The men's freestyle featherweight 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. Featherweight was the third-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
Parker and Shiam withdrew after their bouts.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Jef Mewis Fall Sunder Shiam Hans Marte Decision Samuel Parker Mustafa Dağıstanlı Decision Erkki Penttilä József Kellermann Fall Meinrad Ernst Vladimer Rubashvili Fall Mohamed Khadem Khorasani Louis Giani Fall Angelo Gelsomini Stefanos Ioannidis Fall Gang Jeong-ho Ahmed Sayed Kasim Tie Roberto Vallejo Muhammad Akhtar Fall Mohammad Ibrahim Kederi Tamiji Sato Decision Jan Żurawski Abe Geldenhuys Fall Bert Aspen Stancho Ivanov Fall Christian Luschnig Georges Ballery 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 1 1 10 0 1 1 10 0 1 1 13 0 2 2 13 0 2 2 15 0 3 3 15 0 3 3 17 0 4 4 17 Gang Jeong-ho 0 4 4 17 0 4 4 17 0 4 4 17 0 4 4 17 0 4 4 17 0 4 4 24 0 3 3* 25 0 4 4*
Round 2
Ioannidis withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Jef Mewis Decision Georges Ballery Mustafa Dağıstanlı Fall Hans Marte Erkki Penttilä Decision József Kellermann Vladimer Rubashvili Fall Meinrad Ernst Mohamed Khadem Khorasani Fall Louis Giani Gang Jeong-ho Decision Angelo Gelsomini Ahmed Sayed Kasim Decision Stefanos Ioannidis Roberto Vallejo Decision Mohammad Ibrahim Kederi Tamiji Sato Decision Muhammad Akhtar Jan Żurawski Decision Abe Geldenhuys Bert Aspen Tie Christian Luschnig Stancho Ivanov Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 5 1 1 2 6 0 3 3 6 0 3 3 6 0 3 3 6 0 3 3 6 2 1 3 6 2 1 3 12 0 4 4 12 4 0 4 12 3 1 4 12 3 1 4 16 Gang Jeong-ho 4 1 5 16 1 4 5 18 0 3 3* 19 4 2 6 19 4 2 6 21 4 3 7 21 4 3 7 23 4 4 8
Round 3
Giani withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Stancho Ivanov Decision Georges Ballery Jef Mewis Fall Hans Marte Mustafa Dağıstanlı Fall József Kellermann Vladimer Rubashvili Fall Erkki Penttilä Mohamed Khadem Khorasani Fall Gang Jeong-ho Louis Giani Decision Ahmed Sayed Kasim Tamiji Sato Fall Roberto Vallejo Muhammad Akhtar Decision Jan Żurawski Abe Geldenhuys Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 6 3 0 3 7 3 1 4 7 4 0 4 9 4 1 5* 10 3 3 6 10 3 3 6 12 3 4 7 12 3 4 7 12 4 3 7 15 4 4 8 16 Gang Jeong-ho 5 4 9 16 5 4 9
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Stancho Ivanov Decision Abe Geldenhuys Mustafa Dağıstanlı Decision Jef Mewis Muhammad Akhtar Decision Vladimer Rubashvili Tamiji Sato Fall Mohamed Khadem Khorasani
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 4 0 3 3 5 1 3 4 6 4 1 5 7 3 3 6 8 4 4 8
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Stancho Ivanov Fall Jef Mewis Mustafa Dağıstanlı Fall Muhammad Akhtar Vladimer Rubashvili Decision Tamiji Sato
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 3 3 1 4 4 2 3 5 5 4 4 8 6 5 4 9
Round 6
Rubashvili's head-to-head victory over Sato in round 5 was the tie-breaker for the bronze medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Stancho Ivanov Decision Vladimer Rubashvili Mustafa Dağıstanlı Tie Tamiji Sato
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 4 4 3 7 4 5 2 7
Round 7
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Mustafa Dağıstanlı Decision Stancho Ivanov
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 4 1 5 3 3 6
References
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