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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date	11 – 14 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants	20 from 20 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.

The last two World Champions were Turkey’s Hüseyin Akbaş (1962) and Soviet Azerbaijani Aydın İbrahimov (1963). Both would make the final round where they were joined by Japan’s Yojiro Uetake, who had never competed internationally. Uetake attended college in the United States at Oklahoma State University, where he won three straight NCAA Championships (1964-66) and was never beaten in college. In the final round Uetake defeated both Akbaş and İbrahimov by decision to win the gold medal. Akbaş won silver with a victory on points over İbrahimov.

Uetake only competed at one other major international, the 1968 Olympics, in which he would defend his title in this class. He later settled in Oklahoma where he coached at Oklahama State. İbrahimov would go on to win the 1966 European Championship. Akbaş placed fourth at the 1965 Worlds and then retired.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	–	–	Gold
2	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	–	–	Bronze
4	Dave Auble	USA	–	–
5	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR	–	–
6	Bishambar Singh	IND	–	–
AC	János Varga	HUN	Eliminated r4/6	7
AC	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	Withdrew r4/6	5
AC	Abdullah Khodabandeh	IRI	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Mladen Georgiev	BUL	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Moisés López	MEX	Eliminated r3/6	8
AC	Pekka Alanen	FIN	Eliminated r3/6	9
AC	Koji Hirabayashi	CAN	Withdrew r3/6	4
AC	Mohammad Daoud Anwary	AFG	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Bazaryn Sükhbaatar	MGL	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Walter Pilling	GBR	Eliminated r2/6	7
AC	Karl Dodrimont	GER	Eliminated r2/6	7
AC	Rubén Leibovich	ARG	Eliminated r2/6	8
AC	Kevin McGrath	AUS	Eliminated r2/6	8
AC	Tortillano Tumasis	PHI	Eliminated r2/6	8

Round One (11 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	János Varga	HUN	0
=1	Bishambar Singh	IND	0
=1	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	0
=1	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR	0
=5	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	1
=5	Koji Hirabayashi	CAN	1
=5	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	1
=5	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	1
=5	Dave Auble	USA	1
=10	Mladen Georgiev	BUL	2
=10	Abdullah Khodabandeh	IRI	2
=12	Mohammad Daoud Anwary	AFG	3
=12	Pekka Alanen	FIN	3
=12	Walter Pilling	GBR	3
=12	Moisés López	MEX	3
=12	Bazaryn Sükhbaatar	MGL	3
=17	Rubén Leibovich	ARG	4
=17	Kevin McGrath	AUS	4
=17	Karl Dodrimont	GER	4
=17	Tortillano Tumasis	PHI	4

Match #1	János Varga	HUN	fall (1:26)	Tortillano Tumasis	PHI
Match #2	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR	fall (4:31)	Kevin McGrath	AUS
Match #3	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	decision	Walter Pilling	GBR
Match #4	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	fall (9:01)	Karl Dodrimont	GER
Match #5	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	decision	Mohammad Daoud Anwary	AFG
Match #6	Abdullah Khodabandeh	IRI	draw	Mladen Georgiev	BUL
Match #7	Bishambar Singh	IND	fall (2:16)	Rubén Leibovich	ARG
Match #8	Dave Auble	USA	decision	Bazaryn Sükhbaatar	MGL
Match #9	Koji Hirabayashi	CAN	decision	Pekka Alanen	FIN
Match #10	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	decision	Moisés López	MEX

Round Two (12 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	János Varga	HUN	0
=1	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	0
=1	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR	0
=4	Bishambar Singh	IND	1
=4	Dave Auble	USA	1
=6	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	2
=6	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	2
=8	Abdullah Khodabandeh	IRI	3
=8	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	3
=10	Mladen Georgiev	BUL	4
=10	Koji Hirabayashi	CAN	4
=12	Pekka Alanen	FIN	5
=12	Moisés López	MEX	5
=14	Mohammad Daoud Anwary	AFG	6	eliminated
=14	Bazaryn Sükhbaatar	MGL	6	eliminated
=16	Walter Pilling	GBR	7	eliminated
=16	Karl Dodrimont	GER	7	eliminated
=18	Rubén Leibovich	ARG	8	eliminated
=18	Kevin McGrath	AUS	8	eliminated
=18	Tortillano Tumasis	PHI	8	eliminated

Match #1	János Varga	HUN	fall (3:07)	Kevin McGrath	AUS
Match #2	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR	fall (2:10)	Tortillano Tumasis	PHI
Match #3	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	fall (8:14)	Walter Pilling	GBR
Match #4	Dave Auble	USA	fall (2:46)	Rubén Leibovich	ARG
Match #5	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	decision	Karl Dodrimont	GER
Match #6	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	decision	Koji Hirabayashi	CAN
Match #7	Abdullah Khodabandeh	IRI	decision	Mohammad Daoud Anwary	AFG
Match #8	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	draw	Mladen Georgiev	BUL
Match #9	Bishambar Singh	IND	decision	Bazaryn Sükhbaatar	MGL
Match #10	Pekka Alanen	FIN	draw	Moisés López	MEX

Round Three (13 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	1
=1	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR	1
=3	Bishambar Singh	IND	2
=3	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	2
=3	Dave Auble	USA	2
6	János Varga	HUN	3
7	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	4
8	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	5
9	Abdullah Khodabandeh	IRI	6	eliminated
10	Mladen Georgiev	BUL	7	eliminated
11	Moisés López	MEX	8	eliminated
12	Pekka Alanen	FIN	9	eliminated

Match #1	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR	decision	János Varga	HUN
Match #2	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	decision	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK
Match #3	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	decision	Abdullah Khodabandeh	IRI
Match #4	Dave Auble	USA	decision	Mladen Georgiev	BUL
Match #5	Bishambar Singh	IND	decision	Moisés López	MEX
Match #6	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	fall (9:42)	Pekka Alanen	FIN

Round Four (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	2
=1	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	2
3	Dave Auble	USA	3
=4	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR	4
=4	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	4
6	Bishambar Singh	IND	5
7	János Varga	HUN	7	eliminated

Match #1	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	decision	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR
Match #2	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	fall (8:10)	János Varga	HUN
Match #3	Dave Auble	USA	decision	Bishambar Singh	IND
Match #4	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	bye

Round Five (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	3
=1	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	3
3	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	5
4	Dave Auble	USA	6	eliminated
5	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR	7	eliminated
6	Bishambar Singh	IND	8	eliminated

Match #1	Aydın İbrahimov	URS	decision	Choi Yeong-Gil	KOR
Match #2	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	decision	Dave Auble	USA
Match #3	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	decision	Bishambar Singh	IND

Final Round (14 October 1964)

Match #1	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	decision	Aydın İbrahimov	URS
Match #2	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	decision	Aydın İbrahimov	URS
Match #3	Yojiro Uetake	JPN	decision	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR