Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight

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Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueKomazawa Gymnasium
Dates16–19 October
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ion Cernea  Romania
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The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 16 to 19 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]

Competition format

This Greco-Roman 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).[1][2]

Results

Round 1

Tumasis withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fritz Stange  United Team of Germany Decision Andy Fitch  United States
Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan Fall Nour Ullah Noor  Afghanistan
Michele Toma  Italy Decision Tortillano Tumasis  Philippines
János Varga  Hungary Tie Ion Cernea  Romania
Bernard Knitter  Poland Decision Siavash Shafizadeh  Iran
Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia Fall Jang I-hyeon  South Korea
Bishambar Singh  India Decision Moises López  Mexico
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union Decision Ünver Beşergil  Turkey
Tsvyatko Pashkulev  Bulgaria Decision Kamel Ali El-Sayed  
Egypt
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1
1 Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan 0
1 Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia 0
3 Bernard Knitter  Poland 1
3 Tsvyatko Pashkulev  Bulgaria 1
3 Bishambar Singh  India 1
3 Fritz Stange  United Team of Germany 1
3 Michele Toma  Italy 1
3
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union 1
9 Ion Cernea  Romania 2
9 János Varga  Hungary 2
11 Kamel Ali El-Sayed  
Egypt
 3
11 Ünver Beşergil  Turkey 3
11 Andy Fitch  United States 3
11 Moisés López  Mexico 3
11 Siavash Shafizadeh  Iran 3
16 Jang I-hyeon  South Korea 4
16 Nour Ullah Noor  Afghanistan 4
18 Tortillano Tumasis  Philippines 3*

Round 2

Four wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 13 in competition. Švec was the only one to have 0 points.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Andy Fitch  United States Decision Nour Ullah Noor  Afghanistan
Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan Decision Fritz Stange  United Team of Germany
János Varga  Hungary Decision Michele Toma  Italy
Ion Cernea  Romania Decision Bernard Knitter  Poland
Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia Fall Siavash Shafizadeh  Iran
Ünver Beşergil  Turkey Fall Jang I-hyeon  South Korea
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union Decision Bishambar Singh  India
Kamel Ali El-Sayed  
Egypt
 Decision Moises López  Mexico
Tsvyatko Pashkulev  Bulgaria Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total
1 Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia 0 0 0
2 Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan 0 1 1
2 Tsvyatko Pashkulev  Bulgaria 1 0 1
4
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union 1 1 2
5 Ünver Beşergil  Turkey 3 0 3
5 Ion Cernea  Romania 2 1 3
5 János Varga  Hungary 2 1 3
8 Kamel Ali El-Sayed  
Egypt
 3 1 4
8 Andy Fitch  United States 3 1 4
8 Bernard Knitter  Poland 1 3 4
8 Bishambar Singh  India 1 3 4
8 Fritz Stange  United Team of Germany 1 3 4
8 Michele Toma  Italy 1 3 4
14 Moisés López  Mexico 3 3 6
15 Nour Ullah Noor  Afghanistan 4 3 7
15 Siavash Shafizadeh  Iran 3 4 7
17 Jang I-hyeon  South Korea 4 4 8

Round 3

Five wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 8 in contention. Švec's first loss allowed Ichiguchi to take the lead at 2 points.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fritz Stange  United Team of Germany Fall Michele Toma  Italy
Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan Decision János Varga  Hungary
Ion Cernea  Romania Decision Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union Decision Bernard Knitter  Poland
Tsvyatko Pashkulev  Bulgaria Tie Andy Fitch  United States
Ünver Beşergil  Turkey Decision Bishambar Singh  India
Kamel Ali El-Sayed  
Egypt
 Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan 0 1 1 2
2 Tsvyatko Pashkulev  Bulgaria 1 0 2 3
2 Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia 0 0 3 3
2
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union 1 1 1 3
5 Kamel Ali El-Sayed  
Egypt
 3 1 0 4
5 Ünver Beşergil  Turkey 3 0 1 4
5 Ion Cernea  Romania 2 1 1 4
5 Fritz Stange  United Team of Germany 1 3 0 4
9 Andy Fitch  United States 3 1 2 6
9 János Varga  Hungary 2 1 3 6
11 Bernard Knitter  Poland 1 3 3 7
11 Bishambar Singh  India 1 3 3 7
13 Michele Toma  Italy 1 3 4 8

Round 4

The tie between Ali and Stange eliminated both men; the tie between Švec and Trostianskiy eliminated neither. Beşergil and Pashkulev were also eliminated; Beşergil finished 8th while the other three men eliminated in this round tied for 5th place.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Kamel Ali El-Sayed  
Egypt
 Tie Fritz Stange  United Team of Germany
Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan Decision Tsvyatko Pashkulev  Bulgaria
Ion Cernea  Romania Decision Ünver Beşergil  Turkey
Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia Tie
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan 0 1 1 1 3
2 Ion Cernea  Romania 2 1 1 1 5
2 Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia 0 0 3 2 5
2
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union 1 1 1 2 5
5 Kamel Ali El-Sayed  
Egypt
 3 1 0 2 6
5 Tsvyatko Pashkulev  Bulgaria 1 0 2 3 6
5 Fritz Stange  United Team of Germany 1 3 0 2 6
8 Ünver Beşergil  Turkey 3 0 1 3 7

Round 5

Three out of the four wrestlers were eliminated in this round, including the undefeated Trostianskiy (four wins by decision, one tie) who took silver. Ichiguchi, as the only man left, won the gold medal. The bronze medal tie was decided by the third-round head-to-head matchup between Cernea and Švec, which Švec had won.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan Decision Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union Decision Ion Cernea  Romania
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Masamitsu Ichiguchi  Japan 0 1 1 1 1 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vladlen Trostianskiy
  Soviet Union 1 1 1 2 1 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ion Cernea  Romania 2 1 1 1 3 8
4 Jiří Švec  Czechoslovakia 0 0 3 2 3 8

References

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 488.
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