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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men

Date	11 – 14 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants	22 from 22 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.

Soviet Ali Aliyev had been favored in 1960 but finished sixth. He had since won his second and third consecutive World Championships (1961-62), however, and was favored, along with Turkey’s Cemal Yanılmaz, the 1963 World Champion, in which Aliyev had placed second. They would both be eliminated in round five, however, and finish in a tie for fourth. The two survivors after the fifth round were Japan’s Yoshikatsu Yoshida and Korea’s Jang Chang-Seon, with Yoshida winning the gold medal by defeating Jang on points in the final round. The bronze went to Iran’s Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari, based on bad points after five rounds.

Yoshida had no previous record at major internationals, but would also win the 1965 World Championship. His daughter, Saori Yoshida, also became a wrestler, and when women were allowed to wrestle at the Olympics, she won lightweight gold medals in 2004, 2008, and 2012.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	17	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	–	–	Gold
2	22	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	–	–	Silver
3	2	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	–	–	Bronze
=4	18	André Zoéte	FRA	–	–
=4	15	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR	–	–
=4	8	Ali Aliyev	URS	–	–
AC	6	Gray Simons	USA	eliminated r4/6	6
AC	1	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK	eliminated r4/6	7
AC	10	Malwa Singh	IND	eliminated r4/6	8
AC	11	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	MGL	eliminated r4/6	8
AC	13	Vincenzo Grassi	ITA	eliminated r4/6	9
AC	5	Stoyko Malov	BUL	eliminated r3/6	6
AC	3	Athanasios Zafeiropoulos	GRE	eliminated r3/6	6
AC	16	Seán O'Connor	IRL	eliminated r3/6	7
AC	20	Eduardo Campbell	PAN	eliminated r3/6	7
AC	14	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG	eliminated r2/6	7
AC	9	Paul Neff	GER	eliminated r2/6	7
AC	7	Gheorghe Țarălungă	ROU	eliminated r2/6	7
AC	12	Ernest Fernando	SRI	eliminated r2/6	7
AC	21	Max McAlary	AUS	eliminated r2/6	8
AC	4	Liang Soon Hin	MAS	eliminated r2/6	8
AC	19	César del Rio	MEX	eliminated r2/6	8

Round One

Date	11 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	3	Athanasios Zafeiropoulos	GRE	0
=1	17	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	0
=1	22	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	0
=1	20	Eduardo Campbell	PAN	0
=1	15	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR	0
=6	10	Malwa Singh	IND	1
=6	13	Vincenzo Grassi	ITA	1
=6	11	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	MGL	1
=6	8	Ali Aliyev	URS	1
=6	6	Gray Simons	USA	1
=11	2	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	2
=11	1	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK	2
=13	14	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG	3
=13	5	Stoyko Malov	BUL	3
=13	9	Paul Neff	GER	3
=13	7	Gheorghe Țarălungă	ROU	3
=13	12	Ernest Fernando	SRI	3
=18	21	Max McAlary	AUS	4
=18	18	André Zoéte	FRA	4
=18	16	Seán O'Connor	IRL	4
=18	4	Liang Soon Hin	MAS	4
=18	19	César del Rio	MEX	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	11 Oct	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK	Draw	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI
Match #2	11 Oct	Athanasios Zafeiropoulos	GRE	Fall (3:42)	Liang Soon Hin	MAS
Match #3	11 Oct	Gray Simons	USA	Decision	Stoyko Malov	BUL
Match #4	11 Oct	Ali Aliyev	URS	Decision	Gheorghe Țarălungă	ROU
Match #5	11 Oct	Malwa Singh	IND	Decision	Paul Neff	GER
Match #6	11 Oct	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	MGL	Decision	Ernest Fernando	SRI
Match #7	11 Oct	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR	Fall (1:29)	Seán O'Connor	IRL
Match #8	11 Oct	Vincenzo Grassi	ITA	Decision	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG
Match #9	11 Oct	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	Fall (3:53)	André Zoéte	FRA
Match #10	11 Oct	Eduardo Campbell	PAN	Fall (8:43)	César del Rio	MEX
Match #11	11 Oct	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	Fall (7:24)	Max McAlary	AUS

