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Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤79 kilograms), Men

Date	26 – 31 August 1960 — 20:00
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.

Soviet Georgian Givi K’art’ozia had won this class in 1956 and had won the last three World Championships, but in 1960 he moved up to the light-heavyweight division, in which he won a bronze medal. With K’art’ozia not present the middleweight competition was wide open with no clear favorite. Bulgaria’s Dimitar Dobrev led most of the rounds and was one of four survivors after five rounds. His biggest rival seemed to be Romanian Ion Ţăranu, who led after round two and three, but Dobrev defeated him by decision in round five. In round six, Ţăranu drew with Germany’s Lothar Metz, and Dobrev decisioned Turkey’s Kazım Ayvaz, the 1958 World Champion as a welterweight. These results gave enough bad points to Ţăranu, Metz and Ayvaz that they were eliminated, giving Dobrev the gold medal, with Metz winning silver and Ţăranu bronze. Metz was not yet done at the Olympics, winning a bronze medal in this class in 1964 and the gold medal in 1968.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	Gold
2	Lothar Metz	GER	Silver
3	Ion Țăranu	ROU	Bronze
4	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR
=5	Bolesław Dubicki	POL
=5	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS
7	Yacoub Romanos	LBN
8	Russell Camilleri	USA
9	Jiří Kormaník	TCH
=10	Oddvar Barlie	NOR
=10	Pentti Punkari	FIN
=12	Leopold Israelsson	SWE
=12	Albert Michiels	BEL
14	Mansour Hazrati	IRI
=15	Ronald Hunt	AUS
=15	Hammou Haddaoui Khadir	MAR
=15	André Lamy	FRA
=15	Marziano Magnani	ITA
=15	Charles Berthoud	SUI
20	Noboru Aomi	JPN
=21	Raymond Schummer	LUX
=21	Helmut Längle	AUT
=21	Luís Caldas	POR
24	György Gurics	HUN

Round One (26 August 1960 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	0
=1	Lothar Metz	GER	0
=1	Yacoub Romanos	LBN	0
=1	Ion Țăranu	ROU	0
=1	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS	0
=6	György Gurics	HUN	1	withdrew
=6	Jiří Kormaník	TCH	1
=6	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	1
=6	Russell Camilleri	USA	1
=10	Ronald Hunt	AUS	2
=10	Pentti Punkari	FIN	2
=10	Mansour Hazrati	IRI	2
=10	Hammou Haddaoui Khadir	MAR	2
=10	Oddvar Barlie	NOR	2
=10	Bolesław Dubicki	POL	2
=16	Albert Michiels	BEL	3
=16	André Lamy	FRA	3
=16	Marziano Magnani	ITA	3
=16	Charles Berthoud	SUI	3
=20	Helmut Längle	AUT	4
=20	Noboru Aomi	JPN	4
=20	Raymond Schummer	LUX	4
=20	Luís Caldas	POR	4
=20	Leopold Israelsson	SWE	4

Match #1	Oddvar Barlie	NOR	draw	Bolesław Dubicki	POL
Match #2	Ronald Hunt	AUS	draw	Hammou Haddaoui Khadir	MAR
Match #3	Pentti Punkari	FIN	draw	Mansour Hazrati	IRI
Match #4	Jiří Kormaník	TCH	decision	André Lamy	FRA
Match #5	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	decision	Marziano Magnani	ITA
Match #6	Lothar Metz	GER	fall (7:30)	Raymond Schummer	LUX
Match #7	Russell Camilleri	USA	decision	Charles Berthoud	SUI
Match #8	Yacoub Romanos	LBN	fall (12:00)	Helmut Längle	AUT
Match #9	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS	fall (4:34)	Leopold Israelsson	SWE
Match #10	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	fall (8:48)	Luís Caldas	POR
Match #11	György Gurics	HUN	decision	Albert Michiels	BEL
Match #12	Ion Țăranu	ROU	fall (6:36)	Noboru Aomi	JPN

