The men's freestyle light heavyweight 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. Light heavyweight was the second-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 Peter Jutzeler Decision Maruti Mane Heinz Kiehl Fall Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir Gholam Reza Takhti Decision Imre Vígh Shunichi Kawano Decision Tony Buck Hugh Williams Decision Sión Cóhen Said Mustafov Tie Ahmet Ayık Aleksandr Medved Fall Francisc Balla Jerry Conine Decision Lennart Eriksson
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 8 2 8 2 10 3 10 3 10 3 10 3 10 3 13 4 13 Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir 4
Round 2
Five wrestlers were eliminated; 11 remained. Three had 1 point.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Peter Jutzeler Fall Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir Maruti Mane Decision Heinz Kiehl Gholam Reza Takhti Fall Tony Buck Imre Vígh Tie Shunichi Kawano Said Mustafov Fall Sión Cóhen Ahmet Ayık Fall Hugh Williams Aleksandr Medved Decision Lennart Eriksson Francisc Balla Tie Jerry Conine
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 6 1 2 3 6 1 2 3 6 0 3 3 9 3 1 4 10 3 2 5 10 1 4 5 12 4 2 6 12 3 3 6 14 3 4 7 14 3 4 7 16 Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir 4 4 8
Round 3
Four wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 7 to continue. Takhti took sole possession of the lead, staying at 1 point.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Heinz Kiehl Decision Peter Jutzeler Imre Vígh Decision Maruti Mane Gholam Reza Takhti Fall Shunichi Kawano Said Mustafov Fall Hugh Williams Ahmet Ayık Tie Aleksandr Medved Jerry Conine Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 3 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 2 4 5 1 0 3 4 5 0 3 1 4 8 3 2 1 6 9 1 2 4 7 9 3 1 3 7 11 1 4 4 9
Round 4
Only two wrestlers were eliminated in this round. Each of the remaining 5 had at least 3 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Peter Jutzeler Decision Jerry Conine Said Mustafov Decision Heinz Kiehl Ahmet Ayık Decision Gholam Reza Takhti Aleksandr Medved Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 3 4 4 2 0 2 1 5 4 1 0 3 1 5 6 1 2 0 3 6 7 0 3 1 3 7
Round 5
Ayık advanced to the final round with a bye; the two bouts in round 5 would eliminate at least 2 and possibly 3 other wrestlers. Medved defeated Jutzeler to eliminate the latter wrestler. The draw between Takhti and Mustafov resulted in only Takhti's elimination; Mustafov had started with 3 points and the tie placed him at 5, not enough for elimination.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Aleksandr Medved Fall Peter Jutzeler Gholam Reza Takhti Tie Said Mustafov Ahmet Ayık Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 5 4 1 0 0 3 2 6 5 1 0 3 1 4 9
Final round
Ayık's draws against Mustafov (in round 1) and Medved (in round 3) counted for the final round. The only bout left between the medalists was Medved against Mustafov; the winner would take gold and the loser bronze. Medved pinned Mustafov in 39 seconds.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Said Mustafov Tie(Round 1) Ahmet Ayık Ahmet Ayık Tie(Round 3) Aleksandr Medved Aleksandr Medved Fall Said Mustafov
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points 2 4 6
References
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