Round Two

Date	12 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	17	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	0	–
=2	10	Malwa Singh	IND	1	–
=2	22	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	1	–
=2	11	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	MGL	1	–
=2	15	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR	1	–
6	2	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	2	–
=7	5	Stoyko Malov	BUL	3	–
=7	3	Athanasios Zafeiropoulos	GRE	3	–
=7	1	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK	3	–
=7	20	Eduardo Campbell	PAN	3	–
=7	8	Ali Aliyev	URS	3	–
=7	6	Gray Simons	USA	3	–
=13	18	André Zoéte	FRA	4	–
=13	16	Seán O'Connor	IRL	4	–
=13	13	Vincenzo Grassi	ITA	4	–
=16	14	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG	7	eliminated
=16	9	Paul Neff	GER	7	eliminated
=16	7	Gheorghe Țarălungă	ROU	7	eliminated
=16	12	Ernest Fernando	SRI	7	eliminated
=20	21	Max McAlary	AUS	8	eliminated
=20	4	Liang Soon Hin	MAS	8	eliminated
=20	19	César del Rio	MEX	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Oct	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK	Decision	Athanasios Zafeiropoulos	GRE
Match #2	12 Oct	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	Fall (1:12)	Liang Soon Hin	MAS
Match #3	12 Oct	André Zoéte	FRA	Fall (1:56)	Max McAlary	AUS
Match #4	12 Oct	Stoyko Malov	BUL	Fall (9:19)	Gheorghe Țarălungă	ROU
Match #5	12 Oct	Gray Simons	USA	Draw	Ali Aliyev	URS
Match #6	12 Oct	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	Decision	Eduardo Campbell	PAN
Match #7	12 Oct	Malwa Singh	IND
Match #8	12 Oct	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	MGL
Match #9	12 Oct	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR	Decision	Vincenzo Grassi	ITA
Match #10	12 Oct	Seán O'Connor	IRL	Fall (1:26)	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG
Match #11	12 Oct	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	Fall (3:46)	César del Rio	MEX

Round Three

Date	13 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	17	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	1	–
=1	22	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	1	–
3	2	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	3	–
=4	18	André Zoéte	FRA	4	–
=4	10	Malwa Singh	IND	4	–
=4	11	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	MGL	4	–
=4	1	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK	4	–
=4	15	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR	4	–
=4	8	Ali Aliyev	URS	4	–
=4	6	Gray Simons	USA	4	–
11	13	Vincenzo Grassi	ITA	5	–
=12	5	Stoyko Malov	BUL	6	eliminated
=12	3	Athanasios Zafeiropoulos	GRE	6	eliminated
=14	16	Seán O'Connor	IRL	7	eliminated
=14	20	Eduardo Campbell	PAN	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Oct	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK	Decision	Stoyko Malov	BUL
Match #2	13 Oct	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	Decision	Athanasios Zafeiropoulos	GRE
Match #3	13 Oct	Gray Simons	USA	Decision	Malwa Singh	IND
Match #4	13 Oct	Ali Aliyev	URS	Decision	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	MGL
Match #5	13 Oct	Vincenzo Grassi	ITA	Decision	Seán O'Connor	IRL
Match #6	13 Oct	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	Decision	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR
Match #7	13 Oct	André Zoéte	FRA	Fall (1:26)	Eduardo Campbell	PAN
Match #8	13 Oct	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR

Round Four

Date	14 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	17	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	1	–
2	22	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	2	–
=3	18	André Zoéte	FRA	4	–
=3	15	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR	4	–
=3	8	Ali Aliyev	URS	4	–
6	2	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	5	–
7	6	Gray Simons	USA	6	eliminated
8	1	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK	7	eliminated
=9	10	Malwa Singh	IND	8	eliminated
=9	11	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	MGL	8	eliminated
11	13	Vincenzo Grassi	ITA	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	Decision	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK
Match #2	14 Oct	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	Draw	Gray Simons	USA
Match #3	14 Oct	Ali Aliyev	URS	Fall (2:00)	Malwa Singh	IND
Match #4	14 Oct	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR	Fall (4:40)	Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav	MGL
Match #5	14 Oct	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	Fall (7:12)	Vincenzo Grassi	ITA
Match #6	14 Oct	André Zoéte	FRA

Round Five

Date	14 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	17	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	2	–
2	22	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	3	–
3	2	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	6	eliminated
=4	18	André Zoéte	FRA	7	eliminated
=4	15	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR	7	eliminated
=4	8	Ali Aliyev	URS	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR	Decision	André Zoéte	FRA
Match #2	14 Oct	Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari	IRI	Decision	Cemal Yanılmaz	TUR
Match #3	14 Oct	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	Decision	Ali Aliyev	URS

Final Round

Date	14 October 1964

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct	Yoshikatsu Yoshida	JPN	Decision	Jang Chang-Seon	KOR