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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kilograms), Men

Date16 – 19 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationKomazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants18 from 18 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

Soviet Rost’om Abashidze had won the 1962-63 World Championships and came in as the favorite. In the first four rounds, however, he had two wins by decision and two draws, which eliminated him with 6 bad points. Four wrestlers remained after round four – Boyan Radev of Bulgaria, Heinz Kiehl of Germany, Nicolae Martinescu of Romania, and Per Svensson of Sweden, with Radev leading with only 1 bad point. Radev then defeated Martinescu by decision, as did Svensson over Kiehl, which eliminated the other three wrestlers, and gave Radev the gold medal. Svensson and Kiehl were left with 6 total bad points, with Svensson getting the silver based on his victory over Kiehl. Radev would return to win the gold medal again in 1968 at Mexico City, after winning the 1966 World Championships.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Boyan RadevBULGold
2Per SvenssonSWESilver
3Heinz KiehlGERBronze
4Nicolae MartinescuROU
=5Ferenc KissHUN
=5Peter JutzelerSUI
=5Rost'om AbashidzeURS
ACEugen Wiesberger, Jr.AUTEliminated r4/57
ACGıyasettin YılmazTUREliminated r4/58
ACAimo MäenpääFINEliminated r3/56
ACAdelmo BulgarelliITAEliminated r3/56
ACLucjan SosnowskiPOLEliminated r3/57
ACPetar CucićYUGEliminated r3/57
ACAkira NakauraJPNEliminated r2/57
ACJosé PanizoESPEliminated r2/58
ACGang Du-ManKOREliminated r2/58
ACPat LovellUSAEliminated r2/58
ACMaruti ManeINDWithdrew r2/54

Round One (16 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.AUT0
=1Boyan RadevBUL0
=1Heinz KiehlGER0
=1Ferenc KissHUN0
=5Aimo MäenpääFIN1
=5Per SvenssonSWE1
=7Adelmo BulgarelliITA2
=7Lucjan SosnowskiPOL2
=7Nicolae MartinescuROU2
=7Gıyasettin YılmazTUR2
=7Rost'om AbashidzeURS2
=7Petar CucićYUG2
=13Akira NakauraJPN3
=13Peter JutzelerSUI3
=15José PanizoESP4
=15Maruti ManeIND4withdrew
=15Gang Du-ManKOR4
=15Pat LovellUSA4

Match #1 Rost'om AbashidzeURS
draw
Petar CucićYUG
Match #2 Ferenc KissHUN
fall (1:59)
Maruti ManeIND
Match #3 Lucjan SosnowskiPOL
draw
Nicolae MartinescuROU
Match #4 Adelmo BulgarelliITA
draw
Gıyasettin YılmazTUR
Match #5 Aimo MäenpääFIN
decision
Akira NakauraJPN
Match #6 Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.AUT
fall (0:46)
Gang Du-ManKOR
Match #7 Boyan RadevBUL
foul
Pat LovellUSA
Match #8 Heinz KiehlGER
fall (2:59)
José PanizoESP
Match #9 Per SvenssonSWE
decision
Peter JutzelerSUI

Round Two (17 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Boyan RadevBUL0
=1Heinz KiehlGER0
3Per SvenssonSWE1
=4Aimo MäenpääFIN2
=4Gıyasettin YılmazTUR2
=6Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.AUT3
=6Ferenc KissHUN3
=6Nicolae MartinescuROU3
=6Peter JutzelerSUI3
=6Rost'om AbashidzeURS3
=11Lucjan SosnowskiPOL4
=11Petar CucićYUG4
13Adelmo BulgarelliITA5
14Akira NakauraJPN7eliminated
=15José PanizoESP8eliminated
=15Gang Du-ManKOR8eliminated
=15Pat LovellUSA8eliminated

Match #1 Rost'om AbashidzeURS
decision
Ferenc KissHUN
Match #2 Petar CucićYUG
draw
Lucjan SosnowskiPOL
Match #3 Nicolae MartinescuROU
decision
Adelmo BulgarelliITA
Match #4 Gıyasettin YılmazTUR
fall (2:55)
Akira NakauraJPN
Match #5 Aimo MäenpääFIN
decision
Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.AUT
Match #6 Boyan RadevBUL
fall (0:57)
Gang Du-ManKOR
Match #7 Heinz KiehlGER
fall (1:36)
Pat LovellUSA
Match #8 Peter JutzelerSUI
fall (3:26)
José PanizoESP
Match #9 Per SvenssonSWE bye

Round Three (18 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Boyan RadevBUL0
=2Heinz KiehlGER3
=2Peter JutzelerSUI3
=2Per SvenssonSWE3
=5Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.AUT4
=5Ferenc KissHUN4
=5Nicolae MartinescuROU4
=8Gıyasettin YılmazTUR5
=8Rost'om AbashidzeURS5
=10Aimo MäenpääFIN6eliminated
=10Adelmo BulgarelliITA6eliminated
=12Lucjan SosnowskiPOL7eliminated
=12Petar CucićYUG7eliminated

Match #1 Per SvenssonSWE
draw
Rost'om AbashidzeURS
Match #2 Ferenc KissHUN
decision
Petar CucićYUG
Match #3 Adelmo BulgarelliITA
decision
Lucjan SosnowskiPOL
Match #4 Nicolae MartinescuROU
decision
Gıyasettin YılmazTUR
Match #5 Boyan RadevBUL
default
Aimo MäenpääFIN
Match #6 Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.AUT
decision
Heinz KiehlGER
Match #7 Peter JutzelerSUI bye

Round Four (19 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Boyan RadevBUL1
2Heinz KiehlGER3
=3Nicolae MartinescuROU5
=3Per SvenssonSWE5
=5Ferenc KissHUN6eliminated
=5Peter JutzelerSUI6eliminated
=5Rost'om AbashidzeURS6eliminated
8Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.AUT7eliminated
9Gıyasettin YılmazTUR8eliminated

Match #1 Rost'om AbashidzeURS
decision
Peter JutzelerSUI
Match #2 Per SvenssonSWE
draw
Ferenc KissHUN
Match #3 Nicolae MartinescuROU
decision
Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.AUT
Match #4 Boyan RadevBUL
decision
Gıyasettin YılmazTUR
Match #5 Heinz KiehlGER bye

Final Round (19 October 1964)

Match #1 Per SvenssonSWE
decision
Heinz KiehlGER
Match #2 Boyan RadevBUL
decision
Nicolae MartinescuROU