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Welterweight, Freestyle (≤78 kilograms), 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. 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.

Guram Sagharadze of Soviet Georgia had won the 1963 World Championships, defeating Bulgaria’s Petko Dermendzhiev in the final round, with the bronze medal won by Turkey’s İsmail Oğan, the silver medalist at Roma in 1960. All three competed in Tokyo with Dermendzhiev placing fourth after he was eliminated in round five when he was defeated by Iran’s Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran. The final round saw Sanatkaran draw with both Sagharadze and Oğan. As Sagharadze and Oğan had fought to a draw in round five, this left all three tied with 4 bad points in the final round. Oğan won the gold medal over Sagharadze based on lower bodyweight, as they had totalled 6 bad points, while Sanatkaran was relegated to bronze because of his two draws in the final round, which gave him a total of 8 bad points.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	İsmail Oğan	TUR	–	–	Gold
2	Guram Sagharadze	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	–	–	Bronze
4	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL	–	–
5	Yasuo Watanabe	JPN	–	–
6	Phil Oberlander	CAN	–	–
AC	Gaetano Devescovi	ITA	Eliminated r4/6	7
AC	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	Eliminated r4/6	7
AC	Madho Singh	IND	Eliminated r4/6	8
AC	Muhammad Afzal	PAK	Eliminated r4/6	9
AC	Julio Graffigna	ARG	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Martin Heinze	GER	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Károly Bajkó	HUN	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Joe Feeney	IRL	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Len Allen	GBR	Eliminated r3/6	8
AC	Shakar Khan Shakar	AFG	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	John Boyle	AUS	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Ștefan Tampa	ROU	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Choi Byeong-Seop	KOR	Eliminated r2/6	7
AC	Job Mayo	PHI	Eliminated r2/6	8
AC	Harald Barlie	NOR	Withdrew r2/6	4
AC	Charles Tribble	USA	Withdrew r2/6	4

Round One (11 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL	0
=1	Phil Oberlander	CAN	0
=1	İsmail Oğan	TUR	0
=1	Guram Sagharadze	URS	0
=5	Károly Bajkó	HUN	1
=5	Madho Singh	IND	1
=5	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	1
=5	Gaetano Devescovi	ITA	1
=5	Yasuo Watanabe	JPN	1
=5	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	1
=11	Shakar Khan Shakar	AFG	2
=11	Len Allen	GBR	2
=13	Julio Graffigna	ARG	3
=13	John Boyle	AUS	3
=13	Martin Heinze	GER	3
=13	Joe Feeney	IRL	3
=13	Muhammad Afzal	PAK	3
=13	Ștefan Tampa	ROU	3
=19	Choi Byeong-Seop	KOR	4
=19	Harald Barlie	NOR	4	withdrew
=19	Job Mayo	PHI	4
=19	Charles Tribble	USA	4	withdrew

Match #1	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL	fall (5:53)	Choi Byeong-Seop	KOR
Match #2	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	decision	Martin Heinze	GER
Match #3	Yasuo Watanabe	JPN	decision	Ștefan Tampa	ROU
Match #4	Phil Oberlander	CAN	fall (1:46)	Harald Barlie	NOR
Match #5	Guram Sagharadze	URS	fall (2:32)	Job Mayo	PHI
Match #6	Shakar Khan Shakar	AFG	draw	Len Allen	GBR
Match #7	İsmail Oğan	TUR	fall (4:11)	Charles Tribble	USA
Match #8	Madho Singh	IND	decision	Julio Graffigna	ARG
Match #9	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	decision	John Boyle	AUS
Match #10	Károly Bajkó	HUN	decision	Muhammad Afzal	PAK
Match #11	Gaetano Devescovi	ITA	decision	Joe Feeney	IRL

