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Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men

Date1 – 6 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationBasilica di Massenzio, Roma
Participants25 from 25 countries
FormatScoring 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.

The heavy favorite was Turkey’s Mustafa Dağıstanlı, who was the 1956 Olympic gold medalist as a bantamweight and had won the featherweight World Championships in both 1957 and 1959. Dağıstanlı had a very long course to the title in 1960, having to wrestle seven matches, but he won all seven of them, decisioning Bulgarian Stancho Ivanov in the final round to win the gold medal as expected. Ivanov took silver, with the bronze going to Soviet Georgian Vladimer Rubashvili.

Dağıstanlı retired after the 1960 Olympics, but with two Olympic titles and three World titles (1954, 1957, 1959) he is considered the most decorated Turkish wrestler ever, in a nation where the sport is revered. Ivanov would return to the 1964 Olympics and repeated as silver medalist in this class.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Mustafa DağıstanlıTURGold
2Stancho IvanovBULSilver
3Vladimer RubashviliURSBronze
4Tamiji SatoJPN
5Jef MewisBEL
6Muhammad AkhtarPAK
7Abe GeldenhuysRSA
8Mohamed Khadem KhorasaniIRI
9Lou GianiUSA
=10Kasim Ahmed SayedIRQ
=10Georges BalleryFRA
=12Jan ŻurawskiPOL
=12Roberto VallejoMEX
=12József KellermannHUN
15Erkki PenttiläFIN
=16Gang Jeong-HoKOR
=16Hans MarteAUT
18Stefanos IoannidisGRE
=19Bert AspenGBR
=19Christian LuschnigGER
=21Angelo GelsominiITA
=21Mohammad Ibrahim KederiAFG
23Meinrad ErnstSUI
24Sam ParkerAUS
25Sundar ShyamIND
DNSG. VerikiosGRE

Round One

Date1 September 1960
PosCompetitorNOCBad PointsEvent Status
=1Jef MewisBEL0–
=1Stancho IvanovBUL0–
=1Georges BalleryFRA0–
=1Stefanos IoannidisGRE0–
=1József KellermannHUN0–
=1Muhammad AkhtarPAK0–
=1Abe GeldenhuysRSA0–
=1Vladimer RubashviliURS0–
=1Lou GianiUSA0–
=10Hans MarteAUT1–
=10Tamiji SatoJPN1–
=10Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR1–
=13Kasim Ahmed SayedIRQ2–
=13Roberto VallejoMEX2–
=15Sam ParkerAUS3withdrew
=15Erkki PenttiläFIN3–
=15Jan ŻurawskiPOL3–
=18Mohammad Ibrahim KederiAFG4–
=18Bert AspenGBR4–
=18Christian LuschnigGER4–
=18Sundar ShyamIND4withdrew
=18Mohamed Khadem KhorasaniIRI4–
=18Angelo GelsominiITA4–
=18Gang Jeong-HoKOR4–
=18Meinrad ErnstSUI4–
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #101 SepJef MewisBELFall (4:52)Sundar ShyamIND
Match #201 SepHans MarteAUTDecisionSam ParkerAUS
Match #301 SepMustafa DağıstanlıTURDecisionErkki PenttiläFIN
Match #401 SepJózsef KellermannHUNFall (8:39)Meinrad ErnstSUI
Match #501 SepVladimer RubashviliURSFall (5:52)Mohamed Khadem KhorasaniIRI
Match #601 SepLou GianiUSAFall (11:29)Angelo GelsominiITA
Match #701 SepStefanos IoannidisGREFall (5:56)Gang Jeong-HoKOR
Match #801 SepKasim Ahmed SayedIRQDrawRoberto VallejoMEX
Match #901 SepMuhammad AkhtarPAKFall (0:58)Mohammad Ibrahim KederiAFG
Match #1001 SepTamiji SatoJPNDecisionJan ŻurawskiPOL
Match #1101 SepAbe GeldenhuysRSAFall (2:21)Bert AspenGBR
Match #1201 SepStancho IvanovBULFall (11:18)Christian LuschnigGER
Match #1301 SepGeorges BalleryFRA