Round Two (27 August 1960 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ion Țăranu	ROU	0
=2	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	1
=2	Lothar Metz	GER	1
=2	Yacoub Romanos	LBN	1
=2	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	1
=2	Russell Camilleri	USA	1
=7	Oddvar Barlie	NOR	2
=7	Bolesław Dubicki	POL	2
=7	Jiří Kormaník	TCH	2
=10	Pentti Punkari	FIN	3
=10	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS	3
=12	Albert Michiels	BEL	4
=12	Leopold Israelsson	SWE	4
14	Mansour Hazrati	IRI	5
=15	Ronald Hunt	AUS	6	eliminated
=15	André Lamy	FRA	6	eliminated
=15	Marziano Magnani	ITA	6	eliminated
=15	Hammou Haddaoui Khadir	MAR	6	eliminated
=15	Charles Berthoud	SUI	6	eliminated
20	Noboru Aomi	JPN	7	eliminated
=21	Helmut Längle	AUT	8	eliminated
=21	Raymond Schummer	LUX	8	eliminated
=21	Luís Caldas	POR	8	eliminated

Match #1	Oddvar Barlie	NOR	fall (6:17)	Ronald Hunt	AUS
Match #2	Bolesław Dubicki	POL	fall (5:44)	Hammou Haddaoui Khadir	MAR
Match #3	Pentti Punkari	FIN	decision	André Lamy	FRA
Match #4	Jiří Kormaník	TCH	decision	Mansour Hazrati	IRI
Match #5	Lothar Metz	GER	decision	Marziano Magnani	ITA
Match #6	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	fall (9:20)	Raymond Schummer	LUX
Match #7	Russell Camilleri	USA	fall (11:33)	Helmut Längle	AUT
Match #8	Yacoub Romanos	LBN	decision	Charles Berthoud	SUI
Match #9	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	decision	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS
Match #10	Leopold Israelsson	SWE	fall (0:47)	Luís Caldas	POR
Match #11	Albert Michiels	BEL	decision	Noboru Aomi	JPN
Match #12	Ion Țăranu	ROU	bye

Round Three (29 August 1960 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ion Țăranu	ROU	0
=2	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	2
=2	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	2
=4	Lothar Metz	GER	3
=4	Yacoub Romanos	LBN	3
=4	Bolesław Dubicki	POL	3
=4	Russell Camilleri	USA	3
=8	Jiří Kormaník	TCH	4
=8	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS	4
=10	Pentti Punkari	FIN	6	eliminated
=10	Oddvar Barlie	NOR	6	eliminated
=12	Albert Michiels	BEL	7	eliminated
=12	Leopold Israelsson	SWE	7	eliminated
14	Mansour Hazrati	IRI	8	eliminated

Match #1	Ion Țăranu	ROU	fall (0:52)	Oddvar Barlie	NOR
Match #2	Bolesław Dubicki	POL	decision	Pentti Punkari	FIN
Match #3	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	decision	Mansour Hazrati	IRI
Match #4	Jiří Kormaník	TCH	draw	Lothar Metz	GER
Match #5	Russell Camilleri	USA	draw	Yacoub Romanos	LBN
Match #6	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS	decision	Albert Michiels	BEL
Match #7	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	decision	Leopold Israelsson	SWE

Round Four (30 August 1960 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	2
=1	Ion Țăranu	ROU	2
=1	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	2
4	Lothar Metz	GER	3
5	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS	4
6	Bolesław Dubicki	POL	5
=7	Yacoub Romanos	LBN	7	eliminated
=7	Russell Camilleri	USA	7	eliminated
9	Jiří Kormaník	TCH	8	eliminated

Match #1	Ion Țăranu	ROU	draw	Bolesław Dubicki	POL
Match #2	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	fall (4:55)	Jiří Kormaník	TCH
Match #3	Lothar Metz	GER	fall (11:49)	Russell Camilleri	USA
Match #4	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS	fall (2:30)	Yacoub Romanos	LBN
Match #5	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	bye

Round Five (31 August 1960 — 21:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	3
=2	Lothar Metz	GER	4
=2	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	4
4	Ion Țăranu	ROU	5
=5	Bolesław Dubicki	POL	7	eliminated
=5	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS	7	eliminated

Match #1	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	decision	Ion Țăranu	ROU
Match #2	Bolesław Dubicki	POL	draw	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR
Match #3	Lothar Metz	GER	decision	Nikolay Chuchalov	URS

Round Six (31 August 1960 — 22:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	4
2	Lothar Metz	GER	6	eliminated
=3	Ion Țăranu	ROU	7	eliminated
=3	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	7	eliminated

Match #1	Dimitar Dobrev	BUL	decision	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR
Match #2	Ion Țăranu	ROU	draw	Lothar Metz	GER

Final Round (31 August 1960)

Match #1	Ion Țăranu	ROU	decision	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR