Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight

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Men's freestyle welterweight
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
The final podium.
VenueKomazawa Gymnasium
Dates11–14 October
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran
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The men's freestyle welterweight 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.[1]

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).[1][2]

Results

Round 1

Tribble and Barlie withdrew after their bouts.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria Fall Choi Byeong-seop  South Korea
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran Decision Martin Heinze  United Team of Germany
Yasuo Watanabe  Japan Decision Ştefan Tampa  Romania
Phil Oberlander  Canada Fall Harald Barlie  Norway
Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union Fall Job Mayo  Philippines
Shakar Khan Shakar  Afghanistan Tie Len Allen  Great Britain
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey Fall Charles Tribble  United States
Madho Singh  India Decision Julio Graffigna  Argentina
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia Decision John Boyle  Australia
Károly Bajkó  Hungary Decision Muhammad Afzal  Pakistan
Gaetano De Vescovi  Italy Decision Joe Feeney  Ireland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1
1 Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria 0
1 Phil Oberlander  Canada 0
1
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey 0
1 Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union 0
5 Károly Bajkó  Hungary 1
5 Gaetano De Vescovi  Italy 1
5 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia 1
5 Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran 1
5 Madho Singh  India 1
5 Yasuo Watanabe  Japan 1
11 Len Allen  Great Britain 2
11 Shakar Khan Shakar  Afghanistan 2
13 Muhammad Afzal  Pakistan 3
13 John Boyle  Australia 3
13 Joe Feeney  Ireland 3
13 Julio Graffigna  Argentina 3
13 Martin Heinze  United Team of Germany 3
13 Ştefan Tampa  Romania 3
19 Choi Byeong-seop  South Korea 4
19 Job Mayo  Philippines 4
21 Harald Barlie  Norway 4*
21 Charles Tribble  United States 4*

Round 2

Four men were eliminated after a second loss, and a fifth eliminated after a tie and loss by fall. Sagaradze and Oberlander led the group with 0 points after the second round.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria Decision Károly Bajkó  Hungary
Muhammad Afzal  Pakistan Decision Choi Byeong-seop  South Korea
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran Decision Yasuo Watanabe  Japan
Martin Heinze  United Team of Germany Decision Ştefan Tampa  Romania
Phil Oberlander  Canada Fall Job Mayo  Philippines
Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union Fall Shakar Khan Shakar  Afghanistan
Julio Graffigna  Argentina Decision Len Allen  Great Britain
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey Decision Madho Singh  India
Joe Feeney  Ireland Decision John Boyle  Australia
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia Decision Gaetano De Vescovi  Italy
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total
1 Phil Oberlander  Canada 0 0 0
1 Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union 0 0 0
3 Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria 0 1 1
3
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey 0 1 1
5 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia 1 1 2
5 Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran 1 1 2
7 Muhammad Afzal  Pakistan 3 1 4
7 Károly Bajkó  Hungary 1 3 4
7 Gaetano De Vescovi  Italy 1 3 4
7 Joe Feeney  Ireland 3 1 4
7 Julio Graffigna  Argentina 3 1 4
7 Martin Heinze  United Team of Germany 3 1 4
7 Madho Singh  India 1 3 4
7 Yasuo Watanabe  Japan 1 3 4
15 Len Allen  Great Britain 2 3 5
16 John Boyle  Australia 3 3 6
16 Shakar Khan Shakar  Afghanistan 2 4 6
16 Ştefan Tampa  Romania 3 3 6
19 Choi Byeong-seop  South Korea 4 3 7
20 Job Mayo  Philippines 4 4 8

Round 3

Five more wrestlers were eliminated, each with two losses. Sagaradze received his first point, but now led alone at 1 after Oberlander lost by decision and received 3 points.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Muhammad Afzal  Pakistan Decision Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran Decision Károly Bajkó  Hungary
Yasuo Watanabe  Japan Decision Martin Heinze  United Team of Germany
Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union Decision Phil Oberlander  Canada
Madho Singh  India Decision Len Allen  Great Britain
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey Decision Julio Graffigna  Argentina
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia Decision Joe Feeney  Ireland
Gaetano De Vescovi  Italy Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union 0 0 1 1
2
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey 0 1 1 2
3 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia 1 1 1 3
3 Phil Oberlander  Canada 0 0 3 3
3 Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran 1 1 1 3
6 Gaetano De Vescovi  Italy 1 3 0 4
6 Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria 0 1 3 4
8 Muhammad Afzal  Pakistan 3 1 1 5
8 Madho Singh  India 1 3 1 5
8 Yasuo Watanabe  Japan 1 3 1 5
11 Károly Bajkó  Hungary 1 3 3 7
11 Joe Feeney  Ireland 3 1 3 7
11 Julio Graffigna  Argentina 3 1 3 7
11 Martin Heinze  United Team of Germany 3 1 3 7
15 Len Allen  Great Britain 2 3 3 8

Round 4

Over half of the remaining wrestlers were eliminated, as all 5 losers and 1 of the winners accumulated at least 6 points. Oğan moved up into a tie for the lead with Sagaradze at 2 points; Sanatkaran followed closely at 3 while Dermendzhiev moved to the brink of elimination at 5 points.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria Decision Gaetano De Vescovi  Italy
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran Default Muhammad Afzal  Pakistan
Yasuo Watanabe  Japan Decision Phil Oberlander  Canada
Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union Decision Madho Singh  India
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey Foul Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey 0 1 1 0 2
1 Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union 0 0 1 1 2
3 Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran 1 1 1 0 3
4 Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria 0 1 3 1 5
5 Phil Oberlander  Canada 0 0 3 3 6
5 Yasuo Watanabe  Japan 1 3 1 1 6
7 Gaetano De Vescovi  Italy 1 3 0 3 7
7 Jigjidiin Mönkhbat  Mongolia 1 1 1 4 7
9 Madho Singh  India 1 3 1 3 8
10 Muhammad Afzal  Pakistan 3 1 1 4 9

Round 5

Dermendzhiev was the only wrestler eliminated in round 5, leaving 3 remaining wrestlers.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran Decision Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria
Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union Tie
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
1
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey 0 1 1 0 2 4
1 Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union 0 0 1 1 2 4
3 Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran 1 1 1 0 1 4
4 Petko Dermendzhiev  Bulgaria 0 1 3 1 3 8

Final round

The round 5 draw between Sagaradze and Oğan counted for the final round. Sanatkaran wrestled both of the other medalists to a tie in the final rounds as well. This left all 3 wrestlers in a three-way tie on final round points at 6 because each had drawn the others. The next tie-breaker was total bad points throughout the tournament. Sanatkaran received the bronze medal, having the highest point total at 8 to the other two men's 6. Oğan prevailed on Sagaradze on the next tie-breaker, body weight, with the lighter Turk winning over the heavier Soviet.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union Tie
(Round 5)
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran Tie Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran Tie
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 FR Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)
İsmail Oğan
 Turkey 6 0 1 1 0 2 2 6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guram Sagaradze  Soviet Union 6 0 0 1 1 2 2 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  Iran 6 1 1 1 0 1 4 8

References

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 474.