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

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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 →

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Doug Blubaugh  United States 0 1 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) İsmail Ogan  Turkey 4 4 8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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