The men's freestyle light heavyweight 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. Light heavyweight was the second-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
Martina withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Anatoly Albul Decision Eugen Holzherr İsmet Atlı Decision Valcho Kostov György Gurics Decision Bob Steckle Viking Palm Decision Dieter Rauchbach Sajan Singh Decision Antonio Marcucci Gholam Reza Takhti Fall Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga Shunichi Kawano Decision Patrick Parsons Manie van Zyl Fall Gerry Martina Dan Brand Fall Maurice Jacquel César Ferreras 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 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 17 0 4 4 17 0 4 4 19 0 4 4*
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation César Ferreras Tie Eugen Holzherr Anatoly Albul Decision Valcho Kostov İsmet Atlı Decision Bob Steckle Viking Palm Fall György Gurics Sajan Singh Fall Dieter Rauchbach Antonio Marcucci Fall Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga Gholam Reza Takhti Fall Patrick Parsons Shunichi Kawano Fall Dan Brand Manie van Zyl Decision Maurice Jacquel
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 6 0 2 2 9 3 0 3 10 0 4 4 11 1 4 5 11 3 2 5 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6 15 4 3 7 15 3 4 7 15 3 4 7 18 4 4 8
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Anatoly Albul Fall César Ferreras İsmet Atlı Decision Eugen Holzherr György Gurics Fall Sajan Singh Viking Palm Decision Antonio Marcucci Gholam Reza Takhti Fall Shunichi Kawano Dan Brand Fall Manie van Zyl
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 3 5 4 0 4 6 5 0 5 6 1 4 5 6 1 4 5 6 1 4 5 10 2 4 6 10 3 3 6 12 5 3 8
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation İsmet Atlı Decision Anatoly Albul Gholam Reza Takhti Fall György Gurics Viking Palm Decision Sajan Singh Manie van Zyl Fall Shunichi Kawano Dan Brand Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 3 3 1 4 3 4 0 4 5 2 3 5 5 5 0 5 7 5 3 8 8 5 4 9 8 5 4 9
Round 5
This round left two wrestlers uneliminated; they advanced to face each other in the final (even though Atlı could not possibly catch Takhti on points—the winner of the final would take the gold medal). Two wrestlers were eliminated tied for third at 6 points; they would compete in a bronze medal bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Anatoly Albul Decision Dan Brand İsmet Atlı Decision Viking Palm Gholam Reza Takhti Fall Manie van Zyl
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 4 1 5 3 5 1 6 3 3 3 6 5 4 3 7 6 5 4 9
Round 6
The bronze medal bout ended in a tie, so body weight was used to determine the winner. Albul was lighter and therefore took the bronze medal.
Atlı defeated Takhti in the final, giving the Turkish wrestler the gold medal regardless of points.
Bronze medal bout
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Anatoly Albul Tie Viking Palm
Final
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation İsmet Atlı Decision Gholam Reza Takhti
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 5 1 6 0 3 3 6 2 8 4 6 2 8
References
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