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Lightweight, Freestyle (≤67 kilograms), Men

Date	1 – 6 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Basilica di Massenzio, Roma
Participants	24 from 24 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. 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.

Soviet Ukrainian Volodymyr Syniavskiy won the 1959 World Championships, defeating Bulgarian Enyu Valchev in the finals. This competition was very tight with five competitors remaining after round five – American Shelby Wilson, with 4 bad points, Korean Bong Ug-Won, Iran’s Moustafa Tajiki, and Syniavskiy and Valchev, all with 5 bad points. In round six, Wilson defeated Tajiki by decision and Valchev decisioned Bong. Wilson had defeated Syniavskiy in round four, and this gave him the gold medal, with Syniavskiy placing second, as Tajiki, Bong, and Valchev were all eliminated on bad points.

Wilson’s victory was a major upset as he had never even won an NCAA or AAU title in the United States. Valchev would win the 1962 World Championship and then won the gold medal in this class at Tokyo in 1964. Syniavskiy was a silver medalist in the class at the 1961 World Championships.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Shelby Wilson	USA	Gold
2	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	Silver
3	Enyu Valchev	BUL	Bronze
=4	Bong Uk-Won	KOR
=4	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI
6	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA
7	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN
=8	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR
=8	Kazuo Abe	JPN
=8	Ray Lougheed	CAN
11	Tony Ries, Jr.	RSA
=12	Muhammad Ashraf-Din	PAK
=12	Roger Bielle	FRA
=12	Mario Tovar	MEX
15	Parkash Gian	IND
16	Nazem Amine	LBN
=17	Kenny Stephenson	GBR
=17	Horst Bergmann	GER
=17	José Yáñez	CUB
=20	Rafael Durán	VEN
=20	Nick Stamulus	AUS
=20	Gyula Tóth	HUN
=20	Jan Kuczyński	POL
24	Amir Jan Khalunder	AFG

Round One (1 September 1960)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI	0
=1	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA	0
=1	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR	0
=4	Enyu Valchev	BUL	1
=4	Ray Lougheed	CAN	1
=4	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN	1
=4	Kazuo Abe	JPN	1
=4	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	1
=4	Nazem Amine	LBN	1
=4	Tony Ries, Jr.	RSA	1
=4	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	1
=4	Shelby Wilson	USA	1
=13	José Yáñez	CUB	3
=13	Roger Bielle	FRA	3
=13	Kenny Stephenson	GBR	3
=13	Horst Bergmann	GER	3
=13	Gyula Tóth	HUN	3
=13	Parkash Gian	IND	3
=13	Mario Tovar	MEX	3
=13	Jan Kuczyński	POL	3
=13	Rafael Durán	VEN	3
=22	Amir Jan Khalunder	AFG	4
=22	Nick Stamulus	AUS	4
=22	Muhammad Ashraf-Din	PAK	4

Match #1	Tony Ries, Jr.	RSA	decision	Mario Tovar	MEX
Match #2	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	decision	Rafael Durán	VEN
Match #3	Ray Lougheed	CAN	decision	Roger Bielle	FRA
Match #4	Nazem Amine	LBN	decision	Kenny Stephenson	GBR
Match #5	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI	fall (8:07)	Muhammad Ashraf-Din	PAK
Match #6	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR	fall (8:21)	Nick Stamulus	AUS
Match #7	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA	fall (1:31)	Amir Jan Khalunder	AFG
Match #8	Enyu Valchev	BUL	decision	Horst Bergmann	GER
Match #9	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	decision	Jan Kuczyński	POL
Match #10	Kazuo Abe	JPN	decision	Gyula Tóth	HUN
Match #11	Shelby Wilson	USA	decision	Parkash Gian	IND
Match #12	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN	decision	José Yáñez	CUB

