Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight

The men's freestyle welterweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 1 to 6 September at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 lb).[2]

Men's freestyle welterweight
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueBasilica of Maxentius
Dates1–6 September
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Doug Blubaugh  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) İsmail Ogan  Turkey
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Muhammad Bashir  Pakistan
← 1956
1964 →

Competition format

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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, though adjusted the point values slightly. Wins by fall continued to be worth 0 points and wins by decision continued to be worth 1 point. Losses by fall, however, were now worth 4 points (up from 3). Losses by decision were worth 3 points (consistent with most prior years, though in some losses by split decision had been worth only 2 points). Ties were now allowed, worth 2 points for each wrestler. The elimination threshold was also increased from 5 points to 6 points. The medal round concept, used in 1952 and 1956 requiring a round-robin amongst the medalists even if one or more finished a round with enough points for elimination, was used only if exactly three wrestlers remained after a round—if two competitors remained, they faced off head-to-head; if only one, he was the gold medalist.[2][1]

Results

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Round 1

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Rantanen withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
İsmail Ogan   Turkey Decision Vakhtang Balavadze   Soviet Union
Udey Chand   India Decision Joe Feeney   Ireland
Yutaka Kaneko   Japan Fall Musa Kazanov   Bulgaria
Coenraad de Villiers   South Africa Decision Franz Berger   Austria
Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy Decision Juan Flores   Mexico
Emam Ali Habibi   Iran Fall Choi Myeong-jong   South Korea
Åke Carlsson   Sweden Decision Veikko Rantanen   Finland
Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan Fall Peter Amey   Great Britain
Juan Rolón   Argentina Decision Sultan Mohammad Dost   Afghanistan
Doug Blubaugh   United States Fall Kurt Boese   Canada
Karl Bruggmann   Switzerland Fall Robert Clark   Australia
Martin Heinze   United Team of Germany Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan 0 0 0
1 Doug Blubaugh   United States 0 0 0
1 Karl Bruggmann   Switzerland 0 0 0
1 Emam Ali Habibi   Iran 0 0 0
1 Martin Heinze   United Team of Germany 0 0 0
1 Yutaka Kaneko   Japan 0 0 0
7 Åke Carlsson   Sweden 0 1 1
7 Udey Chand   India 0 1 1
7 Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy 0 1 1
7 Coenraad de Villiers   South Africa 0 1 1
7 İsmail Ogan   Turkey 0 1 1
7 Juan Rolón   Argentina 0 1 1
13 Vakhtang Balavadze   Soviet Union 0 3 3
13 Joe Feeney   Ireland 0 3 3
13 Franz Berger   Austria 0 3 3
13 Juan Flores   Mexico 0 3 3
13 Sultan Mohammad Dost   Afghanistan 0 3 3
18 Peter Amey   Great Britain 0 4 4
18 Kurt Boese   Canada 0 4 4
18 Choi Myeong-jong   South Korea 0 4 4
18 Robert Clark   Australia 0 4 4
18 Musa Kazanov   Bulgaria 0 4 4
23 Veikko Rantanen   Finland 0 3 3*

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
İsmail Ogan   Turkey Decision Martin Heinze   United Team of Germany
Vakhtang Balavadze   Soviet Union Decision Udey Chand   India
Musa Kazanov   Bulgaria Decision Joe Feeney   Ireland
Yutaka Kaneko   Japan Fall Franz Berger   Austria
Coenraad de Villiers   South Africa Fall Juan Flores   Mexico
Emam Ali Habibi   Iran Decision Åke Carlsson   Sweden
Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy Fall Choi Myeong-jong   South Korea
Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan Decision Juan Rolón   Argentina
Peter Amey   Great Britain Decision Sultan Mohammad Dost   Afghanistan
Doug Blubaugh   United States Fall Karl Bruggmann   Switzerland
Kurt Boese   Canada Fall Robert Clark   Australia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Doug Blubaugh   United States 0 0 0
1 Yutaka Kaneko   Japan 0 0 0
3 Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan 0 1 1
3 Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy 1 0 1
3 Coenraad de Villiers   South Africa 1 0 1
3 Emam Ali Habibi   Iran 0 1 1
7 İsmail Ogan   Turkey 1 1 2
8 Martin Heinze   United Team of Germany 0 3 3
9 Vakhtang Balavadze   Soviet Union 3 1 4
9 Kurt Boese   Canada 4 0 4
9 Karl Bruggmann   Switzerland 0 4 4
9 Åke Carlsson   Sweden 1 3 4
9 Udey Chand   India 1 3 4
9 Juan Rolón   Argentina 1 3 4
15 Peter Amey   Great Britain 4 1 5
15 Musa Kazanov   Bulgaria 4 1 5
17 Sultan Mohammad Dost   Afghanistan 3 3 6
17 Joe Feeney   Ireland 3 3 6
19 Franz Berger   Austria 3 4 7
19 Juan Flores   Mexico 3 4 7
21 Choi Myeong-jong   South Korea 4 4 8
21 Robert Clark   Australia 4 4 8

