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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤87 kg), Men

Date	11 – 14 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants	16 from 16 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 1963 World Champion, Prodan Gardzhev of Bulgaria was co-favored with Iran’s Mansour Mahdizadeh, the 1961-62 World Champion, although the 1960 gold medalist, Turkey’s Hasan Güngör, was also back. In round five Mahdizadeh defeated Gardzhev, but that eliminated Mahdizadeh as he had already accumulated 5 bad points after four rounds. In second place after four rounds was American Dan Brand, but he was eliminated when Güngör defeated him in round five, leaving Gardzhev and Güngör to meet for the title. They fought only to a draw, however, which gave the gold medal to Gardzhev because of lower bodyweight, with Güngör winning silver and Brand the bronze medal. Mahdizadeh would go on to win the 1965 World title, with Gardzhev winning again in 1966. Brand never wrestled competitively again, taking up a career as an engineer.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	16	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	–	–	Gold
2	11	Hasan Güngör	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	6	Dan Brand	USA	–	–	Bronze
4	8	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	–	–
=5	7	Géza Hollósi	HUN	–	–
=5	2	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	–	–
AC	1	Günther Bauch	GER	eliminated r4/6	9
AC	10	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	eliminated r4/6	9
AC	13	Rudolf Kobelt	SUI	eliminated r3/6	6
AC	15	Shota Lomidze	URS	eliminated r3/6	6
AC	4	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	eliminated r3/6	8
AC	12	Gang Du-Man	KOR	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	3	Fernando García	PHI	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	14	Jit Singh	IND	eliminated r2/6	8
AC	5	Theunis van Wyk	ZAM	eliminated r2/6	8
AC	9	Alfonso González	PAN	eliminated r2/6	8

Round One

Date	11 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	10	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	0
=1	13	Rudolf Kobelt	SUI	0
=1	11	Hasan Güngör	TUR	0
=1	6	Dan Brand	USA	0
=5	8	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	1
=5	2	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	1
=5	4	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	1
=8	16	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	2
=8	15	Shota Lomidze	URS	2
=10	1	Günther Bauch	GER	3
=10	7	Géza Hollósi	HUN	3
=10	3	Fernando García	PHI	3
=13	14	Jit Singh	IND	4
=13	12	Gang Du-Man	KOR	4
=13	5	Theunis van Wyk	ZAM	4
=13	9	Alfonso González	PAN	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	11 Oct	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	Decision	Günther Bauch	GER
Match #2	11 Oct	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	Decision	Géza Hollósi	HUN
Match #3	11 Oct	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	Fall (1:23)	Alfonso González	PAN
Match #4	11 Oct	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Fall (9:32)	Gang Du-Man	KOR
Match #5	11 Oct	Rudolf Kobelt	SUI	Fall (0:41)	Jit Singh	IND
Match #6	11 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS	Draw	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL
Match #7	11 Oct	Dan Brand	USA	Fall (6:07)	Theunis van Wyk	ZAM
Match #8	11 Oct	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	Decision	Fernando García	PHI

Round Two

Date	12 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	11	Hasan Güngör	TUR	0	–
2	2	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	1	–
=3	16	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	2	–
=3	10	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	2	–
=3	6	Dan Brand	USA	2	–
=6	7	Géza Hollósi	HUN	3	–
=6	8	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	3	–
=6	13	Rudolf Kobelt	SUI	3	–
=6	15	Shota Lomidze	URS	3	–
10	1	Günther Bauch	GER	4	–
11	4	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	5	–
=12	12	Gang Du-Man	KOR	6	eliminated
=12	3	Fernando García	PHI	6	eliminated
=14	14	Jit Singh	IND	8	eliminated
=14	5	Theunis van Wyk	ZAM	8	eliminated
=14	9	Alfonso González	PAN	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Oct	Günther Bauch	GER	Decision	Fernando García	PHI
Match #2	12 Oct	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	Fall (3:39)	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL
Match #3	12 Oct	Géza Hollósi	HUN	Fall (4:40)	Theunis van Wyk	ZAM
Match #4	12 Oct	Dan Brand	USA	Draw	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI
Match #5	12 Oct	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Fall (4:57)	Alfonso González	PAN
Match #6	12 Oct	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	Draw	Gang Du-Man	KOR
Match #7	12 Oct	Shota Lomidze	URS	Decision	Rudolf Kobelt	SUI
Match #8	12 Oct	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Fall (5:54)	Jit Singh	IND

Round Three

Date	13 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	11	Hasan Güngör	TUR	1	–
2	16	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	2	–
3	6	Dan Brand	USA	3	–
=4	7	Géza Hollósi	HUN	4	–
=4	8	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	4	–
=4	2	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	4	–
=7	1	Günther Bauch	GER	5	–
=7	10	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	5	–
=9	13	Rudolf Kobelt	SUI	6	eliminated
=9	15	Shota Lomidze	URS	6	eliminated
11	4	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	13 Oct	Günther Bauch	GER	Decision	Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh	MGL
Match #2	13 Oct	Dan Brand	USA	Decision	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN
Match #3	13 Oct	Géza Hollósi	HUN	Decision	Muhammad Faiz	PAK
Match #4	13 Oct	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	Decision	Rudolf Kobelt	SUI
Match #5	13 Oct	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Decision	Shota Lomidze	URS
Match #6	13 Oct	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL

Round Four

Date	14 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	16	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	2	–
2	6	Dan Brand	USA	3	–
3	11	Hasan Güngör	TUR	4	–
4	8	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	5	–
=5	7	Géza Hollósi	HUN	6	eliminated
=5	2	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	6	eliminated
=7	1	Günther Bauch	GER	9	eliminated
=7	10	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Fall (2:17)	Günther Bauch	GER
Match #2	14 Oct	Tatsuo Sasaki	JPN	Draw	Géza Hollósi	HUN
Match #3	14 Oct	Dan Brand	USA	Fall (5:06)	Muhammad Faiz	PAK
Match #4	14 Oct	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	Decision	Hasan Güngör	TUR

Round Five

Date	14 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	16	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	5	–
=1	11	Hasan Güngör	TUR	5	–
=3	8	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	6	eliminated
=3	6	Dan Brand	USA	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	Decision	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL
Match #2	14 Oct	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Decision	Dan Brand	USA

Final Round

Date	14 October 1964

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Draw	Hasan Güngör	TUR