The men's Greco-Roman welterweight 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. Welterweight was the third-heaviest 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
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Anatoly Kolesov Decision Sin Dong-ui Ion Ţăranu Decision Kiril Petkov Matti Laakso Fall Job Mayo Mithat Bayrak Tie Bertil Nyström Rudolf Vesper Tie Sadao Kazama Antal Rizmayer Decision Carlos Alberto Vario Harald Barlie Tie Helmut Längle Bolesław Dubicki Decision Russell Camilleri Albert Michiels Tie René Schiermeyer Asghar Zoghian Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 15 3 15 3 15 Sin Dong-ui 3 15 3 19 4
Round 2
Only 3 of the 19 wrestlers were eliminated. Of the remaining 16, Zoghian had the fewest points, at 1.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Asghar Zoghian Decision Sin Dong-ui Anatoly Kolesov Tie Ion Ţăranu Kiril Petkov Fall Job Mayo Mithat Bayrak Decision Matti Laakso Bertil Nyström Decision Rudolf Vesper Sadao Kazama Decision Antal Rizmayer Harald Barlie Fall Carlos Alberto Vario Russell Camilleri Decision Helmut Längle Bolesław Dubicki Decision Albert Michiels René Schiermeyer Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 5 2 1 3 5 2 1 3 5 1 2 3 5 0 3 3 5 2 1 3 5 3 0 3 5 1 2 3 12 3 1 4 12 1 3 4 14 2 3 5 14 2 3 5 14 2 3 5 17 Sin Dong-ui 3 3 6 18 3 4 7 19 4 4 8
Round 3
Six of the 16 wrestlers were eliminated. Of the remaining 10, 4 had 5 points, 4 had 4 points, and 2 (Dubicki and Schiermeyer) led with 3 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation René Schiermeyer Decision Asghar Zoghian Anatoly Kolesov Tie Kiril Petkov Ion Ţăranu Tie Matti Laakso Rudolf Vesper Decision Mithat Bayrak Bertil Nyström Decision Sadao Kazama Antal Rizmayer Fall Harald Barlie Bolesław Dubicki Decision Helmut Längle Russell Camilleri Fall Albert Michiels
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 4 3 1 3 0 4 3 0 1 3 4 7 1 2 2 5 7 0 3 2 5 7 3 0 2 5 7 1 2 2 5 11 2 0 4 6 11 2 1 3 6 11 2 1 3 6 11 2 3 1 6 15 2 3 3 8 16 2 3 4 9
Round 4
In a round with potential to eliminate up to 9 of the 10 wrestlers, only 6 were in fact eliminated. The only match where it was guaranteed that at least one wrestler would continue was Rizmayer (4 points) against Dubicki (3 points); all 5 of the other matches had potential for double elimination. Kolesov and Petkov each remained in contention with wins by fall (a win by decision would have eliminated each wrestler). Ţăranu was eliminated despite winning, picking up his 6th point due to the win being by decision. The Nyström vs. Camilleri bout would have resulted in double-elimination if tied, but Nyström won and therefore remained in competition.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Anatoly Kolesov Fall René Schiermeyer Ion Ţăranu Decision Asghar Zoghian Kiril Petkov Fall Matti Laakso Bertil Nyström Decision Russell Camilleri Antal Rizmayer Tie Bolesław Dubicki
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 3 0 2 0 5 5 1 3 0 2 6 5 1 2 2 1 6 7 3 1 0 3 7 7 2 0 1 4 7 7 0 1 3 3 7 10 0 3 2 4 9
Round 5
All four wrestlers started the round even at 5 points. Both bouts were drawn, leaving all four wrestlers eliminated at the same time and with the same score of 7 points. A final round was needed to finish the four-way round-robin.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Anatoly Kolesov Tie Bertil Nyström Kiril Petkov Tie Bolesław Dubicki
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 1 1 1 1 2 2 7 1 1 2 2 0 2 7 1 2 1 1 1 2 7 1 3 0 2 0 2 7
Final round
The four-way round-robin to determine the top 4 places carried over three results from prior rounds, all ties: Kolesov and Petkov in round 3, Kolesov and Nyström in round 5, and Petkov and Dubicki in round 5. In the final round, Kolesov began with by defeating Dubicki; Kolesov therefore finished at 1-0-2 (5 points). Petkov and Nyström tied, so Petkov finished at 0-0-3 (6 points). Nyström and Dubicki then tied; Nyström finished at 0-0-3 (6 points) to match Petkov, while Dubicki had the only loss of the round-robin for a 0-1-2 (7 points) finish. With Petkov and Nyström even at 6 points in the round-robin and tied head-to-head, total bad points was used as the next tie-breaker to give Petkov the silver medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Anatoly Kolesov Tie(Round 3) Kiril Petkov Anatoly Kolesov Tie(Round 5) Bertil Nyström Kiril Petkov Tie(Round 5) Bolesław Dubicki Anatoly Kolesov Decision Bolesław Dubicki Kiril Petkov Tie Bertil Nyström Bertil Nyström Tie Bolesław Dubicki
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 FR Total 5 1 2 2 0 2 1 8 6 3 0 2 0 2 2 9 6 2 1 1 1 2 4 11 4 7 1 1 1 2 2 5 12
References
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