Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
The men's Greco-Roman 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]
Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Komazawa Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 16–19 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 11 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Competition format
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][2]
Results
Round 1
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Radoslav Kasabov | Tie | Ştefan Stîngu | ||
Ragnar Svensson | Decision | Bob Pickens | ||
Anatoly Roshchin | Fall | Taisto Kangasniemi | ||
Petr Kment | Decision | Hamit Kaplan | ||
István Kozma | Fall | Tsuneharu Sugiyama | ||
Wilfried Dietrich | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
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1 | Wilfried Dietrich | 0 | |
1 | István Kozma | 0 | |
1 | Anatoly Roshchin | 0 | |
4 | Petr Kment | 1 | |
4 | Ragnar Svensson | 1 | |
6 | Radoslav Kasabov | 2 | |
6 | Ştefan Stîngu | 2 | |
8 | Hamit Kaplan | 3 | |
8 | Bob Pickens | 3 | |
10 | Taisto Kangasniemi | 4 | |
10 | Tsuneharu Sugiyama | 4 |
Round 2
Kaplan and Kangasniemi were eliminated after losses in each of the first two rounds. Kozma had two wins by fall and stayed at 0 points to lead the group.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Wilfried Dietrich | Decision | Radoslav Kasabov | ||
Bob Pickens | Fall | Taisto Kangasniemi | ||
Ragnar Svensson | Decision | Ştefan Stîngu | ||
Anatoly Roshchin | Decision | Petr Kment | ||
István Kozma | Default | Hamit Kaplan | ||
Tsuneharu Sugiyama | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
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1 | István Kozma | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Wilfried Dietrich | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Anatoly Roshchin | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
4 | Ragnar Svensson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Bob Pickens | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
6 | Petr Kment | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
6 | Tsuneharu Sugiyama | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | Radoslav Kasabov | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
8 | Ştefan Stîngu | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
10 | Hamit Kaplan | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
11 | Taisto Kangasniemi | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Round 3
Kozma had a bye and stayed at 0 points. Dietrich and Roshchin each won by fall and stayed near Kozma at 1 point apiece, insulating the three men from possible elimination for another round. Svensson picked up a 3rd point and Dietrich stayed at 4. All four bout losers in this round were eliminated.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Wilfried Dietrich | Fall | Tsuneharu Sugiyama | ||
Ragnar Svensson | Decision | Radoslav Kasabov | ||
Anatoly Roshchin | Fall | Ştefan Stîngu | ||
Petr Kment | Fall | Bob Pickens | ||
István Kozma | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
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1 | István Kozma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Wilfried Dietrich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | Anatoly Roshchin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Ragnar Svensson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | Petr Kment | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | Bob Pickens | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
7 | Radoslav Kasabov | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
7 | Tsuneharu Sugiyama | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
9 | Ştefan Stîngu | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Round 4
With Kment on a bye and Kozma, Dietrich, and Roshchin each at 1 point or fewer, Svensson was the only wrestler who could potentially be eliminated in this round. He needed a win or tie to stay in competition, but lost to Roshchin to be eliminated. Kozma got his first point, Roshchin his second, and Dietrich received 3 points to move to 4 total
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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István Kozma | Decision | Wilfried Dietrich | ||
Anatoly Roshchin | Decision | Ragnar Svensson | ||
Petr Kment | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
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1 | István Kozma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Anatoly Roshchin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Wilfried Dietrich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
3 | Petr Kment | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
5 | Ragnar Svensson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Round 5
Kozma eliminated Kment and Roshchin eliminated Dietrich, setting up a gold medal bout between the two winners.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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István Kozma | Fall | Petr Kment | ||
Anatoly Roshchin | Decision | Wilfried Dietrich |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
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1 | István Kozma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | Anatoly Roshchin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Wilfried Dietrich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
4 | Petr Kment | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Final round
In the gold medal match, Kozma and Roshchin were equal. The tie-breaker went to Kozma on total points throughout the tournament.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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István Kozma | Tie | Anatoly Roshchin |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | FR | Total |
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István Kozma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Anatoly Roshchin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 506.