The men's freestyle welterweight 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. Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest 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
Tribble and Barlie withdrew after their bouts.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Petko Dermendzhiev Fall Choi Byeong-seop Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Decision Martin Heinze Yasuo Watanabe Decision Ştefan Tampa Phil Oberlander Fall Harald Barlie Guram Sagaradze Fall Job Mayo Shakar Khan Shakar Tie Len Allen İsmail Oğan Fall Charles Tribble Madho Singh Decision Julio Graffigna Jigjidiin Mönkhbat Decision John Boyle Károly Bajkó Decision Muhammad Afzal Gaetano De Vescovi Decision Joe Feeney
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 5 1 5 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 11 2 11 2 13 3 13 3 13 3 13 3 13 3 13 3 19 Choi Byeong-seop 4 19 4 21 4* 21 4*
Round 2
Four men were eliminated after a second loss, and a fifth eliminated after a tie and loss by fall. Sagaradze and Oberlander led the group with 0 points after the second round.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Petko Dermendzhiev Decision Károly Bajkó Muhammad Afzal Decision Choi Byeong-seop Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Decision Yasuo Watanabe Martin Heinze Decision Ştefan Tampa Phil Oberlander Fall Job Mayo Guram Sagaradze Fall Shakar Khan Shakar Julio Graffigna Decision Len Allen İsmail Oğan Decision Madho Singh Joe Feeney Decision John Boyle Jigjidiin Mönkhbat Decision Gaetano De Vescovi
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 5 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 7 3 1 4 7 1 3 4 7 1 3 4 7 3 1 4 7 3 1 4 7 3 1 4 7 1 3 4 7 1 3 4 15 2 3 5 16 3 3 6 16 2 4 6 16 3 3 6 19 Choi Byeong-seop 4 3 7 20 4 4 8
Round 3
Five more wrestlers were eliminated, each with two losses. Sagaradze received his first point, but now led alone at 1 after Oberlander lost by decision and received 3 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Muhammad Afzal Decision Petko Dermendzhiev Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Decision Károly Bajkó Yasuo Watanabe Decision Martin Heinze Guram Sagaradze Decision Phil Oberlander Madho Singh Decision Len Allen İsmail Oğan Decision Julio Graffigna Jigjidiin Mönkhbat Decision Joe Feeney Gaetano De Vescovi Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 6 1 3 0 4 6 0 1 3 4 8 3 1 1 5 8 1 3 1 5 8 1 3 1 5 11 1 3 3 7 11 3 1 3 7 11 3 1 3 7 11 3 1 3 7 15 2 3 3 8
Round 4
Over half of the remaining wrestlers were eliminated, as all 5 losers and 1 of the winners accumulated at least 6 points. Oğan moved up into a tie for the lead with Sagaradze at 2 points; Sanatkaran followed closely at 3 while Dermendzhiev moved to the brink of elimination at 5 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Petko Dermendzhiev Decision Gaetano De Vescovi Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Default Muhammad Afzal Yasuo Watanabe Decision Phil Oberlander Guram Sagaradze Decision Madho Singh İsmail Oğan Foul Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 3 4 0 1 3 1 5 5 0 0 3 3 6 5 1 3 1 1 6 7 1 3 0 3 7 7 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat 1 1 1 4 7 9 1 3 1 3 8 10 3 1 1 4 9
Round 5
Dermendzhiev was the only wrestler eliminated in round 5, leaving 3 remaining wrestlers.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Decision Petko Dermendzhiev Guram Sagaradze Tie İsmail Oğan
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 4 4 0 1 3 1 3 8
Final round
The round 5 draw between Sagaradze and Oğan counted for the final round. Sanatkaran wrestled both of the other medalists to a tie in the final rounds as well. This left all 3 wrestlers in a three-way tie on final round points at 6 because each had drawn the others. The next tie-breaker was total bad points throughout the tournament. Sanatkaran received the bronze medal, having the highest point total at 8 to the other two men's 6. Oğan prevailed on Sagaradze on the next tie-breaker, body weight, with the lighter Turk winning over the heavier Soviet.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Guram Sagaradze Tie(Round 5) İsmail Oğan Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Tie Guram Sagaradze Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Tie İsmail Oğan
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 FR Total 6 0 1 1 0 2 2 6 6 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 6 1 1 1 0 1 4 8
References
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