision Kazım Ayvaz
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 7 1 8 4 7 3 10
References
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