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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	16 – 19 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants	18 from 18 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.

After four rounds three wrestlers advanced to the final round – Japan’s Tsutomu Hanahara, Bulgaria’s Angel Kerezov, and the defending gold medalist from Romania, Dumitru Pîrvulescu. Neither Hanahara or Kerezov were well known, but they both defeated Pîrvulescu and Hanahara decisioned Kerezov to win the gold medal. Fourth-place went to Italy’s Ignazio Fabra, who had won the silver medal in the class in 1952 and 1956, and tied for fifth in 1960. This was the highlight of Hanahara’s career, although he won a bronze medal at the 1967 Worlds. Kerezov later won the 1966 World Championship.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	–	–	Gold
2	Angel Kerezov	BUL	–	–	Silver
3	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	–	–	Bronze
=4	Maurice Mewis	BEL	–	–
=4	Rolf Lacour	GER	–	–
=4	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	–	–
=4	Dick Wilson	USA	–	–
AC	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	Armais Sayadov	URS	Eliminated r3/5	7
AC	Jørgen Jensen	DEN	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	Fouad Ali	EGY	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	Risto Björlin	FIN	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	Imre Alker	HUN	Eliminated r2/5	8
AC	César del Rio	MEX	Eliminated r2/5	8
AC	Malwa Singh	IND	Withdrew r2/5	2

Round One (16 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	0
=1	Dick Wilson	USA	0
=3	Maurice Mewis	BEL	1
=3	Rolf Lacour	GER	1
=3	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1
=3	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	1
=3	Armais Sayadov	URS	1
=8	Angel Kerezov	BUL	2
=8	Malwa Singh	IND	2	withdrew
=8	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	2
=8	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	2
=12	Jørgen Jensen	DEN	3
=12	Fouad Ali	EGY	3
=12	Risto Björlin	FIN	3
=12	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	3
=12	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI	3
=17	Imre Alker	HUN	4
=17	César del Rio	MEX	4

Match #1	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	draw	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR
Match #2	Maurice Mewis	BEL	decision	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI
Match #3	Armais Sayadov	URS	decision	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE
Match #4	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	fall (4:03)	Imre Alker	HUN
Match #5	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	decision	Risto Björlin	FIN
Match #6	Rolf Lacour	GER	decision	Fouad Ali	EGY
Match #7	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	decision	Jørgen Jensen	DEN
Match #8	Dick Wilson	USA	fall (8:17)	César del Rio	MEX
Match #9	Angel Kerezov	BUL	draw	Malwa Singh	IND

Round Two (17 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Dick Wilson	USA	0
=2	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	1
=2	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	1
=4	Maurice Mewis	BEL	2
=4	Rolf Lacour	GER	2
=4	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	2
=7	Angel Kerezov	BUL	3
=7	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	3
=7	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	3
10	Armais Sayadov	URS	4
11	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	5
=12	Jørgen Jensen	DEN	6	eliminated
=12	Fouad Ali	EGY	6	eliminated
=12	Risto Björlin	FIN	6	eliminated
=12	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI	6	eliminated
=16	Imre Alker	HUN	8	eliminated
=16	César del Rio	MEX	8	eliminated

Match #1	Maurice Mewis	BEL	decision	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR
Match #2	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	decision	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI
Match #3	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	default	Imre Alker	HUN
Match #4	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	decision	Armais Sayadov	URS
Match #5	Rolf Lacour	GER	decision	Risto Björlin	FIN
Match #6	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	decision	Fouad Ali	EGY
Match #7	Angel Kerezov	BUL	decision	Jørgen Jensen	DEN
Match #8	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	fall (2:55)	César del Rio	MEX
Match #9	Dick Wilson	USA	bye

Round Three (18 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	2
=1	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	2
=3	Maurice Mewis	BEL	3
=3	Angel Kerezov	BUL	3
=3	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	3
=3	Dick Wilson	USA	3
7	Rolf Lacour	GER	5
=8	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	6	eliminated
=8	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	6	eliminated
=8	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	6	eliminated
11	Armais Sayadov	URS	7	eliminated

Match #1	Maurice Mewis	BEL	decision	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR
Match #2	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	decision	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE
Match #3	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	decision	Armais Sayadov	URS
Match #4	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	decision	Rolf Lacour	GER
Match #5	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	decision	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #6	Angel Kerezov	BUL	bye

Round Four (19 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	2
2	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	3
3	Angel Kerezov	BUL	4
=4	Maurice Mewis	BEL	6	eliminated
=4	Rolf Lacour	GER	6	eliminated
=4	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	6	eliminated
=4	Dick Wilson	USA	6	eliminated

Match #1	Angel Kerezov	BUL	decision	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #2	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	decision	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #3	Rolf Lacour	GER	decision	Ignazio Fabra	ITA
Match #4	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	bye

Final Round (19 October 1964)

Match #1	Angel Kerezov	BUL	decision	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU
Match #2	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	fall (8:19)	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU
Match #3	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	decision	Angel Kerezov	BUL