The men's freestyle bantamweight 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. Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing .
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 Luigi Chinazzo Decision Im Gwang-jae Dermot Dunne Fall Vittorio Mancini Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi Tie Hüseyin Akbaş Mykhailo Shakhov Tie Tauno Jaskari Muhammad Siraj-Din Fall Walter Pilling Fred Kämmerer Decision Eduardo Campbell Terry McCann Decision Edvin Vesterby Tadeusz Trojanowski Fall Paul Hänni Nezhdet Zalev Fall Geoffrey Jameson Tadashi Asai 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 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 13 0 3 3 13 Im Gwang-jae 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 16 0 4 4 16 0 4 4 16 0 4 4 16 0 4 4
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Tadashi Asai Fall Luigi Chinazzo Im Gwang-jae Fall Dermot Dunne Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi Fall Vittorio Mancini Mykhailo Shakhov Decision Hüseyin Akbaş Tauno Jaskari Decision Muhammad Siraj-Din Eduardo Campbell Fall Walter Pilling Fred Kämmerer Decision Edvin Vesterby Terry McCann Fall Paul Hänni Tadeusz Trojanowski Fall Geoffrey Jameson Nezhdet Zalev 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 5 1 1 2 5 2 0 2 7 3 0 3 7 Im Gwang-jae 3 0 3 7 2 1 3 7 2 1 3 7 0 3 3 12 0 4 4 13 2 3 5 13 1 4 5 15 3 3 6 16 4 4 8 16 4 4 8 16 4 4 8 16 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Nezhdet Zalev Fall Tadashi Asai Luigi Chinazzo Fall Dermot Dunne Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi Decision Im Gwang-jae Tauno Jaskari Fall Hüseyin Akbaş Mykhailo Shakhov Decision Muhammad Siraj-Din Terry McCann Decision Eduardo Campbell Tadeusz Trojanowski Decision Fred Kämmerer
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 4 3 0 3 4 2 1 3 6 0 4 4 6 3 1 4 8 5 0 5 8 2 3 5 10 3 3 6 10 Im Gwang-jae 3 3 6 10 3 3 6 13 4 4 8 14 5 4 9
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Nezhdet Zalev Decision Luigi Chinazzo Tadashi Asai Decision Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi Mykhailo Shakhov Fall Fred Kämmerer Tauno Jaskari Decision Terry McCann Tadeusz Trojanowski Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 3 1 4 3 4 0 4 5 4 1 5 5 2 3 5 7 3 3 6 8 5 3 8 9 5 4 9
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Nezhdet Zalev Decision Tadeusz Trojanowski Tadashi Asai Decision Tauno Jaskari Terry McCann Fall Mykhailo Shakhov
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 3 5 0 5 4 5 1 6 5 4 3 7 6 4 4 8
Round 6
With three wrestlers left, the sixth and final round required all remaining possible bouts to be wrestled rather than giving one of the remaining wrestlers the advantage of a bye. Zalev and Trojanowski had already faced each other, so each wrestled against McCann—who won both bouts to secure the gold medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Terry McCann Decision Tadeusz Trojanowski Terry McCann Decision Nezhdet Zalev
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 5 2 7 2 3 5 4 3 7
References
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