The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 16 to 19 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor. Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing .

Competition format

This Greco-Roman 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, as adjusted at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Each bout awarded 4 points. If the victory was by fall, the winner received 0 and the loser 4. If the victory was by decision, the winner received 1 and the loser 3. If the bout was tied, each wrestler received 2 points. A wrestler who accumulated 6 or more points was eliminated. Rounds continued until there were 3 or fewer uneliminated wrestlers. If only 1 wrestler remained, he received the gold medal. If 2 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and they faced each other for gold and silver (if they had already wrestled each other, that result was used). If 3 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and a round-robin was held among those 3 to determine medals (with previous head-to-head results, if any, counting for this round-robin).

Results

Round 1

Tumasis withdrew after his bout.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Fritz Stange Decision Andy Fitch Masamitsu Ichiguchi Fall Nour Ullah Noor Michele Toma Decision Tortillano Tumasis János Varga Tie Ion Cernea Bernard Knitter Decision Siavash Shafizadeh Jiří Švec Fall Jang I-hyeon Bishambar Singh Decision Moises López Vladlen Trostianskiy Decision Ünver Beşergil Tsvyatko Pashkulev Decision Kamal El-Sayed Ali

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 9 2 9 2 11 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 16 Jang I-hyeon 4 16 4 18 3*

Round 2

Four wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 13 in competition. Švec was the only one to have 0 points.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Andy Fitch Decision Nour Ullah Noor Masamitsu Ichiguchi Decision Fritz Stange János Varga Decision Michele Toma Ion Cernea Decision Bernard Knitter Jiří Švec Fall Siavash Shafizadeh Ünver Beşergil Fall Jang I-hyeon Vladlen Trostianskiy Decision Bishambar Singh Kamal El-Sayed Ali Decision Moises López Tsvyatko Pashkulev Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 5 3 0 3 5 2 1 3 5 2 1 3 8 3 1 4 8 3 1 4 8 1 3 4 8 1 3 4 8 1 3 4 8 1 3 4 14 3 3 6 15 4 3 7 15 3 4 7 17 Jang I-hyeon 4 4 8

Round 3

Five wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 8 in contention. Švec's first loss allowed Ichiguchi to take the lead at 2 points.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Fritz Stange Fall Michele Toma Masamitsu Ichiguchi Decision János Varga Ion Cernea Decision Jiří Švec Vladlen Trostianskiy Decision Bernard Knitter Tsvyatko Pashkulev Tie Andy Fitch Ünver Beşergil Decision Bishambar Singh Kamal El-Sayed Ali Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 3 3 2 1 1 1 3 5 3 1 0 4 5 3 0 1 4 5 2 1 1 4 5 1 3 0 4 9 3 1 2 6 9 2 1 3 6 11 1 3 3 7 11 1 3 3 7 13 1 3 4 8

Round 4

The tie between Ali and Stange eliminated both men; the tie between Švec and Trostianskiy eliminated neither. Beşergil and Pashkulev were also eliminated; Beşergil finished 8th while the other three men eliminated in this round tied for 5th place.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Kamal El-Sayed Ali Tie Fritz Stange Masamitsu Ichiguchi Decision Tsvyatko Pashkulev Ion Cernea Decision Ünver Beşergil Jiří Švec Tie Vladlen Trostianskiy

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 5 2 0 0 3 2 5 2 1 1 1 2 5 5 3 1 0 2 6 5 1 0 2 3 6 5 1 3 0 2 6 8 3 0 1 3 7

Round 5

Three out of the four wrestlers were eliminated in this round, including the undefeated Trostianskiy (four wins by decision, one tie) who took silver. Ichiguchi, as the only man left, won the gold medal. The bronze medal tie was decided by the third-round head-to-head matchup between Cernea and Švec, which Švec had won.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Masamitsu Ichiguchi Decision Jiří Švec Vladlen Trostianskiy Decision Ion Cernea

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 6 2 1 1 1 3 8 4 0 0 3 2 3 8

References

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