The men's freestyle middleweight 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. Middleweight was the third-heaviest 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 Takashi Nagai Fall Ronald Hunt Géza Hollósi Tie Prodan Gardzhev Hasan Güngör Fall Julio Graffigna Fred Thomas Fall Mansour Mahdizadeh Hans Antonsson Fall Viljo Punkari Madho Singh Fall Alan Butts Ed DeWitt Decision Germano Caraffini Georg Utz Fall Henri Mottier Giorgi Skhirt'ladze Fall Mohammad Asif Khokan Muhammad Faiz 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 9 0 1 1 10 0 2 2 10 0 2 2 12 0 3 3 13 0 4 4 13 0 4 4 13 0 4 4 13 0 4 4 13 0 4 4 13 0 4 4 13 0 4 4
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Takashi Nagai Decision Muhammad Faiz Géza Hollósi Fall Ronald Hunt Hasan Güngör Decision Prodan Gardzhev Fred Thomas Decision Julio Graffigna Mansour Mahdizadeh Decision Hans Antonsson Viljo Punkari Fall Alan Butts Madho Singh Fall Germano Caraffini Ed DeWitt Fall Henri Mottier Giorgi Skhirt'ladze Fall Georg Utz Mohammad Asif Khokan 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 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 7 2 0 2 8 0 3 3 8 0 3 3 10 4 0 4 10 4 0 4 10 0 4 4 13 2 3 5 13 4 1 5 15 3 4 7 15 4 3 7 17 4 4 8 17 4 4 8 17 4 4 8
Round 3
Faiz withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Muhammad Faiz Decision Mohammad Asif Khokan Géza Hollósi Decision Takashi Nagai Prodan Gardzhev Fall Fred Thomas Hasan Güngör Tie Mansour Mahdizadeh Hans Antonsson Decision Madho Singh Georg Utz Decision Viljo Punkari Ed DeWitt Decision Giorgi Skhirt'ladze
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 2 0 3 3 2 0 3 3 6 3 1 4 6 1 3 4 8 5 0 5 8 1 4 5 8 4 1 5 11 3 1 4* 12 4 3 7 12 5 2 7 12 4 3 7
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Prodan Gardzhev Decision Takashi Nagai Hasan Güngör Decision Géza Hollósi Hans Antonsson Fall Fred Thomas Giorgi Skhirt'ladze Decision Madho Singh Ed DeWitt Decision Georg Utz
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 1 3 2 4 0 4 2 3 1 4 2 3 1 4 5 5 1 6 5 3 3 6 5 3 3 6 8 4 3 7 9 5 3 8 10 5 4 9
Round 5
The draw between Antonsson and Skhirt'ladze eliminated them both and left them tied in the standings for second place at 6 points (if either had won, the winner would have faced Güngör for the gold medal). Because head-to-head results could not break that tie, lighter body weight was used and Skhirt'ladze took the silver medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hasan Güngör Fall Ed DeWitt Hans Antonsson Tie Giorgi Skhirt'ladze
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 4 0 4 4 2 6 4 2 6 4 3 4 7
References
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