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Martin Heinze   United Team of Germany Tie Vakhtang Balavadze   Soviet Union
İsmail Ogan   Turkey Fall Udey Chand   India
Musa Kazanov   Bulgaria Decision Coenraad de Villiers   South Africa
Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy Fall Yutaka Kaneko   Japan
Emam Ali Habibi   Iran Decision Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan
Åke Carlsson   Sweden Fall Peter Amey   Great Britain
Doug Blubaugh   United States Walkover Juan Rolón   Argentina
Karl Bruggmann   Switzerland Decision Kurt Boese   Canada
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Doug Blubaugh   United States 0 0 0
2 Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy 1 0 1
3 Emam Ali Habibi   Iran 1 1 2
3 İsmail Ogan   Turkey 2 0 2
5 Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan 1 3 4
5 Åke Carlsson   Sweden 4 0 4
5 Coenraad de Villiers   South Africa 1 3 4
5 Yutaka Kaneko   Japan 0 4 4
9 Karl Bruggmann   Switzerland 4 1 5
9 Martin Heinze   United Team of Germany 3 2 5
11 Vakhtang Balavadze   Soviet Union 4 2 6
11 Musa Kazanov   Bulgaria 5 1 6
13 Kurt Boese   Canada 4 3 7
14 Udey Chand   India 4 4 8
14 Juan Rolón   Argentina 4 4 8
16 Peter Amey   Great Britain 5 4 9

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Yutaka Kaneko   Japan Fall Martin Heinze   United Team of Germany
İsmail Ogan   Turkey Decision Coenraad de Villiers   South Africa
Emam Ali Habibi   Iran Decision Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy
Doug Blubaugh   United States Fall Åke Carlsson   Sweden
Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan Fall Karl Bruggmann   Switzerland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Doug Blubaugh   United States 0 0 0
2 Emam Ali Habibi   Iran 2 1 3
2 İsmail Ogan   Turkey 2 1 3
4 Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan 4 0 4
4 Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy 1 3 4
4 Yutaka Kaneko   Japan 4 0 4
7 Coenraad de Villiers   South Africa 4 3 7
8 Åke Carlsson   Sweden 4 4 8
9 Karl Bruggmann   Switzerland 5 4 9
9 Martin Heinze   United Team of Germany 5 4 9

Round 5

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
İsmail Ogan   Turkey Decision Yutaka Kaneko   Japan
Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan Decision Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy
Doug Blubaugh   United States Fall Emam Ali Habibi   Iran
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Doug Blubaugh   United States 0 0 0
2 İsmail Ogan   Turkey 3 1 4
3 Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan 4 1 5
4 Emam Ali Habibi   Iran 3 4 7
4 Gaetano De Vescovi   Italy 4 3 7
4 Yutaka Kaneko   Japan 4 3 7

Round 6

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With three remaining wrestlers, the competition used a round-robin to determine the medalists rather than giving one wrestler a bye in round 6. Ogan defeated Bashir, but Blubaugh defeated both of them to take the gold medal.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
İsmail Ogan   Turkey Decision Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan
Doug Blubaugh   United States Decision İsmail Ogan   Turkey
Doug Blubaugh   United States Fall Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
  Doug Blubaugh   United States 0 1 1
  İsmail Ogan   Turkey 4 4 8
  Muhammad Bashir   Pakistan 5 7 12

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1960, p. 520.

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