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Heavyweight, Freestyle (>97 kilograms), Men

Date	11 – 14 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants	13 from 13 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.

At the 1962-63 World Championships, Soviet Aleksandr Ivanitsky won gold, with Bulgarian Lyutvi Akhmedov taking silver. After four rounds in Tokyo, they were the only wrestlers remaining and they met for the gold medal. The match turned out to be a draw, which gave the gold medal to Ivanitsky based on fewer bad points in earlier rounds. The bronze went to Turk Hamit Kaplan, who completed his set of medals from this class, after winning gold in 1956 and silver in 1960. Kaplan won the bronze in an unusual tournament that had to be held for the third podium position, after he was tied through four rounds with 7 bad points, along with Czechoslovak Bohumil Kubát and Britain’s Denis McNamara. That position was decided when Kaplan threw McNamara in 4:18.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL	–	–	Silver
3	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	–	–	Bronze
4	Bohumil Kubát	TCH	–	–
5	Denis McNamara	GBR	–	–
6	Ștefan Stîngu	ROU	–	–
AC	Wilfried Dietrich	GER	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	Masanori Saito	JPN	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	Larry Kristoff	USA	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	János Reznák	HUN	Eliminated r3/5	7
AC	Arne Robertsson	SWE	Eliminated r3/5	8
AC	Ganpat Andhalkar	IND	Eliminated r3/5	9
AC	Tserendonoin Sanjaa	MGL	Eliminated r2/5	8

Round One (11 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Masanori Saito	JPN	0
=1	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	0
=3	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL	1
=3	Ganpat Andhalkar	IND	1
=3	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	1
=3	Larry Kristoff	USA	1
=7	Ștefan Stîngu	ROU	2
=7	Bohumil Kubát	TCH	2
=9	Denis McNamara	GBR	3
=9	Wilfried Dietrich	GER	3
=9	János Reznák	HUN	3
=9	Arne Robertsson	SWE	3
13	Tserendonoin Sanjaa	MGL	4

Match #1	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	decision	Arne Robertsson	SWE
Match #2	Larry Kristoff	USA	decision	Wilfried Dietrich	GER
Match #3	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	fall (0:59)	Tserendonoin Sanjaa	MGL
Match #4	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL	decision	János Reznák	HUN
Match #5	Bohumil Kubát	TCH	draw	Ștefan Stîngu	ROU
Match #6	Ganpat Andhalkar	IND	decision	Denis McNamara	GBR
Match #7	Masanori Saito	JPN	bye

Round Two (12 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	1
=2	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL	2
=2	Masanori Saito	JPN	2
=2	Ștefan Stîngu	ROU	2
=5	Denis McNamara	GBR	3
=5	János Reznák	HUN	3
=5	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	3
8	Larry Kristoff	USA	4
=9	Wilfried Dietrich	GER	5
=9	Ganpat Andhalkar	IND	5
=9	Arne Robertsson	SWE	5
=9	Bohumil Kubát	TCH	5
13	Tserendonoin Sanjaa	MGL	8	eliminated

Match #1	Masanori Saito	JPN	draw	Arne Robertsson	SWE
Match #2	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	draw	Wilfried Dietrich	GER
Match #3	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	decision	Larry Kristoff	USA
Match #4	János Reznák	HUN	fall (2:34)	Tserendonoin Sanjaa	MGL
Match #5	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL	decision	Bohumil Kubát	TCH
Match #6	Ștefan Stîngu	ROU	fall (8:47)	Ganpat Andhalkar	IND
Match #7	Denis McNamara	GBR	bye

Round Three (13 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	1
=2	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL	3
=2	Denis McNamara	GBR	3
=4	Ștefan Stîngu	ROU	5
=4	Bohumil Kubát	TCH	5
=4	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	5
=7	Wilfried Dietrich	GER	6	eliminated
=7	Masanori Saito	JPN	6	eliminated
=7	Larry Kristoff	USA	6	eliminated
10	János Reznák	HUN	7	eliminated
11	Arne Robertsson	SWE	8	eliminated
12	Ganpat Andhalkar	IND	9	eliminated

Match #1	Denis McNamara	GBR	fall (1:23)	Masanori Saito	JPN
Match #2	Wilfried Dietrich	GER	decision	Arne Robertsson	SWE
Match #3	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	draw	Larry Kristoff	USA
Match #4	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	fall (2:25)	János Reznák	HUN
Match #5	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL	decision	Ștefan Stîngu	ROU
Match #6	Bohumil Kubát	TCH	fall (4:58)	Ganpat Andhalkar	IND

Round Four (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	2
2	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL	3
=3	Denis McNamara	GBR	7	eliminated
=3	Bohumil Kubát	TCH	7	eliminated
=3	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	7	eliminated
6	Ștefan Stîngu	ROU	8	eliminated

Match #1	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL	fall (2:47)	Denis McNamara	GBR
Match #2	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	draw	Bohumil Kubát	TCH
Match #3	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	decision	Ștefan Stîngu	ROU

Final Round (14 October 1964)

Match #1	Aleksandr Ivanitsky	URS	draw	Lyutvi Ahmedov	BUL
Match #2	Hamit Kaplan	TUR	fall (4:18)	Denis McNamara	GBR
Match #3	Bohumil Kubát	TCH	walkover