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Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman flyweight

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Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueKomazawa Gymnasium
Dates16–19 October
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania
← 1960
1968 →

The men's Greco-Roman flyweight 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] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52 kilograms (114.6 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, 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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Singh withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Sin Sang-sik  South Korea Tie Burhan Bozkurt  Turkey
Maurice Mewis  Belgium Decision Ahmad Khoshoi  Iran
Armais Sayadov  Soviet Union Decision Vasilios Ganotis  Greece
Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan Fall Imre Alker  Hungary
Ignazio Fabra  Italy Decision Risto Björlin  Finland
Rolf Lacour  United Team of Germany Decision Fouad Ali  Egypt
Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania Decision Jørgen Jensen  Denmark
Dick Wilson  United States Fall César del Rio  Mexico
Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria Tie Malwa Singh  India
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1
1 Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan 0
1 Dick Wilson  United States 0
3 Ignazio Fabra  Italy 1
3 Rolf Lacour  United Team of Germany 1
3 Maurice Mewis  Belgium 1
3 Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania 1
3 Armais Sayadov  Soviet Union 1
8 Burhan Bozkurt  Turkey 2
8 Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria 2
8 Sin Sang-sik  South Korea 2
11 Fouad Ali  Egypt 3
11 Risto Björlin  Finland 3
11 Vasilios Ganotis  Greece 3
11 Jørgen Jensen  Denmark 3
11 Ahmad Khoshoi  Iran 3
16 Imre Alker  Hungary 4
16 César del Rio  Mexico 4
18 Malwa Singh  India 2*

Round 2

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Six wrestlers were eliminated with their second loss each. Wilson had a bye to stay at 0 points, the only competitor to do so as Hanahara won by decision and received 1 point.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Maurice Mewis  Belgium Decision Sin Sang-sik  South Korea
Burhan Bozkurt  Turkey Decision Ahmad Khoshoi  Iran
Vasilios Ganotis  Greece Default Imre Alker  Hungary
Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan Decision Armais Sayadov  Soviet Union
Rolf Lacour  United Team of Germany Decision Risto Björlin  Finland
Ignazio Fabra  Italy Decision Fouad Ali  Egypt
Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria Decision Jørgen Jensen  Denmark
Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania Fall César del Rio  Mexico
Dick Wilson  United States Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total
1 Dick Wilson  United States 0 0 0
2 Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan 0 1 1
2 Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania 1 0 1
4 Ignazio Fabra  Italy 1 1 2
4 Rolf Lacour  United Team of Germany 1 1 2
4 Maurice Mewis  Belgium 1 1 2
7 Burhan Bozkurt  Turkey 2 1 3
7 Vasilios Ganotis  Greece 3 0 3
7 Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria 2 1 3
10 Armais Sayadov  Soviet Union 1 3 4
11 Sin Sang-sik  South Korea 2 3 5
12 Fouad Ali  Egypt 3 3 6
12 Risto Björlin  Finland 3 3 6
12 Jørgen Jensen  Denmark 3 3 6
12 Ahmad Khoshoi  Iran 3 3 6
16 Imre Alker  Hungary 4 4 8
16 César del Rio  Mexico 4 4 8

Round 3

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Ganotis and Sayadov each had their second loss and were eliminated. Bozkurt had his first loss, but with a tie and win by decision earlier, had enough points to eliminate him as well. Sin won in round 3, but the point from the win by decision was enough to eliminate him. Hanahara and Pîrvulescu took the lead with 2 points after Wilson's loss put him at 3 (along with three other wrestlers). Lacour also survived a loss, at 5 points.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Maurice Mewis  Belgium Decision Burhan Bozkurt  Turkey
Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan Decision Vasilios Ganotis  Greece
Ignazio Fabra  Italy Decision Armais Sayadov  Soviet Union
Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania Decision Rolf Lacour  United Team of Germany
Sin Sang-sik  South Korea Decision Dick Wilson  United States
Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan 0 1 1 2
1 Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania 1 0 1 2
3 Ignazio Fabra  Italy 1 1 1 3
3 Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria 2 1 0 3
3 Maurice Mewis  Belgium 1 1 1 3
3 Dick Wilson  United States 0 0 3 3
7 Rolf Lacour  United Team of Germany 1 1 3 5
8 Burhan Bozkurt  Turkey 2 1 3 6
8 Vasilios Ganotis  Greece 3 0 3 6
8 Sin Sang-sik  South Korea 2 3 1 6
11 Armais Sayadov  Soviet Union 1 3 3 7

Round 4

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Four of the seven wrestlers were eliminated in this round (all finishing with the same number of points and therefore tied for 4th place), with the three remaining advancing to the final round. Wilson, after a first round win and second round bye, had his second loss in a row. Fabra, Mewis, and Lacour all finished with 3–1 records, but 6 points because their wins had all been by decision.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria Decision Dick Wilson  United States
Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan Decision Maurice Mewis  Belgium
Rolf Lacour  United Team of Germany Decision Ignazio Fabra  Italy
Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania 1 0 1 0 2
2 Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan 0 1 1 1 3
3 Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 4
4 Ignazio Fabra  Italy 1 1 1 3 6
4 Maurice Mewis  Belgium 1 1 1 3 6
4 Dick Wilson  United States 0 0 3 3 6
4 Rolf Lacour  United Team of Germany 1 1 3 1 6

Final round

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None of the medalists had faced each other yet, so the final round was a full round-robin. Kerezov defeated Pîrvulescu, as did Hanahara. This gave Pîrvulescu the bronze medal and set up a de facto gold medal match between Kerezov and Hanahara. The latter wrestler prevailed by decision.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria Decision Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania
Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan Fall Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania
Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan Decision Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tsutomu Hanahara  Japan 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Angel Kerezov  Bulgaria 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania 7

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1964, p. 486.

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