The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 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. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing .. The page mistakenly uses "87 kgs" instead of "97 kgs" for the Greco-Roman light heavyweight tournament.
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
Mane withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Rostom Abashidze Tie Petar Cucić Ferenc Kiss Fall Maruti Mane Lucjan Sosnowski Tie Nicolae Martinescu Adelmo Bulgarelli Tie Gıyasettin Yılmaz Aimo Mäenpää Decision Akira Nakaura Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Fall Gang Du-man Boyan Radev Foul Pat Lovell Heinz Kiehl Fall José Panizo Pelle Svensson Decision Peter Jutzeler
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 5 1 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 13 3 13 3 15 Gang Du-man 4 15 4 15 4 18 4*
Round 2
Four wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 13 in competition. Kiehl and Radev each made it through the first two rounds with 0 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Rostom Abashidze Decision Ferenc Kiss Petar Cucić Tie Lucjan Sosnowski Nicolae Martinescu Decision Adelmo Bulgarelli Gıyasettin Yılmaz Fall Akira Nakaura Aimo Mäenpää Decision Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Boyan Radev Fall Gang Du-man Heinz Kiehl Fall Pat Lovell Peter Jutzeler Fall José Panizo Pelle Svensson Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 6 2 1 3 6 3 0 3 6 0 3 3 6 2 1 3 6 0 3 3 11 2 2 4 11 2 2 4 13 2 3 5 14 3 4 7 15 Gang Du-man 4 4 8 15 4 4 8 15 4 4 8
Round 3
Four more wrestlers were eliminated. Radev still had 0 points, while the next closest wrestlers had 3.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Pelle Svensson Tie Rostom Abashidze Ferenc Kiss Decision Petar Cucić Adelmo Bulgarelli Decision Lucjan Sosnowski Nicolae Martinescu Decision Gıyasettin Yılmaz Boyan Radev Default Aimo Mäenpää Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Decision Heinz Kiehl Peter Jutzeler Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 2 3 5 0 3 1 4 5 2 1 1 4 5 0 3 1 4 8 2 1 2 5 8 2 0 3 5 10 2 3 1 6 10 1 1 4 6 12 2 2 3 7 12 2 2 3 7
Round 4
More than half of the wrestlers (5 of 9) were eliminated. Radev finally received his first point, but still led at 1—guaranteeing he would make it through round 5 as well.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Rostom Abashidze Decision Peter Jutzeler Pelle Svensson Tie Ferenc Kiss Nicolae Martinescu Decision Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Boyan Radev Decision Gıyasettin Yılmaz Heinz Kiehl Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 1 1 5 3 1 0 2 2 5 5 2 1 2 1 6 5 3 0 0 3 6 5 0 3 1 2 6 8 0 3 1 3 7 9 2 0 3 3 8
Round 5
The fifth round eliminated 3 of the 4 remaining wrestlers; Radev, as the only man left with fewer than 6 points, took the gold medal. The tie in the standings between Svensson and Kiehl was broken by their head-to-head results in this round; Svensson won the bout between them and earned silver.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Pelle Svensson Decision Heinz Kiehl Boyan Radev Decision Nicolae Martinescu
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 3 0 3 6 4 2 1 1 1 3 8
References
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