The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 11 to 14 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to .
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, 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 Muhammad Niaz-Din Tie Ali Akbar Heidari Athanasios Zafeiropoulos Fall Liang Soon Hin Gray Simons Decision Stoyko Malov Ali Aliyev Decision Gheorghe Ţarălungă Malwa Singh Decision Paul Neff Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav Decision Ernest Fernando Cemal Yanılmaz Fall Seán O'Connor Vincenzo Grassi Decision Faiz Mohammad Khakshar Yoshikatsu Yoshida Fall André Zoete Eduardo Campbell Fall César del Rio Chang Chang-sun Fall Max McAlary
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 Chang Chang-sun 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 1 6 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 11 2 11 2 13 3 13 3 13 3 13 3 13 3 18 4 18 Liang Soon Hin 4 18 4 18 4 18 4
Round 2
Seven wrestlers had their second loss in round 2 and were eliminated, leaving 15 competitors to advance to round 3. Yoshida was the only wrestler left with 0 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Muhammad Niaz-Din Decision Athanasios Zafeiropoulos Ali Akbar Heidari Fall Liang Soon Hin André Zoete Fall Max McAlary Stoyko Malov Fall Gheorghe Ţarălungă Gray Simons Tie Ali Aliyev Chang Chang-sun Decision Eduardo Campbell Malwa Singh Walkover Ernest Fernando Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav Walkover Paul Neff Cemal Yanılmaz Decision Vincenzo Grassi Seán O'Connor Fall Faiz Mohammad Khakshar Yoshikatsu Yoshida Fall César del Rio
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 0 0 0 2 Chang Chang-sun 0 1 1 2 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 2 0 2 7 1 2 3 7 0 3 3 7 3 0 3 7 2 1 3 7 1 2 3 7 0 3 3 13 1 3 4 13 4 0 4 13 4 0 4 16 3 4 7 16 3 4 7 16 3 4 7 16 3 4 7 20 4 4 8 20 Liang Soon Hin 4 4 8 20 4 4 8
Round 3
Four more wrestlers reached 6 or more points after taking a second loss in this round. Advancing to round 4 were 11 wrestlers, 7 of whom had 4 points and would be eliminated with a loss or tie. Chang and Yoshida each had only 1 point to lead the group.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Muhammad Niaz-Din Decision Stoyko Malov Ali Akbar Heidari Decision Athanasios Zafeiropoulos Gray Simons Decision Malwa Singh Ali Aliyev Decision Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav Vincenzo Grassi Decision Seán O'Connor Yoshikatsu Yoshida Decision Cemal Yanılmaz André Zoete Fall Eduardo Campbell Chang Chang-sun Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 Chang Chang-sun 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 1 0 3 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 0 3 4 4 0 1 3 4 4 4 0 0 4 11 1 3 1 5 12 3 0 3 6 12 0 3 3 6 14 0 3 4 7 14 4 0 3 7
Round 4
Five wrestlers were eliminated: Chimedbazaryn, Singh, and Grassi each had two losses; Niaz-Din had only one and Simons had not lost at all, but their accumulation of points from draws and wins by decision was enough to put them at 6 or more. Yoshida regained sole possession of the lead, staying at 1 point while Chang received a second. Three wrestlers stayed at 4 points, while Heidari moved from 3 to 5 with his tie.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Chang Chang-sun Decision Muhammad Niaz-Din Ali Akbar Heidari Tie Gray Simons Ali Aliyev Fall Malwa Singh Cemal Yanılmaz Fall Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav Yoshikatsu Yoshida Fall Vincenzo Grassi André Zoete Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 Chang Chang-sun 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 4 3 0 1 3 0 4 3 4 0 0 0 4 6 2 0 1 2 5 7 1 2 1 2 6 8 2 1 1 3 7 9 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav 1 0 3 4 8 9 1 0 3 4 8 11 1 3 1 4 9
Round 5
All four wrestlers that started the round with 4 points lost by decision and were eliminated in a three-way tie for 4th place. Heidari, who started with 5 points and had not lost any bout, was also eliminated because his win by decision gave him 6 points. Yoshida and Chang were the last two wrestlers remaining; they advanced to a final bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Chang Chang-sun Decision André Zoete Ali Akbar Heidari Decision Cemal Yanılmaz Yoshikatsu Yoshida Decision Ali Aliyev
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 Chang Chang-sun 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 6 4 1 2 1 0 3 7 4 0 1 3 0 3 7 4 4 0 0 0 3 7
Final round
In a head-to-head final bout for the gold medal, Yoshida won by decision.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yoshikatsu Yoshida Decision Chang Chang-sun
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points 1 Chang Chang-sun 3
References
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