The men's freestyle flyweight 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. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to .
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 Din Nawab Fall Seán O'Connor Ahmet Bilek Decision Masayuki Matsubara Gray Simons Fall Bengt Frännfors Ali Aliyev Fall Faiz Mohammad Khakshar Lesław Kropp Fall Jorge Rosado André Zoete Fall Väinö Rantala Ebrahim Seifpour Fall Dieter Gröning Paul Neff Decision Carlo Vitrano Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov 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 8 0 1 1 8 0 1 1 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 12 0 4 4 12 0 4 4 12 0 4 4 12 0 4 4 12 0 4 4 12 0 4 4
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Din Nawab Decision Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov Masayuki Matsubara Fall Seán O'Connor Ahmet Bilek Fall Gray Simons Ali Aliyev Fall Bengt Frännfors Jorge Rosado Fall Faiz Mohammad Khakshar André Zoete Fall Lesław Kropp Ebrahim Seifpour Fall Väinö Rantala Paul Neff Fall Dieter Gröning Carlo Vitrano Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 7 0 3 3 7 3 0 3 7 3 0 3 10 0 4 4 10 4 0 4 10 0 4 4 13 4 4 8 13 4 4 8 13 4 4 8 13 4 4 8 13 4 4 8
Round 3
Kropp's head-to-head victory over Rosado in round 1 was the tie-breaker for 11th place.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov Fall Carlo Vitrano Masayuki Matsubara Fall Din Nawab Ali Aliyev Decision Ahmet Bilek Gray Simons Fall Jorge Rosado Ebrahim Seifpour Fall Lesław Kropp Paul Neff Fall André Zoete
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 0 3 4 3 0 3 6 1 3 4 6 4 0 4 6 0 4 4 9 1 4 5 10 3 4 7 11 4 4 8 12 4 4 8
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Masayuki Matsubara Fall Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov Ahmet Bilek Fall Din Nawab Gray Simons Decision Ali Aliyev Ebrahim Seifpour Fall André Zoete Paul Neff Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 4 1 3 4 4 4 0 4 6 4 1 5 7 3 4 7 8 4 4 8 9 5 4 9
Round 5
Simons's victory over Aliyev in round 4 was the tie-breaker for 5th place.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ahmet Bilek Fall Paul Neff Masayuki Matsubara Decision Gray Simons Ebrahim Seifpour Fall Ali Aliyev
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 4 2 3 1 4 4 1 4 5 5 5 3 8 6 4 4 8
Round 6
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Masayuki Matsubara Fall Paul Neff Ahmet Bilek Decision Ebrahim Seifpour
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 3 3 2 4 0 4 3 4 1 5 4 5 4 9
Round 7
Seifpour was eliminated at 6 points, earning bronze. Bilek and Matsubara were the only remaining wrestlers, each at 5 points; they had wrestled in the first round, with Bilek winning, so Bilek took gold on the head-to-head tie-breaker.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Masayuki Matsubara Decision Ebrahim Seifpour
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 4 1 5 4 1 5 3 3 6
References
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