Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueKomazawa Gymnasium
Dates16–19 October 1964
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boyan Radev  Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Per Svensson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany
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The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 16 to 19 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 87 to 97 kilograms (191.8 to 213.8 lb).[2]

Competition format

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This Greco-Roman wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, as adjusted at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Each bout awarded 4 points. If the victory was by fall, the winner received 0 and the loser 4. If the victory was by decision, the winner received 1 and the loser 3. If the bout was tied, each wrestler received 2 points. A wrestler who accumulated 6 or more points was eliminated. Rounds continued until there were 3 or fewer uneliminated wrestlers. If only 1 wrestler remained, he received the gold medal. If 2 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and they faced each other for gold and silver (if they had already wrestled each other, that result was used). If 3 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and a round-robin was held among those 3 to determine medals (with previous head-to-head results, if any, counting for this round-robin).[1][3]

Results

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Round 1

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Mane withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union Tie Petar Cucić  Yugoslavia
Ferenc Kiss  Hungary Fall Maruti Mane  India
Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland Tie Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy Tie Gıyasettin Yılmaz  Turkey
Aimo Mäenpää  Finland Decision Akira Nakaura  Japan
Eugen Wiesberger Jr.  Austria Fall Gang Du-man  South Korea
Boyan Radev  Bulgaria Foul Pat Lovell  United States
Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany Fall José Panizo  Spain
Pelle Svensson  Sweden Decision Peter Jutzeler  Switzerland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1
1 Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany 0
1 Boyan Radev  Bulgaria 0
1 Ferenc Kiss  Hungary 0
1 Eugen Wiesberger Jr.  Austria 0
5 Aimo Mäenpää  Finland 1
5 Pelle Svensson  Sweden 1
7 Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union 2
7 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 2
7 Petar Cucić  Yugoslavia 2
7 Nicolae Martinescu  Romania 2
7 Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland 2
7 Gıyasettin Yılmaz  Turkey 2
13 Peter Jutzeler  Switzerland 3
13 Akira Nakaura  Japan 3
15 Gang Du-man  South Korea 4
15 Pat Lovell  United States 4
15 José Panizo  Spain 4
18 Maruti Mane  India 4*

Round 2

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Four wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 13 in competition. Kiehl and Radev each made it through the first two rounds with 0 points.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union Decision Ferenc Kiss  Hungary
Petar Cucić  Yugoslavia Tie Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland
Nicolae Martinescu  Romania Decision Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy
Gıyasettin Yılmaz  Turkey Fall Akira Nakaura  Japan
Aimo Mäenpää  Finland Decision Eugen Wiesberger Jr.  Austria
Boyan Radev  Bulgaria Fall Gang Du-man  South Korea
Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany Fall Pat Lovell  United States
Peter Jutzeler  Switzerland Fall José Panizo  Spain
Pelle Svensson  Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total
1 Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany 0 0 0
1 Boyan Radev  Bulgaria 0 0 0
3 Pelle Svensson  Sweden 1 0 1
4 Aimo Mäenpää  Finland 1 1 2
4 Gıyasettin Yılmaz  Turkey 2 0 2
6 Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union 2 1 3
6 Peter Jutzeler  Switzerland 3 0 3
6 Ferenc Kiss  Hungary 0 3 3
6 Nicolae Martinescu  Romania 2 1 3
6 Eugen Wiesberger Jr.  Austria 0 3 3
11 Petar Cucić  Yugoslavia 2 2 4
11 Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland 2 2 4
13 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 2 3 5
14 Akira Nakaura  Japan 3 4 7
15 Gang Du-man  South Korea 4 4 8
15 Pat Lovell  United States 4 4 8
15 José Panizo  Spain 4 4 8

Round 3

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Four more wrestlers were eliminated. Radev still had 0 points, while the next closest wrestlers had 3.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Pelle Svensson  Sweden Tie Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union
Ferenc Kiss  Hungary Decision Petar Cucić  Yugoslavia
Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy Decision Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland
Nicolae Martinescu  Romania Decision Gıyasettin Yılmaz  Turkey
Boyan Radev  Bulgaria Default Aimo Mäenpää  Finland
Eugen Wiesberger Jr.  Austria Decision Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany
Peter Jutzeler  Switzerland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Boyan Radev  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0
2 Peter Jutzeler  Switzerland 3 0 0 3
2 Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany 0 0 3 3
2 Pelle Svensson  Sweden 1 0 2 3
5 Ferenc Kiss  Hungary 0 3 1 4
5 Nicolae Martinescu  Romania 2 1 1 4
5 Eugen Wiesberger Jr.  Austria 0 3 1 4
8 Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union 2 1 2 5
8 Gıyasettin Yılmaz  Turkey 2 0 3 5
10 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 2 3 1 6
10 Aimo Mäenpää  Finland 1 1 4 6
12 Petar Cucić  Yugoslavia 2 2 3 7
12 Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland 2 2 3 7

Round 4

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More than half of the wrestlers (5 of 9) were eliminated. Radev finally received his first point, but still led at 1—guaranteeing he would make it through round 5 as well.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union Decision Peter Jutzeler  Switzerland
Pelle Svensson  Sweden Tie Ferenc Kiss  Hungary
Nicolae Martinescu  Romania Decision Eugen Wiesberger Jr.  Austria
Boyan Radev  Bulgaria Decision Gıyasettin Yılmaz  Turkey
Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Boyan Radev  Bulgaria 0 0 0 1 1
2 Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany 0 0 3 0 3
3 Nicolae Martinescu  Romania 2 1 1 1 5
3 Pelle Svensson  Sweden 1 0 2 2 5
5 Rostom Abashidze  Soviet Union 2 1 2 1 6
5 Peter Jutzeler  Switzerland 3 0 0 3 6
5 Ferenc Kiss  Hungary 0 3 1 2 6
8 Eugen Wiesberger Jr.  Austria 0 3 1 3 7
9 Gıyasettin Yılmaz  Turkey 2 0 3 3 8

Round 5

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The fifth round eliminated 3 of the 4 remaining wrestlers; Radev, as the only man left with fewer than 6 points, took the gold medal. The tie in the standings between Svensson and Kiehl was broken by their head-to-head results in this round; Svensson won the bout between them and earned silver.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Pelle Svensson  Sweden Decision Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany
Boyan Radev  Bulgaria Decision Nicolae Martinescu  Romania
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boyan Radev  Bulgaria 0 0 0 1 1 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pelle Svensson  Sweden 1 0 2 2 1 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Heinz Kiehl  United Team of Germany 0 0 3 0 3 6
4 Nicolae Martinescu  Romania 2 1 1 1 3 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report 1964, p. 503. The page mistakenly uses "87 kgs" instead of "97 kgs" for the Greco-Roman light heavyweight tournament.
  3. ^ Official Report 1964, p. 503.

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