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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kg), Men

Date	26 – 31 August 1960 — 20:00
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.

The last two World Champions had been Soviet wrestlers, but the Soviets moved Givi K’art’ozia up to this class in 1960. K’art’ozia was the 1956 middleweight gold medalist and had won three consecutive World Championships at that weight. Though he had not yet wrestled internationally as a light-heavy, he was considered a slight favorite, virtually by default. The event was very close with four wrestlers having 5 bad points after five rounds – K’art’ozia, Turk Tevfik Kış, Bulgarian Krali Bimbalov, and Hungarian Péter Piti. They met in round six with Bimbalov defeating Piti and Kış defeating K’art’ozia, both by decisions, which eliminated Piti and K’art’ozia. Kış and Bimbalov had met in round two, but that result was a draw, so the gold medal was decided based on bodyweight, with Kış winning the gold medal because he was lighter than Bimbalov. K’art’ozia won the bronze medal because he had defeated Piti in round six.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Tevfik Kış	TUR	Gold
2	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	Silver
3	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	Bronze
4	Péter Piti	HUN
5	Antero Vanhanen	FIN
6	José Panizo	ESP
7	Gheorghe Popovici	ROU
8	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT
9	Herbert Albrecht	GER
10	Maurice Jacquel	FRA
11	Włodzimierz Smoliński	POL
=12	Kurt Rusterholz	SUI
=12	Antonio Cerroni	ITA
=12	Howard George	USA
15	Shunta Ishikura	JPN
16	Rune Jansson	SWE
17	Julio Graffigna	ARG
DNS	Pat Parsons	AUS
DNS	Ángel López	ESP
DNS	Noboru Aomi	JPN
DNS	Harald Barlie	NOR

Round One

Date	26 August 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	José Panizo	ESP	0	–
=1	Antero Vanhanen	FIN	0	–
=1	Gheorghe Popovici	ROU	0	–
=4	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	1	–
=4	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	1	–
=4	Herbert Albrecht	GER	1	–
=4	Péter Piti	HUN	1	–
=4	Tevfik Kış	TUR	1	–
=4	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	1	–
=10	Maurice Jacquel	FRA	3	–
=10	Antonio Cerroni	ITA	3	–
=10	Włodzimierz Smoliński	POL	3	–
=10	Kurt Rusterholz	SUI	3	–
=10	Rune Jansson	SWE	3	withdrew
=10	Howard George	USA	3	–
=16	Julio Graffigna	ARG	4	withdrew
=16	Shunta Ishikura	JPN	4	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Aug	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	Decision	Howard George	USA
Match #2	26 Aug	Herbert Albrecht	GER	Decision	Rune Jansson	SWE
Match #3	26 Aug	Gheorghe Popovici	ROU	Fall (2:56)	Shunta Ishikura	JPN
Match #4	26 Aug	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	Decision	Maurice Jacquel	FRA
Match #5	26 Aug	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	Decision	Włodzimierz Smoliński	POL
Match #6	26 Aug	Tevfik Kış	TUR	Decision	Kurt Rusterholz	SUI
Match #7	26 Aug	Péter Piti	HUN	Decision	Antonio Cerroni	ITA
Match #8	26 Aug	José Panizo	ESP	Fall (1:54)	Julio Graffigna	ARG
Match #9	26 Aug	Antero Vanhanen	FIN

Round Two

Date	27 August 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	José Panizo	ESP	0	–
=2	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	2	–
=2	Herbert Albrecht	GER	2	–
=2	Péter Piti	HUN	2	–
=2	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	2	–
=6	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	3	–
=6	Antero Vanhanen	FIN	3	–
=6	Maurice Jacquel	FRA	3	–
=6	Tevfik Kış	TUR	3	–
=10	Włodzimierz Smoliński	POL	4	–
=10	Gheorghe Popovici	ROU	4	–
=12	Antonio Cerroni	ITA	6	eliminated
=12	Kurt Rusterholz	SUI	6	eliminated
=12	Howard George	USA	6	eliminated
15	Shunta Ishikura	JPN	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Aug	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	Decision	Antero Vanhanen	FIN
Match #2	27 Aug	Herbert Albrecht	GER	Decision	Howard George	USA
Match #3	27 Aug	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	Decision	Shunta Ishikura	JPN
Match #4	27 Aug	Maurice Jacquel	FRA	Fall (0:58)	Gheorghe Popovici	ROU
Match #5	27 Aug	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	Draw	Tevfik Kış	TUR
Match #6	27 Aug	Włodzimierz Smoliński	POL	Decision	Antonio Cerroni	ITA
Match #7	27 Aug	Péter Piti	HUN	Decision	Kurt Rusterholz	SUI
Match #8	27 Aug	José Panizo	ESP

Round Three

Date	29 August 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Péter Piti	HUN	2	–
=2	José Panizo	ESP	3	–
=2	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	3	–
=4	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	4	–
=4	Antero Vanhanen	FIN	4	–
=4	Tevfik Kış	TUR	4	–
=7	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	5	–
=7	Herbert Albrecht	GER	5	–
=7	Gheorghe Popovici	ROU	5	–
10	Maurice Jacquel	FRA	6	eliminated
11	Włodzimierz Smoliński	POL	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Aug	Antero Vanhanen	FIN	Decision	José Panizo	ESP
Match #2	29 Aug	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	Decision	Herbert Albrecht	GER
Match #3	29 Aug	Gheorghe Popovici	ROU	Decision	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT
Match #4	29 Aug	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	Decision	Maurice Jacquel	FRA
Match #5	29 Aug	Tevfik Kış	TUR	Decision	Włodzimierz Smoliński	POL
Match #6	29 Aug	Péter Piti	HUN

Round Four

Date	31 August 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Péter Piti	HUN	2	–
=2	Antero Vanhanen	FIN	4	–
=2	Tevfik Kış	TUR	4	–
=2	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	4	–
5	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	5	–
6	José Panizo	ESP	7	eliminated
=7	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	8	eliminated
=7	Gheorghe Popovici	ROU	8	eliminated
9	Herbert Albrecht	GER	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Aug	Péter Piti	HUN	Fall (1:26)	José Panizo	ESP
Match #2	31 Aug	Antero Vanhanen	FIN	Fall (10:30)	Herbert Albrecht	GER
Match #3	31 Aug	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	Decision	Gheorghe Popovici	ROU
Match #4	31 Aug	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	Decision	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT
Match #5	31 Aug	Tevfik Kış	TUR

Round Five

Date	31 August 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	5	–
=1	Péter Piti	HUN	5	–
=1	Tevfik Kış	TUR	5	–
=1	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	5	–
5	Antero Vanhanen	FIN	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Aug	Tevfik Kış	TUR	Decision	Antero Vanhanen	FIN
Match #2	31 Aug	Givi K'art'ozia	URS	Decision	Péter Piti	HUN
Match #3	31 Aug	Krali Bimbalov	BUL

Final Round

Date	31 August 1960 — , -, 10:00 (30-31/8)

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Aug	Krali Bimbalov	BUL	Decision	Péter Piti	HUN
Match #2	31 Aug	Tevfik Kış	TUR	Decision	Givi K'art'ozia	URS