Round Two (2 September 1960)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Enyu Valchev	BUL	1
=1	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI	1
=1	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA	1
=1	Kazuo Abe	JPN	1
=1	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	1
=6	Ray Lougheed	CAN	2
=6	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	2
=6	Shelby Wilson	USA	2
=9	Roger Bielle	FRA	3
=9	Mario Tovar	MEX	3
=9	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR	3
=12	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN	4
=12	Parkash Gian	IND	4
=12	Tony Ries, Jr.	RSA	4
=15	Nazem Amine	LBN	5
=15	Muhammad Ashraf-Din	PAK	5
=17	José Yáñez	CUB	6	eliminated
=17	Kenny Stephenson	GBR	6	eliminated
=17	Horst Bergmann	GER	6	eliminated
=20	Nick Stamulus	AUS	7	eliminated
=20	Gyula Tóth	HUN	7	eliminated
=20	Jan Kuczyński	POL	7	eliminated
=20	Rafael Durán	VEN	7	eliminated
24	Amir Jan Khalunder	AFG	8	eliminated

Match #1	Mario Tovar	MEX	fall (8:20)	Rafael Durán	VEN
Match #2	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	decision	Tony Ries, Jr.	RSA
Match #3	Ray Lougheed	CAN	decision	Kenny Stephenson	GBR
Match #4	Roger Bielle	FRA	fall (0:54)	Nazem Amine	LBN
Match #5	Muhammad Ashraf-Din	PAK	decision	Nick Stamulus	AUS
Match #6	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI	decision	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR
Match #7	Enyu Valchev	BUL	fall (1:15)	Amir Jan Khalunder	AFG
Match #8	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA	decision	Horst Bergmann	GER
Match #9	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	fall (8:38)	Gyula Tóth	HUN
Match #10	Kazuo Abe	JPN	fall (6:26)	Jan Kuczyński	POL
Match #11	Shelby Wilson	USA	decision	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN
Match #12	Parkash Gian	IND	decision	José Yáñez	CUB

Round Three (3 September 1960)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI	1
2	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	2
=3	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA	3
=3	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	3
=3	Shelby Wilson	USA	3
=6	Enyu Valchev	BUL	4
=6	Kazuo Abe	JPN	4
=8	Ray Lougheed	CAN	5
=8	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN	5
=8	Tony Ries, Jr.	RSA	5
=8	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR	5
=12	Roger Bielle	FRA	6	eliminated
=12	Mario Tovar	MEX	6	eliminated
=12	Muhammad Ashraf-Din	PAK	6	eliminated
15	Parkash Gian	IND	7	eliminated
16	Nazem Amine	LBN	9	eliminated

Match #1	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	decision	Mario Tovar	MEX
Match #2	Tony Ries, Jr.	RSA	decision	Ray Lougheed	CAN
Match #3	Muhammad Ashraf-Din	PAK	decision	Roger Bielle	FRA
Match #4	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI	fall (2:29)	Nazem Amine	LBN
Match #5	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR	draw	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA
Match #6	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	decision	Enyu Valchev	BUL
Match #7	Shelby Wilson	USA	decision	Kazuo Abe	JPN
Match #8	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN	decision	Parkash Gian	IND

Round Four (5 September 1960)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI	1
2	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA	3
=3	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	4
=3	Shelby Wilson	USA	4
=5	Enyu Valchev	BUL	5
=5	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN	5
=5	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	5
=8	Ray Lougheed	CAN	8	eliminated
=8	Kazuo Abe	JPN	8	eliminated
=8	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR	8	eliminated
11	Tony Ries, Jr.	RSA	9	eliminated

Match #1	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI	fall (1:01)	Tony Ries, Jr.	RSA
Match #2	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	decision	Ray Lougheed	CAN
Match #3	Enyu Valchev	BUL	decision	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR
Match #4	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA	fall (3:06)	Kazuo Abe	JPN
Match #5	Shelby Wilson	USA	decision	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS
Match #6	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN	bye

Round Five (6 September 1960)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Shelby Wilson	USA	4
=2	Enyu Valchev	BUL	5
=2	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI	5
=2	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	5
=2	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	5
6	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA	7	eliminated
7	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN	8	eliminated

Match #1	Bong Uk-Won	KOR	decision	Martti Peltoniemi	FIN
Match #2	Enyu Valchev	BUL	fall (11:06)	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI
Match #3	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	fall (7:07)	Garibaldo Nizzola	ITA
Match #4	Shelby Wilson	USA	bye

Final Round (6 September 1960)

Match #1	Shelby Wilson	USA	decision	Moustafa Tajiki	IRI
Match #2	Enyu Valchev	BUL	decision	Bong Uk-Won	KOR
Match #3	Vladimir Sinyavsky	URS	bye