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Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight

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Men's freestyle flyweight
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
The final podium.
VenueKomazawa Gymnasium
Dates11–14 October
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chang Chang-sun  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran
← 1960
1968 →

The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 11 to 14 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).[2]

Competition format

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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, 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

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Muhammad Niaz-Din  Pakistan Tie Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran
Athanasios Zafeiropoulos  Greece Fall Liang Soon Hin  Malaysia
Gray Simons  United States Decision Stoyko Malov  Bulgaria
Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union Decision Gheorghe Ţarălungă  Romania
Malwa Singh  India Decision Paul Neff  United Team of Germany
Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  Mongolia Decision Ernest Fernando  Ceylon
Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey Fall Seán O'Connor  Ireland
Vincenzo Grassi  Italy Decision Faiz Mohammad Khakshar  Afghanistan
Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan Fall André Zoete  France
Eduardo Campbell  Panama Fall César del Rio  Mexico
Chang Chang-sun  South Korea Fall Max McAlary  Australia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1
1 Eduardo Campbell  Panama 0
1 Chang Chang-sun  South Korea 0
1 Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey 0
1 Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan 0
1 Athanasios Zafeiropoulos  Greece 0
6 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 1
6 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  Mongolia 1
6 Vincenzo Grassi  Italy 1
6 Gray Simons  United States 1
6 Malwa Singh  India 1
11 Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran 2
11 Muhammad Niaz-Din  Pakistan 2
13 Ernest Fernando  Ceylon 3
13 Faiz Mohammad Khakshar  Afghanistan 3
13 Stoyko Malov  Bulgaria 3
13 Paul Neff  United Team of Germany 3
13 Gheorghe Ţarălungă  Romania 3
18 César del Rio  Mexico 4
18 Liang Soon Hin  Malaysia 4
18 Max McAlary  Australia 4
18 Seán O'Connor  Ireland 4
18 André Zoete  France 4

Round 2

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Seven wrestlers had their second loss in round 2 and were eliminated, leaving 15 competitors to advance to round 3. Yoshida was the only wrestler left with 0 points.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Muhammad Niaz-Din  Pakistan Decision Athanasios Zafeiropoulos  Greece
Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran Fall Liang Soon Hin  Malaysia
André Zoete  France Fall Max McAlary  Australia
Stoyko Malov  Bulgaria Fall Gheorghe Ţarălungă  Romania
Gray Simons  United States Tie Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union
Chang Chang-sun  South Korea Decision Eduardo Campbell  Panama
Malwa Singh  India Walkover Ernest Fernando  Sri Lanka
Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  Mongolia Walkover Paul Neff  United Team of Germany
Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey Decision Vincenzo Grassi  Italy
Seán O'Connor  Ireland Fall Faiz Mohammad Khakshar  Afghanistan
Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan Fall César del Rio  Mexico
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total
1 Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan 0 0 0
2 Chang Chang-sun  South Korea 0 1 1
2 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  Mongolia 1 0 1
2 Malwa Singh  India 1 0 1
2 Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey 0 1 1
6 Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran 2 0 2
7 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 1 2 3
7 Eduardo Campbell  Panama 0 3 3
7 Stoyko Malov  Bulgaria 3 0 3
7 Muhammad Niaz-Din  Pakistan 2 1 3
7 Gray Simons  United States 1 2 3
7 Athanasios Zafeiropoulos  Greece 0 3 3
13 Vincenzo Grassi  Italy 1 3 4
13 Seán O'Connor  Ireland 4 0 4
13 André Zoete  France 4 0 4
16 Ernest Fernando  Sri Lanka 3 4 7
16 Faiz Mohammad Khakshar  Afghanistan 3 4 7
16 Paul Neff  United Team of Germany 3 4 7
16 Gheorghe Ţarălungă  Romania 3 4 7
20 César del Rio  Mexico 4 4 8
20 Liang Soon Hin  Malaysia 4 4 8
20 Max McAlary  Australia 4 4 8

