The men's freestyle featherweight 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. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing .
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 Osamu Watanabe Fall Baldangiin Sanjaa Raúl Romero Decision John Smith Reiner Schilling Decision Antonio Senosa Yun Daek Decision Ray Brown Mario Tovar Fall Roy Meehan Matti Jutila Fall Ibrahim Seifpour Tauno Jaskari Tie Bandu Patil Bobby Douglas Decision Hayrullah Şahinkaya Nodar Khokhashvili Decision Muhammad Akhtar Stancho Ivanov Fall Bert Aspen Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6 Yun Daek 1 11 2 11 2 13 3 13 3 13 3 13 3 13 3 18 4 18 Baldangiin Sanjaa 4 18 4 18 4
Round 2
Six wrestlers were eliminated after two losses; a seventh man was also eliminated after a tie and a loss by fall. Baldangiin Sanjaa withdrew after the round. Thirteen wrestlers advanced to round 3, led by Ebrahim and Watanabe at 0 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Fall Raúl Romero Osamu Watanabe Fall John Smith Baldangiin Sanjaa Fall Antonio Senosa Reiner Schilling Decision Yun Daek Mario Tovar Decision Ray Brown Ibrahim Seifpour Fall Roy Meehan Tauno Jaskari Decision Matti Jutila Bobby Douglas Fall Bandu Patil Nodar Khokhashvili Decision Hayrullah Şahinkaya Stancho Ivanov Decision Muhammad Akhtar Bert Aspen Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 6 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 8 2 1 3 8 0 3 3 10 4 0 4 10 4 0 4 10 Yun Daek 1 3 4 13 1 4 5 14 Baldangiin Sanjaa 4 0 4* 15 3 3 6 15 3 3 6 15 3 3 6 15 2 4 6 19 3 4 7 19 3 4 7 21 4 4 8
Round 3
Five of the six bout losers in this round were eliminated; Tover, who had started with 1 point and thus could not be eliminated, moved to 4 points but stayed in competition. Eight men remained. Watanabe was the only wrestler to continue to have 0 points after his third win by fall.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Decision Bert Aspen Osamu Watanabe Fall Raúl Romero Reiner Schilling Decision Mario Tovar Ibrahim Seifpour Fall Yun Daek Bobby Douglas Decision Matti Jutila Nodar Khokhashvili Decision Tauno Jaskari Stancho Ivanov Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 2 5 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 3 7 4 0 0 4 7 0 1 3 4 9 2 1 3 6 9 0 3 3 6 11 4 0 3 7 12 Yun Daek 1 3 4 8 13 1 4 4 9
Round 4
All four bouts were determined by decision, resulting in wrestlers receiving at least 1 point. Watanabe, at 1 point, remained in the lead. Schilling's first loss was enough to eliminate him; Tovar had two losses and was also eliminated. Ebrahim and Douglas were each able to survive their first loss, at 4 and 5 points total respectively.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Stancho Ivanov Decision Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Osamu Watanabe Decision Reiner Schilling Ibrahim Seifpour Decision Mario Tovar Nodar Khokhashvili Decision Bobby Douglas
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 3 5 5 4 0 0 1 5 7 1 1 1 3 6 8 0 1 3 3 7
Round 5
Watanabe received his second point in a win by decision over Ivanov; the latter man moved from 2 points to 5 points and so remained in contention. The bout between Douglas and Ebrahim resulted in both wrestlers being eliminated; Douglas needed to win by fall to remain uneliminated but instead won by decision. Khokhashvili won his fifth straight decision, staying in the competition at 5 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Osamu Watanabe Decision Stancho Ivanov Bobby Douglas Decision Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Nodar Khokhashvili Decision Ibrahim Seifpour
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 1 3 1 6 5 0 0 1 3 3 7 6 4 0 0 1 3 8
Final round
With three remaining wrestlers, the final round was a round-robin among the medalists. Watanabe's round 5 victory over Ivanov counted. Ivanov and Khokhasvili wrestled to a draw; this would ultimately be the de facto silver/bronze match as Watanabe then defeated Khokhashvili by decision to take the gold medal. Ivanov and Khokhasvili each had 5 points in the round-robin (the tie against each other as well as a loss by decision to Watanabe), and head-to-head results (the tie) were unable to break the standings tie. The next tie-breaker was body weight; Ivanov took silver as the lighter wrestler.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Osamu Watanabe Decision(Round 5) Stancho Ivanov Stancho Ivanov Tie Nodar Khokhashvili Osamu Watanabe Decision Nodar Khokhashvili
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points 2 5 5
References
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