Round Two (12 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Phil Oberlander	CAN	0
=1	Guram Sagharadze	URS	0
=3	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL	1
=3	İsmail Oğan	TUR	1
=5	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	2
=5	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	2
=7	Julio Graffigna	ARG	4
=7	Martin Heinze	GER	4
=7	Károly Bajkó	HUN	4
=7	Madho Singh	IND	4
=7	Joe Feeney	IRL	4
=7	Gaetano Devescovi	ITA	4
=7	Yasuo Watanabe	JPN	4
=7	Muhammad Afzal	PAK	4
15	Len Allen	GBR	5
=16	Shakar Khan Shakar	AFG	6	eliminated
=16	John Boyle	AUS	6	eliminated
=16	Ștefan Tampa	ROU	6	eliminated
19	Choi Byeong-Seop	KOR	7	eliminated
20	Job Mayo	PHI	8	eliminated

Match #1	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL	decision	Károly Bajkó	HUN
Match #2	Muhammad Afzal	PAK	decision	Choi Byeong-Seop	KOR
Match #3	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	decision	Yasuo Watanabe	JPN
Match #4	Martin Heinze	GER	decision	Ștefan Tampa	ROU
Match #5	Phil Oberlander	CAN	fall (4:29)	Job Mayo	PHI
Match #6	Guram Sagharadze	URS	fall (3:30)	Shakar Khan Shakar	AFG
Match #7	Julio Graffigna	ARG	decision	Len Allen	GBR
Match #8	İsmail Oğan	TUR	decision	Madho Singh	IND
Match #9	Joe Feeney	IRL	decision	John Boyle	AUS
Match #10	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	decision	Gaetano Devescovi	ITA

Round Three (13 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Guram Sagharadze	URS	1
2	İsmail Oğan	TUR	2
=3	Phil Oberlander	CAN	3
=3	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	3
=3	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	3
=6	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL	4
=6	Gaetano Devescovi	ITA	4
=8	Madho Singh	IND	5
=8	Yasuo Watanabe	JPN	5
=8	Muhammad Afzal	PAK	5
=11	Julio Graffigna	ARG	7	eliminated
=11	Martin Heinze	GER	7	eliminated
=11	Károly Bajkó	HUN	7	eliminated
=11	Joe Feeney	IRL	7	eliminated
15	Len Allen	GBR	8	eliminated

Match #1	Muhammad Afzal	PAK	decision	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL
Match #2	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	decision	Károly Bajkó	HUN
Match #3	Yasuo Watanabe	JPN	decision	Martin Heinze	GER
Match #4	Guram Sagharadze	URS	decision	Phil Oberlander	CAN
Match #5	Madho Singh	IND	decision	Len Allen	GBR
Match #6	İsmail Oğan	TUR	decision	Julio Graffigna	ARG
Match #7	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	decision	Joe Feeney	IRL
Match #8	Gaetano Devescovi	ITA	bye

Round Four (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	İsmail Oğan	TUR	2
=1	Guram Sagharadze	URS	2
3	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	3
4	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL	5
=5	Phil Oberlander	CAN	6	eliminated
=5	Yasuo Watanabe	JPN	6	eliminated
=7	Gaetano Devescovi	ITA	7	eliminated
=7	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL	7	eliminated
9	Madho Singh	IND	8	eliminated
10	Muhammad Afzal	PAK	9	eliminated

Match #1	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL	decision	Gaetano Devescovi	ITA
Match #2	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	default (8:17)	Muhammad Afzal	PAK
Match #3	Yasuo Watanabe	JPN	decision	Phil Oberlander	CAN
Match #4	Guram Sagharadze	URS	decision	Madho Singh	IND
Match #5	İsmail Oğan	TUR	foul	Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	MGL

Round Five (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	4
=1	İsmail Oğan	TUR	4
=1	Guram Sagharadze	URS	4
4	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL	8	eliminated

Match #1	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	decision	Petko Dermendzhiev	BUL
Match #2	Guram Sagharadze	URS	draw	İsmail Oğan	TUR

Final Round (14 October 1964)

Match #1	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI	draw	Guram Sagharadze	URS
Match #2	İsmail Oğan	TUR	draw	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	IRI