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

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Men's freestyle featherweight
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Medal winners
VenueKomazawa Gymnasium
Dates11–14 October
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Osamu Watanabe  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union
← 1960
1968 →

The men's freestyle featherweight 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] Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 63 kilograms (125.7 to 138.9 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
Osamu Watanabe  Japan Fall Baldangiin Sanjaa  Mongolia
Raúl Romero  Argentina Decision John Smith  Zambia
Reiner Schilling  United Team of Germany Decision Antonio Senosa  Philippines
Yun Daek  South Korea Decision Ray Brown  Australia
Mario Tovar  Mexico Fall Roy Meehan  New Zealand
Matti Jutila  Canada Fall Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran
Tauno Jaskari  Finland Tie Bandu Patil  India
Bobby Douglas  United States Decision Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey
Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union Decision Muhammad Akhtar  Pakistan
Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria Fall Bert Aspen  Great Britain
Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1
1 Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan 0
1 Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria 0
1 Matti Jutila  Canada 0
1 Mario Tovar  Mexico 0
1 Osamu Watanabe  Japan 0
6 Bobby Douglas  United States 1
6 Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union 1
6 Raúl Romero  Argentina 1
6 Reiner Schilling  United Team of Germany 1
6 Yun Daek  South Korea 1
11 Tauno Jaskari  Finland 2
11 Bandu Patil  India 2
13 Muhammad Akhtar  Pakistan 3
13 Ray Brown  Australia 3
13 Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey 3
13 Antonio Senosa  Philippines 3
13 John Smith  Zambia 3
18 Bert Aspen  Great Britain 4
18 Baldangiin Sanjaa  Mongolia 4
18 Roy Meehan  New Zealand 4
18 Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran 4

Round 2

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Six wrestlers were eliminated after two losses; a seventh man was also eliminated after a tie and a loss by fall. Baldangiin Sanjaa withdrew after the round. Thirteen wrestlers advanced to round 3, led by Ebrahim and Watanabe at 0 points.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan Fall Raúl Romero  Argentina
Osamu Watanabe  Japan Fall John Smith  Zambia
Baldangiin Sanjaa  Mongolia Fall Antonio Senosa  Philippines
Reiner Schilling  United Team of Germany Decision Yun Daek  South Korea
Mario Tovar  Mexico Decision Ray Brown  Australia
Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran Fall Roy Meehan  New Zealand
Tauno Jaskari  Finland Decision Matti Jutila  Canada
Bobby Douglas  United States Fall Bandu Patil  India
Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union Decision Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey
Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria Decision Muhammad Akhtar  Pakistan
Bert Aspen  Great Britain Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total
1 Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan 0 0 0
1 Osamu Watanabe  Japan 0 0 0
3 Bobby Douglas  United States 1 0 1
3 Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria 0 1 1
3 Mario Tovar  Mexico 0 1 1
6 Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union 1 1 2
6 Reiner Schilling  United Team of Germany 1 1 2
8 Tauno Jaskari  Finland 2 1 3
8 Matti Jutila  Canada 0 3 3
10 Bert Aspen  Great Britain 4 0 4
10 Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran 4 0 4
10 Yun Daek  South Korea 1 3 4
13 Raúl Romero  Argentina 1 4 5
14 Baldangiin Sanjaa  Mongolia 4 0 4*
15 Muhammad Akhtar  Pakistan 3 3 6
15 Ray Brown  Australia 3 3 6
15 Hayrullah Şahinkaya  Turkey 3 3 6
15 Bandu Patil  India 2 4 6
19 Antonio Senosa  Philippines 3 4 7
19 John Smith  Zambia 3 4 7
21 Roy Meehan  New Zealand 4 4 8

Round 3

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Five of the six bout losers in this round were eliminated; Tover, who had started with 1 point and thus could not be eliminated, moved to 4 points but stayed in competition. Eight men remained. Watanabe was the only wrestler to continue to have 0 points after his third win by fall.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan Decision Bert Aspen  Great Britain
Osamu Watanabe  Japan Fall Raúl Romero  Argentina
Reiner Schilling  United Team of Germany Decision Mario Tovar  Mexico
Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran Fall Yun Daek  South Korea
Bobby Douglas  United States Decision Matti Jutila  Canada
Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union Decision Tauno Jaskari  Finland
Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Osamu Watanabe  Japan 0 0 0 0
2 Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan 0 0 1 1
2 Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria 0 1 0 1
4 Bobby Douglas  United States 1 0 1 2
5 Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union 1 1 1 3
5 Reiner Schilling  United Team of Germany 1 1 1 3
7 Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran 4 0 0 4
7 Mario Tovar  Mexico 0 1 3 4
9 Tauno Jaskari  Finland 2 1 3 6
9 Matti Jutila  Canada 0 3 3 6
11 Bert Aspen  Great Britain 4 0 3 7
12 Yun Daek  South Korea 1 3 4 8
13 Raúl Romero  Argentina 1 4 4 9

Round 4

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All four bouts were determined by decision, resulting in wrestlers receiving at least 1 point. Watanabe, at 1 point, remained in the lead. Schilling's first loss was enough to eliminate him; Tovar had two losses and was also eliminated. Ebrahim and Douglas were each able to survive their first loss, at 4 and 5 points total respectively.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria Decision Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan
Osamu Watanabe  Japan Decision Reiner Schilling  United Team of Germany
Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran Decision Mario Tovar  Mexico
Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union Decision Bobby Douglas  United States
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Osamu Watanabe  Japan 0 0 0 1 1
2 Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 2
3 Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan 0 0 1 3 4
3 Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union 1 1 1 1 4
5 Bobby Douglas  United States 1 0 1 3 5
5 Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran 4 0 0 1 5
7 Reiner Schilling  United Team of Germany 1 1 1 3 6
8 Mario Tovar  Mexico 0 1 3 3 7

Round 5

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Watanabe received his second point in a win by decision over Ivanov; the latter man moved from 2 points to 5 points and so remained in contention. The bout between Douglas and Ebrahim resulted in both wrestlers being eliminated; Douglas needed to win by fall to remain uneliminated but instead won by decision. Khokhashvili won his fifth straight decision, staying in the competition at 5 points.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Osamu Watanabe  Japan Decision Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria
Bobby Douglas  United States Decision Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan
Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union Decision Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
1 Osamu Watanabe  Japan 0 0 0 1 1 2
2 Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 3 5
2 Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union 1 1 1 1 1 5
4 Bobby Douglas  United States 1 0 1 3 1 6
5 Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan 0 0 1 3 3 7
6 Ibrahim Seifpour  Iran 4 0 0 1 3 8

Final round

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With three remaining wrestlers, the final round was a round-robin among the medalists. Watanabe's round 5 victory over Ivanov counted. Ivanov and Khokhasvili wrestled to a draw; this would ultimately be the de facto silver/bronze match as Watanabe then defeated Khokhashvili by decision to take the gold medal. Ivanov and Khokhasvili each had 5 points in the round-robin (the tie against each other as well as a loss by decision to Watanabe), and head-to-head results (the tie) were unable to break the standings tie. The next tie-breaker was body weight; Ivanov took silver as the lighter wrestler.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Osamu Watanabe  Japan Decision
(Round 5)
Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria
Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria Tie Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union
Osamu Watanabe  Japan Decision Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Osamu Watanabe  Japan 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union 5

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1964, p. 468.

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