The men's freestyle middleweight 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. Middleweight was the third-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
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Tatsuo Sasaki Decision Günther Bauch Mansour Mahdizadeh Decision Géza Hollósi Muhammad Faiz Fall Alfonso González Hasan Güngör Fall Gang Du-man Rudolf Kobelt Fall Jit Singh Shota Lomidze Tie Prodan Gardzhev Dan Brand Fall Theunis van Wyk Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh Decision Fernando García
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh 1 5 1 5 1 8 2 8 2 10 3 10 3 10 3 13 4 13 Gang Du-man 4 13 4 13 4
Round 2
Five of the 16 wrestlers were eliminated, four with two losses and one with a loss by fall and a tie. Güngör was the only wrestler left with 0 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Günther Bauch Decision Fernando García Tatsuo Sasaki Fall Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh Géza Hollósi Fall Theunis van Wyk Dan Brand Tie Mansour Mahdizadeh Hasan Güngör Fall Alfonso González Muhammad Faiz Tie Gang Du-man Shota Lomidze Decision Rudolf Kobelt Prodan Gardzhev Fall Jit Singh
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 6 3 0 3 6 0 3 3 6 2 1 3 6 1 2 3 10 3 1 4 11 Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh 1 4 5 12 Gang Du-man 4 2 6 12 3 3 6 14 4 4 8 14 4 4 8 14 4 4 8
Round 3
Three wrestlers were eliminated. Güngör remained in the lead, now with 1 point.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Günther Bauch Decision Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh Dan Brand Decision Tatsuo Sasaki Géza Hollósi Decision Muhammad Faiz Mansour Mahdizadeh Decision Rudolf Kobelt Hasan Güngör Decision Shota Lomidze Prodan Gardzhev Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 0 1 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 1 1 5 7 0 2 3 5 9 0 3 3 6 9 2 1 3 6 11 Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh 1 4 3 8
Round 4
Hollósi and Sasaki's draw eliminated both wrestlers. Bauch and Faiz were also eliminated in losses. Güngör's loss moved him to 4 points, now behind Gardzhev at 2 points and Brand at 3 points. Mahdizadeh picked up a 5th point.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Prodan Gardzhev Fall Günther Bauch Tatsuo Sasaki Tie Géza Hollósi Dan Brand Fall Muhammad Faiz Mansour Mahdizadeh Decision Hasan Güngör
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 5 5 3 0 1 2 6 5 1 0 3 2 6 7 3 1 1 4 9 7 0 2 3 4 9
Round 5
Mahdizadeh defeated Gardzhev, but was eliminated by the win while Gardzhev had only 5 points and continued. Brand was eliminated by his loss to Güngör, who also reached 5 points and was not eliminated. With Brand and Mahdizadeh both at 6 points, the bronze medal was decided by their head-to-head result from round 2; since it was a draw, Brand won due to his lower body weight.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Mansour Mahdizadeh Decision Prodan Gardzhev Hasan Güngör Decision Dan Brand
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 1 2 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 1 5 0 2 1 0 3 6 4 1 2 1 1 1 6
Final round
With two remaining wrestlers who had not yet faced each other, there was a final bout for the gold and silver medals. Gardzhev and Güngör wrestled to a draw. Gardzhev took the gold medal due to lower body weight.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Prodan Gardzhev Decision Hasan Güngör
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points 2 2
References
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