Round Two

Date2 September 1960
PosCompetitorNOCBad PointsEvent Status
=1Stancho IvanovBUL0–
=1Vladimer RubashviliURS0–
=3Jef MewisBEL1–
=3Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR1–
5Tamiji SatoJPN2–
=6Georges BalleryFRA3–
=6Stefanos IoannidisGRE3–
=6József KellermannHUN3–
=6Kasim Ahmed SayedIRQ3–
=6Roberto VallejoMEX3–
=6Muhammad AkhtarPAK3–
=6Abe GeldenhuysRSA3–
=6Lou GianiUSA3–
=14Erkki PenttiläFIN4–
=14Jan ŻurawskiPOL4–
=16Hans MarteAUT5–
=16Mohamed Khadem KhorasaniIRI5–
=16Gang Jeong-HoKOR5–
=19Bert AspenGBR6eliminated
=19Christian LuschnigGER6eliminated
=21Mohammad Ibrahim KederiAFG7eliminated
=21Angelo GelsominiITA7eliminated
23Meinrad ErnstSUI8eliminated
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #102 SepJef MewisBELDecisionGeorges BalleryFRA
Match #202 SepMustafa DağıstanlıTURFall (2:38)Hans MarteAUT
Match #302 SepErkki PenttiläFINDecisionJózsef KellermannHUN
Match #402 SepVladimer RubashviliURSFall (0:59)Meinrad ErnstSUI
Match #502 SepMohamed Khadem KhorasaniIRIDecisionLou GianiUSA
Match #602 SepGang Jeong-HoKORDecisionAngelo GelsominiITA
Match #702 SepKasim Ahmed SayedIRQDecisionStefanos IoannidisGRE
Match #802 SepRoberto VallejoMEXDecisionMohammad Ibrahim KederiAFG
Match #902 SepTamiji SatoJPNDecisionMuhammad AkhtarPAK
Match #1002 SepJan ŻurawskiPOLDecisionAbe GeldenhuysRSA
Match #1102 SepBert AspenGBRDrawChristian LuschnigGER
Match #1202 SepStancho IvanovBUL

Round Three

Date3 September 1960
PosCompetitorNOCBad PointsEvent Status
1Vladimer RubashviliURS0–
=2Jef MewisBEL1–
=2Stancho IvanovBUL1–
=2Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR1–
5Tamiji SatoJPN2–
6Abe GeldenhuysRSA3–
=7Muhammad AkhtarPAK4–
=7Lou GianiUSA4–
9Mohamed Khadem KhorasaniIRI5–
=10Georges BalleryFRA6eliminated
=10Kasim Ahmed SayedIRQ6eliminated
=12József KellermannHUN7eliminated
=12Roberto VallejoMEX7eliminated
=12Jan ŻurawskiPOL7eliminated
15Erkki PenttiläFIN8eliminated
=16Hans MarteAUT9eliminated
=16Gang Jeong-HoKOR9eliminated
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #103 SepStancho IvanovBULDecisionGeorges BalleryFRA
Match #203 SepJef MewisBELFall (5:03)Hans MarteAUT
Match #303 SepMustafa DağıstanlıTURFall (4:46)József KellermannHUN
Match #403 SepVladimer RubashviliURSFall (3:12)Erkki PenttiläFIN
Match #503 SepMohamed Khadem KhorasaniIRIFall (4:17)Gang Jeong-HoKOR
Match #603 SepLou GianiUSADecisionKasim Ahmed SayedIRQ
Match #703 SepTamiji SatoJPNFall (7:57)Roberto VallejoMEX
Match #803 SepMuhammad AkhtarPAKDecisionJan ŻurawskiPOL
Match #903 SepAbe GeldenhuysRSA

Round Four

Date5 September 1960
PosCompetitorNOCBad PointsEvent Status
=1Stancho IvanovBUL2–
=1Tamiji SatoJPN2–
=1Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR2–
4Vladimer RubashviliURS3–
5Jef MewisBEL4–
6Muhammad AkhtarPAK5–
7Abe GeldenhuysRSA6eliminated
8Mohamed Khadem KhorasaniIRI9eliminated
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #105 SepStancho IvanovBULDecisionAbe GeldenhuysRSA
Match #205 SepMustafa DağıstanlıTURDecisionJef MewisBEL
Match #305 SepMuhammad AkhtarPAKDecisionVladimer RubashviliURS
Match #405 SepTamiji SatoJPNFall (5:20)Mohamed Khadem KhorasaniIRI

Round Five

Date6 September 1960
PosCompetitorNOCBad PointsEvent Status
=1Stancho IvanovBUL2–
=1Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR2–
3Vladimer RubashviliURS4–
4Tamiji SatoJPN5–
5Jef MewisBEL8eliminated
6Muhammad AkhtarPAK9eliminated
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #106 SepStancho IvanovBULFall (10:42)Jef MewisBEL
Match #206 SepMustafa DağıstanlıTURFall (9:40)Muhammad AkhtarPAK
Match #306 SepVladimer RubashviliURSDecisionTamiji SatoJPN

Round Six

Date6 September 1960
PosCompetitorNOCBad PointsEvent Status
1Stancho IvanovBUL3–
2Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR4–
=3Tamiji SatoJPN7eliminated
=3Vladimer RubashviliURS7eliminated
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #106 SepStancho IvanovBULDecisionVladimer RubashviliURS
Match #206 SepMustafa DağıstanlıTURDrawTamiji SatoJPN

Final Round

Date6 September 1960
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #106 SepMustafa DağıstanlıTURDecisionStancho IvanovBUL