Round 3

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Four more wrestlers reached 6 or more points after taking a second loss in this round. Advancing to round 4 were 11 wrestlers, 7 of whom had 4 points and would be eliminated with a loss or tie. Chang and Yoshida each had only 1 point to lead the group.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Muhammad Niaz-Din  Pakistan Decision Stoyko Malov  Bulgaria
Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran Decision Athanasios Zafeiropoulos  Greece
Gray Simons  United States Decision Malwa Singh  India
Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union Decision Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  Mongolia
Vincenzo Grassi  Italy Decision Seán O'Connor  Ireland
Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan Decision Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey
André Zoete  France Fall Eduardo Campbell  Panama
Chang Chang-sun  South Korea Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Chang Chang-sun  South Korea 0 1 0 1
1 Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan 0 0 1 1
3 Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran 2 0 1 3
4 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 1 2 1 4
4 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  Mongolia 1 0 3 4
4 Muhammad Niaz-Din  Pakistan 2 1 1 4
4 Gray Simons  United States 1 2 1 4
4 Malwa Singh  India 1 0 3 4
4 Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey 0 1 3 4
4 André Zoete  France 4 0 0 4
11 Vincenzo Grassi  Italy 1 3 1 5
12 Stoyko Malov  Bulgaria 3 0 3 6
12 Athanasios Zafeiropoulos  Greece 0 3 3 6
14 Eduardo Campbell  Panama 0 3 4 7
14 Seán O'Connor  Ireland 4 0 3 7

Round 4

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Five wrestlers were eliminated: Chimedbazaryn, Singh, and Grassi each had two losses; Niaz-Din had only one and Simons had not lost at all, but their accumulation of points from draws and wins by decision was enough to put them at 6 or more. Yoshida regained sole possession of the lead, staying at 1 point while Chang received a second. Three wrestlers stayed at 4 points, while Heidari moved from 3 to 5 with his tie.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Chang Chang-sun  South Korea Decision Muhammad Niaz-Din  Pakistan
Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran Tie Gray Simons  United States
Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union Fall Malwa Singh  India
Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey Fall Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  Mongolia
Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan Fall Vincenzo Grassi  Italy
André Zoete  France Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan 0 0 1 0 1
2 Chang Chang-sun  South Korea 0 1 0 1 2
3 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 1 2 1 0 4
3 Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey 0 1 3 0 4
3 André Zoete  France 4 0 0 0 4
6 Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran 2 0 1 2 5
7 Gray Simons  United States 1 2 1 2 6
8 Muhammad Niaz-Din  Pakistan 2 1 1 3 7
9 Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav  Mongolia 1 0 3 4 8
9 Malwa Singh  India 1 0 3 4 8
11 Vincenzo Grassi  Italy 1 3 1 4 9

Round 5

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All four wrestlers that started the round with 4 points lost by decision and were eliminated in a three-way tie for 4th place. Heidari, who started with 5 points and had not lost any bout, was also eliminated because his win by decision gave him 6 points. Yoshida and Chang were the last two wrestlers remaining; they advanced to a final bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Chang Chang-sun  South Korea Decision André Zoete  France
Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran Decision Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey
Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan Decision Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
1 Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan 0 0 1 0 1 2
2 Chang Chang-sun  South Korea 0 1 0 1 1 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran 2 0 1 2 1 6
4 Ali Aliyev  Soviet Union 1 2 1 0 3 7
4 Cemal Yanılmaz  Turkey 0 1 3 0 3 7
4 André Zoete  France 4 0 0 0 3 7

Final round

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In a head-to-head final bout for the gold medal, Yoshida won by decision.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan Decision Chang Chang-sun  South Korea
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yoshikatsu Yoshida  Japan 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chang Chang-sun  South Korea 3

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1964, p. 462.

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