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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men

Date	1 – 6 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Basilica di Massenzio, Roma
Participants	17 from 17 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall (win by fall-0; win by decision-1; draw-2; loss by decision-3; loss by fall-4). Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

At the 1959 World Championships Ali Aliyev of the Soviet Union had won the title, defeating Turkey’s Ahmet Bilek. Aliyev won his first three bouts in Rome, including a decision over Bilek in round three, but then lost to American Gray Simons and Iran’s Ibrahim Seifpour and was eliminated. Seifpour advanced to the final round with Bilek and Japan’s Masayuki Matsubara. Bilek had defeated Matsubara in round one, however, and Seifpour in round six, giving him the gold medal. Matsubara won a decision over Seifpour in the final round to take the silver medal.

After the 1960 Olympics Bilek emigrated to Germany and became German champion in 1966 and 1968, but never again wrestled at the Olympics. Aliyev repeated as World Champion in 1961 and1962, and competed at Tokyo in 1964, placing fourth.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	Gold
2	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	Silver
3	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	Bronze
4	Paul Neff	GER
5	Gray Simons	USA
6	Ali Aliyev	URS
7	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL
8	André Zoéte	FRA
9	Din Nawab	PAK
10	Carlo Vitrano	ITA
11	Lesław Kropp	POL
12	Jorge Rosado	MEX
=13	Dieter Gröning	AUS
=13	Väinö Rantala	FIN
=13	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG
=13	Bengt Frännfors	SWE
=13	Seán O'Connor	IRL
DNS	Lee Sang-Gyun	KOR

Round One

Date	1 September 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	0
=1	André Zoéte	FRA	0
=1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0
=1	Din Nawab	PAK	0
=1	Lesław Kropp	POL	0
=1	Ali Aliyev	URS	0
=1	Gray Simons	USA	0
=8	Paul Neff	GER	1
=8	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	1
=10	Carlo Vitrano	ITA	3
=10	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	3
=12	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG	4
=12	Dieter Gröning	AUS	4
=12	Väinö Rantala	FIN	4
=12	Seán O'Connor	IRL	4
=12	Jorge Rosado	MEX	4
=12	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Sep	Din Nawab	PAK	Fall (7:04)	Seán O'Connor	IRL
Match #2	01 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	Decision	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN
Match #3	01 Sep	Gray Simons	USA	Fall (2:08)	Bengt Frännfors	SWE
Match #4	01 Sep	Ali Aliyev	URS	Fall (3:03)	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG
Match #5	01 Sep	Lesław Kropp	POL	Fall (5:46)	Jorge Rosado	MEX
Match #6	01 Sep	André Zoéte	FRA	Fall (5:48)	Väinö Rantala	FIN
Match #7	01 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	Fall (5:22)	Dieter Gröning	AUS
Match #8	01 Sep	Paul Neff	GER	Decision	Carlo Vitrano	ITA
Match #9	01 Sep	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL

Round Two

Date	2 September 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	André Zoéte	FRA	0	–
=1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0	–
=1	Ali Aliyev	URS	0	–
=4	Paul Neff	GER	1	–
=4	Din Nawab	PAK	1	–
=4	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	1	–
=7	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	3	–
=7	Carlo Vitrano	ITA	3	–
=7	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	3	–
=10	Jorge Rosado	MEX	4	–
=10	Lesław Kropp	POL	4	–
=10	Gray Simons	USA	4	–
=13	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG	8	eliminated
=13	Dieter Gröning	AUS	8	eliminated
=13	Väinö Rantala	FIN	8	eliminated
=13	Seán O'Connor	IRL	8	eliminated
=13	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Din Nawab	PAK	Decision	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL
Match #2	02 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	Fall (1:32)	Seán O'Connor	IRL
Match #3	02 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	Fall (2:18)	Gray Simons	USA
Match #4	02 Sep	Ali Aliyev	URS	Fall (5:34)	Bengt Frännfors	SWE
Match #5	02 Sep	Jorge Rosado	MEX	Fall (2:45)	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG
Match #6	02 Sep	André Zoéte	FRA	Fall (3:57)	Lesław Kropp	POL
Match #7	02 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	Fall (5:12)	Väinö Rantala	FIN
Match #8	02 Sep	Paul Neff	GER	Fall (4:07)	Dieter Gröning	AUS
Match #9	02 Sep	Carlo Vitrano	ITA

Round Three

Date	3 September 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0	–
=2	Paul Neff	GER	1	–
=2	Ali Aliyev	URS	1	–
=4	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	3	–
=4	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	3	–
=6	André Zoéte	FRA	4	–
=6	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	4	–
=6	Gray Simons	USA	4	–
9	Din Nawab	PAK	5	–
10	Carlo Vitrano	ITA	7	eliminated
=11	Jorge Rosado	MEX	8	eliminated
=11	Lesław Kropp	POL	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	03 Sep	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	Fall (11:10)	Carlo Vitrano	ITA
Match #2	03 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	Fall (4:43)	Din Nawab	PAK
Match #3	03 Sep	Ali Aliyev	URS	Decision	Ahmet Bilek	TUR
Match #4	03 Sep	Gray Simons	USA	Fall (4:02)	Jorge Rosado	MEX
Match #5	03 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	Fall (6:02)	Lesław Kropp	POL
Match #6	03 Sep	Paul Neff	GER	Fall (11:28)	André Zoéte	FRA

Round Four

Date	5 September 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0	–
2	Paul Neff	GER	1	–
3	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	3	–
=4	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	4	–
=4	Ali Aliyev	URS	4	–
6	Gray Simons	USA	5	–
7	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	7	eliminated
8	André Zoéte	FRA	8	eliminated
9	Din Nawab	PAK	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	Fall (1:38)	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL
Match #2	05 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	Fall (4:00)	Din Nawab	PAK
Match #3	05 Sep	Gray Simons	USA	Decision	Ali Aliyev	URS
Match #4	05 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	Fall (4:31)	André Zoéte	FRA
Match #5	05 Sep	Paul Neff	GER

Round Five

Date	6 September 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0	–
=2	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	4	–
=2	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	4	–
4	Paul Neff	GER	5	–
=5	Ali Aliyev	URS	8	eliminated
=5	Gray Simons	USA	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	Fall (3:20)	Paul Neff	GER
Match #2	06 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	Decision	Gray Simons	USA
Match #3	06 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	Fall (10:40)	Ali Aliyev	URS

Round Six

Date	6 September 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	3	–
2	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	4	–
3	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	5	–
4	Paul Neff	GER	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	Fall (3:30)	Paul Neff	GER
Match #2	06 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	Decision	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI

Final Round

Date	6 September 1960

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	Decision	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI