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Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤97 kilograms), 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. 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 favorite was Soviet Aleksandr Medved, the 1962-63 World Champion, although still also highly considered was the redoubtable Iranian Gholam Reza Takhti, the 1956 gold medalist and 1960 silver medalist. Takhti was eliminated after round five, with Medved joining Bulgarian Said Mustafov and Turkey’s Ahmet Ayık in the final round. Ayık and Mustafov had already fought to a draw in round one and Ayık and Medved had drawn in round three. When he pinned Mustafov in 39 seconds in the only final round match, Medved won the gold medal. This would be the first of three consecutive gold medals for Medved, who would win gold in 1968 and 1972 as a heavyweight.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	Said Mustafov	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	–	–
5	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	–	–
6	Jerry Conine	USA	–	–
AC	Heinz Kiehl	GER	Eliminated r4/6	7
AC	Imre Vígh	HUN	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Maruti Mane	IND	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Hugh Williams	AUS	Eliminated r3/6	9
AC	Francisc Balla	ROU	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Lennart Eriksson	SWE	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Tony Buck	GBR	Eliminated r2/6	7
AC	Sión Cóhen	PAN	Eliminated r2/6	7
AC	Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir	MGL	Eliminated r2/6	8

Round One (11 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Heinz Kiehl	GER	0
=1	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	0
=3	Hugh Williams	AUS	1
=3	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	1
=3	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	1
=3	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	1
=3	Jerry Conine	USA	1
=8	Said Mustafov	BUL	2
=8	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	2
=10	Tony Buck	GBR	3
=10	Imre Vígh	HUN	3
=10	Maruti Mane	IND	3
=10	Sión Cóhen	PAN	3
=10	Lennart Eriksson	SWE	3
=15	Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir	MGL	4
=15	Francisc Balla	ROU	4

Match #1	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	decision	Maruti Mane	IND
Match #2	Heinz Kiehl	GER	fall (5:59)	Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir	MGL
Match #3	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	decision	Imre Vígh	HUN
Match #4	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	decision	Tony Buck	GBR
Match #5	Hugh Williams	AUS	decision	Sión Cóhen	PAN
Match #6	Said Mustafov	BUL	draw	Ahmet Ayık	TUR
Match #7	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	fall (2:12)	Francisc Balla	ROU
Match #8	Jerry Conine	USA	decision	Lennart Eriksson	SWE

Round Two (12 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	1
=1	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	1
=1	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	1
=4	Said Mustafov	BUL	2
=4	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	2
=6	Heinz Kiehl	GER	3
=6	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	3
=6	Jerry Conine	USA	3
9	Maruti Mane	IND	4
=10	Hugh Williams	AUS	5
=10	Imre Vígh	HUN	5
=12	Francisc Balla	ROU	6	eliminated
=12	Lennart Eriksson	SWE	6	eliminated
=14	Tony Buck	GBR	7	eliminated
=14	Sión Cóhen	PAN	7	eliminated
16	Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir	MGL	8	eliminated

Match #1	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	fall (1:07)	Ölziisaikhany Erdene-Ochir	MGL
Match #2	Maruti Mane	IND	decision	Heinz Kiehl	GER
Match #3	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	fall (3:28)	Tony Buck	GBR
Match #4	Imre Vígh	HUN	draw	Shunichi Kawano	JPN
Match #5	Said Mustafov	BUL	fall (0:17)	Sión Cóhen	PAN
Match #6	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	fall (7:51)	Hugh Williams	AUS
Match #7	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	decision	Lennart Eriksson	SWE
Match #8	Francisc Balla	ROU	draw	Jerry Conine	USA

Round Three (13 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	1
2	Said Mustafov	BUL	2
=3	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	3
=3	Jerry Conine	USA	3
=5	Heinz Kiehl	GER	4
=5	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	4
=5	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	4
8	Imre Vígh	HUN	6	eliminated
=9	Maruti Mane	IND	7	eliminated
=9	Shunichi Kawano	JPN	7	eliminated
11	Hugh Williams	AUS	9	eliminated

Match #1	Heinz Kiehl	GER	decision	Peter Jutzeler	SUI
Match #2	Imre Vígh	HUN	decision	Maruti Mane	IND
Match #3	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	fall (1:48)	Shunichi Kawano	JPN
Match #4	Said Mustafov	BUL	fall (5:19)	Hugh Williams	AUS
Match #5	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	draw	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS
Match #6	Jerry Conine	USA	bye

Round Four (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Said Mustafov	BUL	3
=1	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	3
3	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	4
=4	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	5
=4	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	5
6	Jerry Conine	USA	6	eliminated
7	Heinz Kiehl	GER	7	eliminated

Match #1	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	decision	Jerry Conine	USA
Match #2	Said Mustafov	BUL	decision	Heinz Kiehl	GER
Match #3	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	decision	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI
Match #4	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	bye

Round Five (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	3
=2	Said Mustafov	BUL	5
=2	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	5
4	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	6	eliminated
5	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	9	eliminated

Match #1	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	fall (3:51)	Peter Jutzeler	SUI
Match #2	Gholam Reza Takhti	IRI	draw	Said Mustafov	BUL
Match #3	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	bye

Final Round (14 October 1964)

Match #1	Aliaksandr Miadved	URS	fall (0:39)	Said Mustafov	BUL
Match #2	Ahmet Ayık	TUR	bye