Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight

The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 1 to 6 September at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]

Men's freestyle bantamweight
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueBasilica of Maxentius
Dates1–6 September
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Terry McCann  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nezhdet Zalev  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tadeusz Trojanowski  Poland
← 1956
1964 →

Competition format edit

This freestyle 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, though adjusted the point values slightly. Wins by fall continued to be worth 0 points and wins by decision continued to be worth 1 point. Losses by fall, however, were now worth 4 points (up from 3). Losses by decision were worth 3 points (consistent with most prior years, though in some losses by split decision had been worth only 2 points). Ties were now allowed, worth 2 points for each wrestler. The elimination threshold was also increased from 5 points to 6 points. The medal round concept, used in 1952 and 1956 requiring a round-robin amongst the medalists even if one or more finished a round with enough points for elimination, was used only if exactly three wrestlers remained after a round—if two competitors remained, they faced off head-to-head; if only one, he was the gold medalist.[2][1]

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Luigi Chinazzo   Italy Decision Im Gwang-jae   South Korea
Dermot Dunne   Ireland Fall Vittorio Mancini   San Marino
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran Tie Hüseyin Akbaş   Turkey
Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union Tie Tauno Jaskari   Finland
Muhammad Siraj-Din   Pakistan Fall Walter Pilling   Great Britain
Fred Kämmerer   United Team of Germany Decision Eduardo Campbell   Panama
Terry McCann   United States Decision Edvin Vesterby   Sweden
Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland Fall Paul Hänni   Switzerland
Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria Fall Geoffrey Jameson   Australia
Tadashi Asai   Japan Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Tadashi Asai   Japan 0 0 0
1 Dermot Dunne   Ireland 0 0 0
1 Muhammad Siraj-Din   Pakistan 0 0 0
1 Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland 0 0 0
1 Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria 0 0 0
6 Luigi Chinazzo   Italy 0 1 1
6 Fred Kämmerer   United Team of Germany 0 1 1
6 Terry McCann   United States 0 1 1
9 Hüseyin Akbaş   Turkey 0 2 2
9 Tauno Jaskari   Finland 0 2 2
9 Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union 0 2 2
9 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran 0 2 2
13 Eduardo Campbell   Panama 0 3 3
13 Im Gwang-jae   South Korea 0 3 3
13 Edvin Vesterby   Sweden 0 3 3
16 Paul Hänni   Switzerland 0 4 4
16 Geoffrey Jameson   Australia 0 4 4
16 Vittorio Mancini   San Marino 0 4 4
16 Walter Pilling   Great Britain 0 4 4

Round 2 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Tadashi Asai   Japan Fall Luigi Chinazzo   Italy
Im Gwang-jae   South Korea Fall Dermot Dunne   Ireland
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran Fall Vittorio Mancini   San Marino
Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union Decision Hüseyin Akbaş   Turkey
Tauno Jaskari   Finland Decision Muhammad Siraj-Din   Pakistan
Eduardo Campbell   Panama Fall Walter Pilling   Great Britain
Fred Kämmerer   United Team of Germany Decision Edvin Vesterby   Sweden
Terry McCann   United States Fall Paul Hänni   Switzerland
Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland Fall Geoffrey Jameson   Australia
Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Tadashi Asai   Japan 0 0 0
1 Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland 0 0 0
1 Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria 0 0 0
4 Terry McCann   United States 1 0 1
5 Fred Kämmerer   United Team of Germany 1 1 2
5 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran 2 0 2
7 Eduardo Campbell   Panama 3 0 3
7 Im Gwang-jae   South Korea 3 0 3
7 Tauno Jaskari   Finland 2 1 3
7 Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union 2 1 3
7 Muhammad Siraj-Din   Pakistan 0 3 3
12 Dermot Dunne   Ireland 0 4 4
13 Hüseyin Akbaş   Turkey 2 3 5
13 Luigi Chinazzo   Italy 1 4 5
15 Edvin Vesterby   Sweden 3 3 6
16 Paul Hänni   Switzerland 4 4 8
16 Geoffrey Jameson   Australia 4 4 8
16 Vittorio Mancini   San Marino 4 4 8
16 Walter Pilling   Great Britain 4 4 8

Round 3 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria Fall Tadashi Asai   Japan
Luigi Chinazzo   Italy Fall Dermot Dunne   Ireland
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran Decision Im Gwang-jae   South Korea
Tauno Jaskari   Finland Fall Hüseyin Akbaş   Turkey
Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union Decision Muhammad Siraj-Din   Pakistan
Terry McCann   United States Decision Eduardo Campbell   Panama
Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland Decision Fred Kämmerer   United Team of Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria 0 0 0
2 Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland 0 1 1
3 Terry McCann   United States 1 1 2
4 Tauno Jaskari   Finland 3 0 3
4 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran 2 1 3
6 Tadashi Asai   Japan 0 4 4
6 Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union 3 1 4
8 Luigi Chinazzo   Italy 5 0 5
8 Fred Kämmerer   United Team of Germany 2 3 5
10 Eduardo Campbell   Panama 3 3 6
10 Im Gwang-jae   South Korea 3 3 6
10 Muhammad Siraj-Din   Pakistan 3 3 6
13 Dermot Dunne   Ireland 4 4 8
14 Hüseyin Akbaş   Turkey 5 4 9

Round 4 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria Decision Luigi Chinazzo   Italy
Tadashi Asai   Japan Decision Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran
Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union Fall Fred Kämmerer   United Team of Germany
Tauno Jaskari   Finland Decision Terry McCann   United States
Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland 1 0 1
1 Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria 0 1 1
3 Tauno Jaskari   Finland 3 1 4
3 Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union 4 0 4
5 Tadashi Asai   Japan 4 1 5
5 Terry McCann   United States 2 3 5
7 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran 3 3 6
8 Luigi Chinazzo   Italy 5 3 8
9 Fred Kämmerer   United Team of Germany 5 4 9

Round 5 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria Decision Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland
Tadashi Asai   Japan Decision Tauno Jaskari   Finland
Terry McCann   United States Fall Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria 1 1 2
2 Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland 1 3 4
3 Terry McCann   United States 5 0 5
4 Tadashi Asai   Japan 5 1 6
5 Tauno Jaskari   Finland 4 3 7
6 Mykhailo Shakhov   Soviet Union 4 4 8

Round 6 edit

With three wrestlers left, the sixth and final round required all remaining possible bouts to be wrestled rather than giving one of the remaining wrestlers the advantage of a bye. Zalev and Trojanowski had already faced each other, so each wrestled against McCann—who won both bouts to secure the gold medal.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Terry McCann   United States Decision Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland
Terry McCann   United States Decision Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
  Terry McCann   United States 5 2 7
  Nezhdet Zalev   Bulgaria 2 3 5
  Tadeusz Trojanowski   Poland 4 3 7

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 507.