Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle heavyweight
Men's freestyle heavyweight at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Komazawa Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 11–14 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 13 from 13 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 |
The men's freestyle heavyweight 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]
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, 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
[edit]Round 1
[edit]- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
Decision | Arne Robertsson | ![]() |
Larry Kristoff | ![]() |
Decision | Wilfried Dietrich | ![]() |
Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
Fall | Tserendonoin Sanjaa | ![]() |
Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
Decision | János Reznák | ![]() |
Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
Tie | Ştefan Stîngu | ![]() |
Ganpat Andhalkar | ![]() |
Decision | Denis McNamara | ![]() |
Masanori Saito | ![]() |
Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
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1 | Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
0 |
1 | Masanori Saito | ![]() |
0 |
3 | Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
1 |
3 | Ganpat Andhalkar | ![]() |
1 |
3 | Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
1 |
3 | Larry Kristoff | ![]() |
1 |
7 | Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
2 |
7 | Ştefan Stîngu | ![]() |
2 |
9 | Arne Robertsson | ![]() |
3 |
9 | Wilfried Dietrich | ![]() |
3 |
9 | János Reznák | ![]() |
3 |
9 | Denis McNamara | ![]() |
3 |
13 | Tserendonoin Sanjaa | ![]() |
4 |
Round 2
[edit]Only 1 of the 13 wrestlers was eliminated, in large part due to there being 3 ties in the first two rounds.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Masanori Saito | ![]() |
Tie | Arne Robertsson | ![]() |
Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
Tie | Wilfried Dietrich | ![]() |
Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
Decision | Larry Kristoff | ![]() |
János Reznák | ![]() |
Fall | Tserendonoin Sanjaa | ![]() |
Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
Decision | Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
Ştefan Stîngu | ![]() |
Foul | Ganpat Andhalkar | ![]() |
Denis McNamara | ![]() |
Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
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1 | Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Masanori Saito | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 2 |
2 | Ştefan Stîngu | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Denis McNamara | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | János Reznák | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Larry Kristoff | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Ganpat Andhalkar | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 5 |
9 | Wilfried Dietrich | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 5 |
9 | Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 5 |
9 | Arne Robertsson | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 5 |
13 | Tserendonoin Sanjaa | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 8 |
Round 3
[edit]Six of the 12 wrestlers were eliminated, including one who won during the round.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Denis McNamara | ![]() |
Fall | Masanori Saito | ![]() |
Wilfried Dietrich | ![]() |
Decision | Arne Robertsson | ![]() |
Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
Tie | Larry Kristoff | ![]() |
Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
Fall | János Reznák | ![]() |
Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
Decision | Ştefan Stîngu | ![]() |
Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
Foul | Ganpat Andhalkar | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
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1 | Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Denis McNamara | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Ştefan Stîngu | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Wilfried Dietrich | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
7 | Larry Kristoff | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Masanori Saito | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
10 | János Reznák | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
11 | Arne Robertsson | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
12 | Ganpat Andhalkar | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Round 4
[edit]Akhmedov and McNamara started at 3 points each; the winner would continue while the loser would be eliminated (both would remain in with a draw). Akhmedov prevailed, eliminated McNamara. Kaplan and Kubát faced each other with both starting at 5 points; each needed to win by fall to stay in competition, so a tie eliminated both. Ivanitsky, starting at 1 point, was in no danger of elimination; his win over Stîngu eliminated the latter man.
Because McNamara, Kaplan, and Kubát tied for third place at 7 points, they moved to a round-robin for the bronze medal.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
Fall | Denis McNamara | ![]() |
Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
Tie | Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
Decision | Ştefan Stîngu | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
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1 | Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Denis McNamara | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
3 | Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
6 | Ştefan Stîngu | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Final round
[edit]Kaplan and Kubát tied in round 4; that result counted for the bronze medal round-robin. McNamara lost to both other wrestlers, finishing fifth. Kaplan took the bronze medal over Kubát based on lower body weight.
In the final, Akhmedov and Ivanitsky tied. Akhmedov had fewer total points throughout the tournament, so won the gold medal.
- Bronze medal bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
Tie (Round 4) |
Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
Default | Denis McNamara | ![]() |
Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
Fall | Denis McNamara | ![]() |
- Final
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
Tie | Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | FR | Total |
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Aleksandr Ivanitsky | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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Lyutvi Akhmedov | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
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Hamit Kaplan | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
4 | Bohumil Kubát | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
5 | Denis McNamara | ![]() |
8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ Official Report, p. 483.