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Featherweight, Freestyle (≤63 kilograms), Men

Date	11 – 14 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants	21 from 21 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 overwhelming favorite was Japanese Osamu Watanabe, the 1962-63 World Champion, who came to the 1964 Olympics with a winning streak of 180 consecutive matches. He won his first three matches by falls and then won two decisions to advance to the final round. Having already defeated one finalist, Stancho Ivanov, the 1960 silver medalist, Watanabe secured the gold medal with a victory by decision over the other finalist, Soviet Georgian Nodar Khokhashvili, for his 186th consecutive victory. Watanabe was not scored on during the tournament, and then ended his competitive career. Ivanov and Khokhashvili also wrestled a final round match, which ended in a draw. Ivanov was awarded the silver medal based on lower bodyweight.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	–	–	Gold
2	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	–	–	Silver
3	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	–	–	Bronze
4	Bobby Douglas	USA	–	–
5	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	–	–
6	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	–	–
AC	Reiner Schilling	GER	Eliminated r4/6	6
AC	Mario Tovar	MEX	Eliminated r4/6	7
AC	Matti Jutila	CAN	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Bert Aspen	GBR	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Yun Daek	KOR	Eliminated r3/6	8
AC	Raúl Romero	ARG	Eliminated r3/6	9
AC	Baldangiin Sanjaa	MGL	Withdrew r3/6	4
AC	Ray Brown	AUS	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Bandu Patil	IND	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Muhammad Akhtar	PAK	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	John Smith	ZAM	Eliminated r2/6	7
AC	Antonio Senosa	PHI	Eliminated r2/6	7
AC	Roy Meehan	NZL	Eliminated r2/6	8

Round One (11 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	0
=1	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	0
=1	Matti Jutila	CAN	0
=1	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	0
=1	Mario Tovar	MEX	0
=6	Raúl Romero	ARG	1
=6	Reiner Schilling	GER	1
=6	Yun Daek	KOR	1
=6	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	1
=6	Bobby Douglas	USA	1
=11	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	2
=11	Bandu Patil	IND	2
=13	Ray Brown	AUS	3
=13	John Smith	ZAM	3
=13	Muhammad Akhtar	PAK	3
=13	Antonio Senosa	PHI	3
=13	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR	3
=18	Bert Aspen	GBR	4
=18	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	4
=18	Baldangiin Sanjaa	MGL	4
=18	Roy Meehan	NZL	4

Match #1	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	fall (1:12)	Baldangiin Sanjaa	MGL
Match #2	Raúl Romero	ARG	decision	John Smith	ZAM
Match #3	Reiner Schilling	GER	decision	Antonio Senosa	PHI
Match #4	Yun Daek	KOR	decision	Ray Brown	AUS
Match #5	Mario Tovar	MEX	fall (6:47)	Roy Meehan	NZL
Match #6	Matti Jutila	CAN	fall (3:26)	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI
Match #7	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	draw	Bandu Patil	IND
Match #8	Bobby Douglas	USA	decision	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR
Match #9	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	decision	Muhammad Akhtar	PAK
Match #10	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	fall (9:24)	Bert Aspen	GBR
Match #11	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	bye

Round Two (12 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	0
=1	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	0
=3	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	1
=3	Mario Tovar	MEX	1
=3	Bobby Douglas	USA	1
=6	Reiner Schilling	GER	2
=6	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	2
=8	Matti Jutila	CAN	3
=8	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	3
=10	Bert Aspen	GBR	4
=10	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	4
=10	Yun Daek	KOR	4
=10	Baldangiin Sanjaa	MGL	4
14	Raúl Romero	ARG	5
=15	Ray Brown	AUS	6	eliminated
=15	Bandu Patil	IND	6	eliminated
=15	Muhammad Akhtar	PAK	6	eliminated
=15	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR	6	eliminated
=19	John Smith	ZAM	7	eliminated
=19	Antonio Senosa	PHI	7	eliminated
21	Roy Meehan	NZL	8	eliminated

Match #1	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	fall (4:43)	Raúl Romero	ARG
Match #2	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	fall (1:26)	John Smith	ZAM
Match #3	Baldangiin Sanjaa	MGL	fall (5:54)	Antonio Senosa	PHI
Match #4	Reiner Schilling	GER	decision	Yun Daek	KOR
Match #5	Mario Tovar	MEX	decision	Ray Brown	AUS
Match #6	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	fall (3:34)	Roy Meehan	NZL
Match #7	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	decision	Matti Jutila	CAN
Match #8	Bobby Douglas	USA	fall (8:07)	Bandu Patil	IND
Match #9	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	decision	Hayrullah Şahinkaya	TUR
Match #10	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	decision	Muhammad Akhtar	PAK
Match #11	Bert Aspen	GBR	bye

Round Three (13 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	0
=2	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	1
=2	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	1
4	Bobby Douglas	USA	2
=5	Reiner Schilling	GER	3
=5	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	3
=7	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	4
=7	Mario Tovar	MEX	4
=9	Matti Jutila	CAN	6	eliminated
=9	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	6	eliminated
11	Bert Aspen	GBR	7	eliminated
12	Yun Daek	KOR	8	eliminated
13	Raúl Romero	ARG	9	eliminated

Match #1	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	decision	Bert Aspen	GBR
Match #2	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	fall (5:28)	Raúl Romero	ARG
Match #3	Reiner Schilling	GER	decision	Mario Tovar	MEX
Match #4	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	fall (4:19)	Yun Daek	KOR
Match #5	Bobby Douglas	USA	decision	Matti Jutila	CAN
Match #6	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	decision	Tauno Jaskari	FIN
Match #7	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	bye

Round Four (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	1
2	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	2
=3	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	4
=3	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	4
=5	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	5
=5	Bobby Douglas	USA	5
7	Reiner Schilling	GER	6	eliminated
8	Mario Tovar	MEX	7	eliminated

Match #1	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	decision	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG
Match #2	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	decision	Reiner Schilling	GER
Match #3	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	decision	Mario Tovar	MEX
Match #4	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	decision	Bobby Douglas	USA

Round Five (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	2
=2	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	5
=2	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	5
4	Bobby Douglas	USA	6	eliminated
5	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG	7	eliminated
6	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	8	eliminated

Match #1	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	decision	Stancho Ivanov	BUL
Match #2	Bobby Douglas	USA	decision	Mohammad Ebrahimi	AFG
Match #3	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS	decision	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI

Final Round (14 October 1964)

Match #1	Stancho Ivanov	BUL	draw	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS
Match #2	Osamu Watanabe	JPN	decision	Nodar Khokhashvili	URS