The men's freestyle lightweight 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. Lightweight was the fourth-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 Tony Ries Jr. Decision Mario Tovar Bong Ug-won Decision Rafael Duran Ray Lougheed Decision Roger Bielle Nazem Amine Decision Kenny Stephenson Moustafa Tajiki Fall Muhammad Ashraf-Din Hayrullah Şahinkaya Fall Nick Stamulus Garibaldo Nizzola Fall Amir Jan Khalunder Enyu Valchev Decision Horst Bergmann Volodymyr Syniavskiy Decision Jan Kuczyński Kazuo Abe Decision Gyula Tóth Shelby Wilson Decision Parkash Gian Martti Peltoniemi Decision José Yañez
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 Bong Ug-won 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 13 0 3 3 22 0 4 4 22 0 4 4 22 0 4 4
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Mario Tovar Fall Rafael Duran Bong Ug-won Decision Tony Ries Jr. Ray Lougheed Decision Kenny Stephenson Roger Bielle Fall Nazem Amine Muhammad Ashraf-Din Decision Nick Stamulus Moustafa Tajiki Decision Hayrullah Şahinkaya Enyu Valchev Fall Amir Jan Khalunder Garibaldo Nizzola Decision Horst Bergmann Volodymyr Syniavskiy Fall Gyula Tóth Kazuo Abe Fall Jan Kuczyński Shelby Wilson Decision Martti Peltoniemi Parkash Gian Decision José Yañez
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 Bong Ug-won 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 9 3 0 3 9 0 3 3 9 3 0 3 12 3 1 4 12 1 3 4 12 1 3 4 15 1 4 5 15 4 1 5 17 3 3 6 17 3 3 6 17 3 3 6 20 3 4 7 20 3 4 7 20 4 3 7 20 3 4 7 24 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Bong Ug-won Decision Mario Tovar Tony Ries Jr. Decision Ray Lougheed Muhammad Ashraf-Din Decision Roger Bielle Moustafa Tajiki Fall Nazem Amine Hayrullah Şahinkaya Tie Garibaldo Nizzola Volodymyr Syniavskiy Decision Enyu Valchev Shelby Wilson Decision Kazuo Abe Martti Peltoniemi Decision Parkash Gian
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 Bong Ug-won 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 6 1 3 4 6 1 3 4 8 2 3 5 8 4 1 5 8 4 1 5 8 3 2 5 12 5 1 6 12 3 3 6 12 3 3 6 15 4 3 7 16 5 4 9
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Moustafa Tajiki Fall Tony Ries Jr. Bong Ug-won Decision Ray Lougheed Enyu Valchev Decision Hayrullah Şahinkaya Garibaldo Nizzola Fall Kazuo Abe Shelby Wilson Decision Volodymyr Syniavskiy Martti Peltoniemi Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 3 3 Bong Ug-won 3 1 4 3 3 1 4 5 5 0 5 5 2 3 5 5 4 1 5 8 4 4 8 8 5 3 8 8 5 3 8 11 5 4 9
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Bong Ug-won Decision Martti Peltoniemi Enyu Valchev Fall Moustafa Tajiki Volodymyr Syniavskiy Fall Garibaldo Nizzola Shelby Wilson Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 4 0 4 2 Bong Ug-won 4 1 5 2 5 0 5 2 5 0 5 2 1 4 5 6 3 4 7 7 5 3 8
Round 6
Wilson's victory over Syniavskiy in round 4 turned out to be the gold medal winning match, as those two wrestlers were the only ones left with fewer than 6 points at the end of round 6. They each had 5 points, so the tie was broken by head-to-head results. (Bong and Tajiki had not faced each other, and ties for 4th or worse place were not broken unless head-to-head results were already achieved, so they shared 4th place.)
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Shelby Wilson Decision Moustafa Tajiki Enyu Valchev Decision Bong Ug-won Volodymyr Syniavskiy Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 4 1 5 5 0 5 5 1 6 4 Bong Ug-won 5 3 8 4 5 3 8
References
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