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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kg), 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 (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.

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.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	13	Boyan Radev	BUL	–	–	Gold
2	18	Per Svensson	SWE	–	–	Silver
3	4	Heinz Kiehl	GER	–	–	Bronze
4	6	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	–	–
=5	3	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	–	–
=5	1	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	–	–
=5	1	Rost'om Abashidze	URS	–	–
AC	11	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	eliminated r4/5	7
AC	8	Gıyasettin Yılmaz	TUR	eliminated r4/5	8
AC	10	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN	eliminated r3/5	6
AC	7	Adelmo Bulgarelli	ITA	eliminated r3/5	6
AC	5	Lucjan Sosnowski	POL	eliminated r3/5	7
AC	2	Petar Cucić	YUG	eliminated r3/5	7
AC	9	Akira Nakaura	JPN	eliminated r2/5	7
AC	16	José Panizo	ESP	eliminated r2/5	8
AC	12	Gang Du-Man	KOR	eliminated r2/5	8
AC	14	Pat Lovell	USA	eliminated r2/5	8
AC	2	Maruti Mane	IND	withdrew r2/5	4

Round One

Date	16 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	11	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	0	–
=1	13	Boyan Radev	BUL	0	–
=1	4	Heinz Kiehl	GER	0	–
=1	3	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	0	–
=5	10	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN	1	–
=5	18	Per Svensson	SWE	1	–
=7	7	Adelmo Bulgarelli	ITA	2	–
=7	5	Lucjan Sosnowski	POL	2	–
=7	6	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	2	–
=7	8	Gıyasettin Yılmaz	TUR	2	–
=7	1	Rost'om Abashidze	URS	2	–
=7	2	Petar Cucić	YUG	2	–
=13	9	Akira Nakaura	JPN	3	–
=13	1	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	3	–
=15	16	José Panizo	ESP	4	–
=15	2	Maruti Mane	IND	4	withdrew
=15	12	Gang Du-Man	KOR	4	–
=15	14	Pat Lovell	USA	4	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Oct	Rost'om Abashidze	URS	Draw	Petar Cucić	YUG
Match #2	16 Oct	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	Fall (1:59)	Maruti Mane	IND
Match #3	16 Oct	Lucjan Sosnowski	POL	Draw	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU
Match #4	16 Oct	Adelmo Bulgarelli	ITA	Draw	Gıyasettin Yılmaz	TUR
Match #5	16 Oct	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN	Decision	Akira Nakaura	JPN
Match #6	16 Oct	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	Fall (0:46)	Gang Du-Man	KOR
Match #7	16 Oct	Boyan Radev	BUL	Foul	Pat Lovell	USA
Match #8	16 Oct	Heinz Kiehl	GER	Fall (2:59)	José Panizo	ESP
Match #9	16 Oct	Per Svensson	SWE	Decision	Peter Jutzeler	SUI

Round Two

Date	17 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	13	Boyan Radev	BUL	0	–
=1	4	Heinz Kiehl	GER	0	–
3	18	Per Svensson	SWE	1	–
=4	10	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN	2	–
=4	8	Gıyasettin Yılmaz	TUR	2	–
=6	11	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	3	–
=6	3	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	3	–
=6	6	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	3	–
=6	1	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	3	–
=6	1	Rost'om Abashidze	URS	3	–
=11	5	Lucjan Sosnowski	POL	4	–
=11	2	Petar Cucić	YUG	4	–
13	7	Adelmo Bulgarelli	ITA	5	–
14	9	Akira Nakaura	JPN	7	eliminated
=15	16	José Panizo	ESP	8	eliminated
=15	12	Gang Du-Man	KOR	8	eliminated
=15	14	Pat Lovell	USA	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Oct	Rost'om Abashidze	URS	Decision	Ferenc Kiss	HUN
Match #2	17 Oct	Petar Cucić	YUG	Draw	Lucjan Sosnowski	POL
Match #3	17 Oct	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	Decision	Adelmo Bulgarelli	ITA
Match #4	17 Oct	Gıyasettin Yılmaz	TUR	Fall (2:55)	Akira Nakaura	JPN
Match #5	17 Oct	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN	Decision	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT
Match #6	17 Oct	Boyan Radev	BUL	Fall (0:57)	Gang Du-Man	KOR
Match #7	17 Oct	Heinz Kiehl	GER	Fall (1:36)	Pat Lovell	USA
Match #8	17 Oct	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	Fall (3:26)	José Panizo	ESP
Match #9	17 Oct	Per Svensson	SWE

Round Three

Date	18 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	13	Boyan Radev	BUL	0	–
=2	4	Heinz Kiehl	GER	3	–
=2	1	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	3	–
=2	18	Per Svensson	SWE	3	–
=5	11	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	4	–
=5	3	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	4	–
=5	6	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	4	–
=8	8	Gıyasettin Yılmaz	TUR	5	–
=8	1	Rost'om Abashidze	URS	5	–
=10	10	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN	6	eliminated
=10	7	Adelmo Bulgarelli	ITA	6	eliminated
=12	5	Lucjan Sosnowski	POL	7	eliminated
=12	2	Petar Cucić	YUG	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Per Svensson	SWE	Draw	Rost'om Abashidze	URS
Match #2	18 Oct	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	Decision	Petar Cucić	YUG
Match #3	18 Oct	Adelmo Bulgarelli	ITA	Decision	Lucjan Sosnowski	POL
Match #4	18 Oct	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	Decision	Gıyasettin Yılmaz	TUR
Match #5	18 Oct	Boyan Radev	BUL	Default	Aimo Mäenpää	FIN
Match #6	18 Oct	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	Decision	Heinz Kiehl	GER
Match #7	18 Oct	Peter Jutzeler	SUI

Round Four

Date	19 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	13	Boyan Radev	BUL	1	–
2	4	Heinz Kiehl	GER	3	–
=3	6	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	5	–
=3	18	Per Svensson	SWE	5	–
=5	3	Ferenc Kiss	HUN	6	eliminated
=5	1	Peter Jutzeler	SUI	6	eliminated
=5	1	Rost'om Abashidze	URS	6	eliminated
8	11	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT	7	eliminated
9	8	Gıyasettin Yılmaz	TUR	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Rost'om Abashidze	URS	Decision	Peter Jutzeler	SUI
Match #2	19 Oct	Per Svensson	SWE	Draw	Ferenc Kiss	HUN
Match #3	19 Oct	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU	Decision	Eugen Wiesberger, Jr.	AUT
Match #4	19 Oct	Boyan Radev	BUL	Decision	Gıyasettin Yılmaz	TUR
Match #5	19 Oct	Heinz Kiehl	GER

Final Round

Date	19 October 1964

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Per Svensson	SWE	Decision	Heinz Kiehl	GER
Match #2	19 Oct	Boyan Radev	BUL	Decision	Nicolae Martinescu	ROU