The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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. Middleweight 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

Andhalkar withdrew after his bout.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gheorghe Popovici Tie Valentin Olenik Lothar Metz Decision Czesław Kwieciński Stig Persson Decision Raymond Schummer Jiří Kormaník Fall Kenjiro Hiraki Yavuz Selekman Decision Istvan Raskovy Max Kobelt Fall Fernando García Krali Bimbalov Fall Lee Gi-yeol Pentti Punkari Decision Julio Graffigna Branislav Simić Decision Géza Hollósi Wayne Baughman Decision Ganpat Andhalkar

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 10 2 10 2 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 17 4 17 4 17 Lee Gi-yeol 4 20 3*

Round 2

Five wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 14 to continue on. There was a three-way tie for the lead at 1 point.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Kenjiro Hiraki Decision Raymond Schummer Istvan Raskovy Fall Fernando García Lothar Metz Decision Gheorghe Popovici Krali Bimbalov Decision Pentti Punkari Yavuz Selekman Decision Max Kobelt Valentin Olenik Decision Czesław Kwieciński Géza Hollósi Fall Lee Gi-yeol Branislav Simić Fall Julio Graffigna Stig Persson Tie Jiří Kormaník Wayne Baughman Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 7 3 0 3 7 0 3 3 7 2 1 3 7 1 2 3 7 3 0 3 12 1 3 4 13 4 1 5 13 2 3 5 15 3 3 6 15 3 3 6 17 3 4 7 18 4 4 8 18 Lee Gi-yeol 4 4 8

Round 3

Another 5 wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 9 remaining. Simić had the best score at 2 points.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Valentin Olenik Decision Lothar Metz Stig Persson Tie Kenjiro Hiraki Jiří Kormaník Decision Istvan Raskovy Yavuz Selekman Tie Krali Bimbalov Géza Hollósi Fall Max Kobelt Branislav Simić Decision Pentti Punkari Gheorghe Popovici Decision Wayne Baughman

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 3 4 5 2 1 1 4 5 1 1 2 4 8 1 1 3 5 8 1 2 2 5 10 2 3 1 6 10 3 0 3 6 12 4 1 2 7 12 0 3 4 7 12 1 3 3 7

Round 4

Three wrestlers were eliminated. Simić had a bye and continued to hold the lead at 2 points.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Valentin Olenik Decision Wayne Baughman Lothar Metz Fall Stig Persson Jiří Kormaník Decision Yavuz Selekman Krali Bimbalov Tie Géza Hollósi Branislav Simić Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 4 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 3 0 0 2 5 3 1 1 3 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 3 3 7 7 1 1 2 3 7 9 1 2 2 4 9

Round 5

The fifth round eliminated 5 of 6 wrestlers, all but Simić (who thereby won the gold medal). The tie for 4th place was not broken; both men shared that result. The tie for the silver and bronze medals, however, needed to be broken by a head-to-head match in the final round.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Branislav Simić Tie Valentin Olenik Lothar Metz Decision Krali Bimbalov Jiří Kormaník Tie Géza Hollósi

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 2 1 1 2 6 2 1 1 3 0 1 6 4 3 0 0 2 2 7 4 2 1 1 1 2 7 6 0 1 2 2 3 8

Final round

In a tie-breaker bout to determine the silver and bronze medals, Kormaník defeated Metz by decision.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Jiří Kormaník Decision Lothar Metz

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Points 1 3

References

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