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Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight

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Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueBasilica of Maxentius
Dates26–31 August
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bohumil Kubát  Czechoslovakia
← 1956
1964 →

The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from August 26 to 31 at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms (191.8 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, though adjusted the point values slightly. Wins by fall continued to be worth zero points and wins by decision continued to be worth one point. Losses by fall, however, were now worth four points (up from three). Losses by decision were worth three points (consistent with most prior years, though in some losses by split decision had been worth only two points). Ties were now allowed, worth two points for each wrestler. The elimination threshold was also increased from five points to six 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

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
István Kozma  Hungary Decision Dale Lewis  United States
Radoslav Kasabov  Bulgaria Decision Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy
Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland Decision Viktor Ahven  Finland
Bohumil Kubát  Czechoslovakia Fall Kanji Shigeoka  Japan
Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany Decision Ragnar Svensson  Sweden
Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union Fall Tan Tarı  Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Bohumil Kubát  Czechoslovakia 0 0 0
3 Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany 0 1 1
3 Radoslav Kasabov  Bulgaria 0 1 1
3 István Kozma  Hungary 0 1 1
3 Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland 0 1 1
7 Viktor Ahven  Finland 0 3 3
7 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 0 3 3
7 Dale Lewis  United States 0 3 3
7 Ragnar Svensson  Sweden 0 3 3
10 Kanji Shigeoka  Japan 0 4 4
10 Tan Tarı  Turkey 0 4 4

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy Fall Dale Lewis  United States
Radoslav Kasabov  Bulgaria Decision István Kozma  Hungary
Bohumil Kubát  Czechoslovakia Decision Viktor Ahven  Finland
Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland Fall Kanji Shigeoka  Japan
Ragnar Svensson  Sweden Tie Tan Tarı  Turkey
Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany Tie Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Bohumil Kubát  Czechoslovakia 0 1 1
1 Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland 1 0 1
3 Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union 0 2 2
3 Radoslav Kasabov  Bulgaria 1 1 2
5 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 3 0 3
5 Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany 1 2 3
7 István Kozma  Hungary 1 3 4
8 Ragnar Svensson  Sweden 3 2 5
9 Viktor Ahven  Finland 3 3 6
9 Tan Tarı  Turkey 4 2 6
11 Dale Lewis  United States 3 4 7
12 Kanji Shigeoka  Japan 4 4 8

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
István Kozma  Hungary Decision Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy
Radoslav Kasabov  Bulgaria Tie Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland
Bohumil Kubát  Czechoslovakia Tie Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany
Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union Fall Ragnar Svensson  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union 2 0 2
2 Bohumil Kubát  Czechoslovakia 1 2 3
2 Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland 1 2 3
4 Radoslav Kasabov  Bulgaria 2 2 4
5 Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany 3 2 5
5 István Kozma  Hungary 4 1 5
7 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 3 3 6
8 Ragnar Svensson  Sweden 5 4 9

Round 4

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Kubát, Bohdan, and Dietrich all remained uneliminated after this round (none having six or more points), but the three wrestlers had all faced each other—with ties between Bohdan and Dietrich in round 2, Dietrich and Kubát in round 3, and Kubát and Bohdan in this round. No more bouts were therefore possible, and the competition ended. Bohdan had the fewest points, at four, and therefore took the gold medal. Dietrich and Kubát were tied at five points, and had drawn their head-to-head bout. The tie was therefore broken by body weight, with Dietrich (the lighter man) winning the silver medal.

Kozma's victory over Sosnowski in this round also functioned as the tie-breaker between the two wrestlers for 4th place.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
István Kozma  Hungary Decision Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland
Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany Fall Radoslav Kasabov  Bulgaria
Bohumil Kubát  Czechoslovakia Tie Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ivan Bohdan  Soviet Union 2 2 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany 5 0 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bohumil Kubát  Czechoslovakia 3 2 5
4 István Kozma  Hungary 5 1 6
5 Lucjan Sosnowski  Poland 3 3 6
6 Radoslav Kasabov  Bulgaria 4 4 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1960, p. 498.

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