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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤70 kg), Men

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

Yugoslavian Steven Horvat had won the 1963 World Championships, after finishing second in 1962 to Turkey’s Kazım Ayvaz. Ayvaz was the 1958 World Champion in welterweight and had fought at the 1960 Olympics as a middleweight, finishing fourth, but he remained at lightweight and competed in this class at Tokyo. There were six wrestlers left after four rounds, with all but Ayvaz eliminated in round five, including Horvat, giving Ayvaz the gold medal. Three wrestlers were tied after that round with 6 bad points, and they had not yet met in the tournament, necessitating a final round for the other medals. Romania’s Valeriu Bularcă defeated Soviet Davit Gvantseladze and drew with Japan’s Tokuaki Fujita to win the silver medal. Gvantseladze won the bronze by defeating Fujita by decision.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	18	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	–	–	Gold
2	4	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	–	–	Silver
3	16	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	–	–	Bronze
4	8	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	–	–
5	14	Stevan Horvat	YUG	–	–
6	3	Eero Tapio	FIN	–	–
AC	9	Rune Johnsson	SWE	eliminated r4/6	6
AC	19	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	eliminated r4/6	7
AC	15	Franz Schmitt	GER	eliminated r4/6	8
AC	6	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	eliminated r3/6	6
AC	10	Kurt Madsen	DEN	eliminated r3/6	7
AC	12	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG	eliminated r3/6	9
AC	1	Jim Burke	USA	eliminated r3/6	9
AC	13	Franz Berger	AUT	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	17	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	2	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	5	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	13	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	1	Raúl Romero	ARG	withdrew r2/6	4
DNS	–	Daniel Robin	FRA	–	–

Round One

Date	16 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	19	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	0	–
=1	8	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	0	–
=3	6	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	1	–
=3	9	Rune Johnsson	SWE	1	–
=3	18	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	1	–
=3	16	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	1	–
=3	14	Stevan Horvat	YUG	1	–
=8	12	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG	2	–
=8	3	Eero Tapio	FIN	2	–
=8	2	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI	2	–
=8	13	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	2	–
=8	4	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	2	–
=8	1	Jim Burke	USA	2	–
=14	13	Franz Berger	AUT	3	–
=14	10	Kurt Madsen	DEN	3	–
=14	17	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY	3	–
=14	15	Franz Schmitt	GER	3	–
=14	5	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR	3	–
19	1	Raúl Romero	ARG	4	withdrew

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Oct	Jim Burke	USA	Draw	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI
Match #2	16 Oct	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	Draw	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG
Match #3	16 Oct	Stevan Horvat	YUG	Decision	Franz Berger	AUT
Match #4	16 Oct	Eero Tapio	FIN	Draw	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU
Match #5	16 Oct	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	Decision	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR
Match #6	16 Oct	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	Fall (4:05)	Raúl Romero	ARG
Match #7	16 Oct	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	Decision	Franz Schmitt	GER
Match #8	16 Oct	Rune Johnsson	SWE	Decision	Kurt Madsen	DEN
Match #9	16 Oct	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	Decision	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY
Match #10	16 Oct	Ivan Ivanov	BUL

Round Two

Date	17 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	19	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	1	–
=1	8	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	1	–
=1	9	Rune Johnsson	SWE	1	–
=4	3	Eero Tapio	FIN	2	–
=4	18	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	2	–
=4	14	Stevan Horvat	YUG	2	–
7	4	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	3	–
=8	10	Kurt Madsen	DEN	4	–
=8	15	Franz Schmitt	GER	4	–
=8	6	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	4	–
=8	16	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	4	–
=12	12	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG	5	–
=12	1	Jim Burke	USA	5	–
=14	13	Franz Berger	AUT	6	eliminated
=14	17	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY	6	eliminated
=14	2	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI	6	eliminated
=14	5	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR	6	eliminated
=14	13	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Oct	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	Decision	Jim Burke	USA
Match #2	17 Oct	Eero Tapio	FIN	Fall (4:33)	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI
Match #3	17 Oct	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	Decision	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR
Match #4	17 Oct	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	Decision	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE
Match #5	17 Oct	Rune Johnsson	SWE	Fall (3:16)	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX
Match #6	17 Oct	Kurt Madsen	DEN	Decision	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG
Match #7	17 Oct	Franz Schmitt	GER	Decision	Franz Berger	AUT
Match #8	17 Oct	Stevan Horvat	YUG	Decision	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY
Match #9	17 Oct	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	Decision	Davit Gvantseladze	URS

Round Three

Date	18 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	8	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	2	–
=1	18	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	2	–
=3	3	Eero Tapio	FIN	3	–
=3	4	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	3	–
=3	9	Rune Johnsson	SWE	3	–
=6	19	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	4	–
=6	15	Franz Schmitt	GER	4	–
=8	16	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	5	–
=8	14	Stevan Horvat	YUG	5	–
10	6	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	6	eliminated
11	10	Kurt Madsen	DEN	7	eliminated
=12	12	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG	9	eliminated
=12	1	Jim Burke	USA	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Eero Tapio	FIN	Decision	Ivan Ivanov	BUL
Match #2	18 Oct	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	Foul (7:58)	Jim Burke	USA
Match #3	18 Oct	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	Draw	Rune Johnsson	SWE
Match #4	18 Oct	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	Decision	Kurt Madsen	DEN
Match #5	18 Oct	Franz Schmitt	GER	Fall (7:12)	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG
Match #6	18 Oct	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	Decision	Stevan Horvat	YUG
Match #7	18 Oct	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR

Round Four

Date	19 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	18	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	3	–
=2	8	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	4	–
=2	4	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	4	–
=4	3	Eero Tapio	FIN	5	–
=4	16	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	5	–
=4	14	Stevan Horvat	YUG	5	–
7	9	Rune Johnsson	SWE	6	eliminated
8	19	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	7	eliminated
9	15	Franz Schmitt	GER	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	Decision	Ivan Ivanov	BUL
Match #2	19 Oct	Eero Tapio	FIN	Draw	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN
Match #3	19 Oct	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	Decision	Rune Johnsson	SWE
Match #4	19 Oct	Stevan Horvat	YUG	Fall (9:12)	Franz Schmitt	GER
Match #5	19 Oct	Davit Gvantseladze	URS

Round Five

Date	19 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	18	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	5	–
=2	8	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	6	eliminated
=2	4	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	6	eliminated
=2	16	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	6	eliminated
5	14	Stevan Horvat	YUG	7	eliminated
6	3	Eero Tapio	FIN	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	Decision	Eero Tapio	FIN
Match #2	19 Oct	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	Draw	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU
Match #3	19 Oct	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	Draw	Stevan Horvat	YUG

Final Round

Date	19 October 1964

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	Decision	Davit Gvantseladze	URS
Match #2	19 Oct	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	Decision	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN
Match #3	19 Oct	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	Draw	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN