Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight
Men's freestyle bantamweight at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Komazawa Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 11–14 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's freestyle bantamweight 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] Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52 to 57 kilograms (114.6 to 125.7 lb).[2]
Competition format
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
Round 1
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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János Varga | ![]() | Fall | Tortillano Tumasis | ![]() |
Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() | Fall | Kevin McGrath | ![]() |
Muhammad Siraj-Din | ![]() | Decision | Walter Pilling | ![]() |
Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | Fall | Karl Dodrimont | ![]() |
Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | Decision | Mohammad Daoud Anwary | ![]() |
Abdullah Khodabandeh | ![]() | Tie | Mladen Georgiev | ![]() |
Bishambar Singh | ![]() | Fall | Rubén Leibovich | ![]() |
David Auble | ![]() | Decision | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar | ![]() |
Koji Hirabayashi | ![]() | Decision | Pekka Alanen | ![]() |
Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | Decision | Moises López | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
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1 | Bishambar Singh | ![]() | 0 |
1 | Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() | 0 |
1 | Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | 0 |
1 | János Varga | ![]() | 0 |
5 | Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | 1 |
5 | David Auble | ![]() | 1 |
5 | Koji Hirabayashi | ![]() | 1 |
5 | Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | 1 |
5 | Muhammad Siraj-Din | ![]() | 1 |
10 | Mladen Georgiev | ![]() | 2 |
10 | Abdullah Khodabandeh | ![]() | 2 |
12 | Pekka Alanen | ![]() | 3 |
12 | Mohammad Daoud Anwary | ![]() | 3 |
12 | Moisés López | ![]() | 3 |
12 | Walter Pilling | ![]() | 3 |
12 | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar | ![]() | 3 |
17 | Karl Dodrimont | ![]() | 4 |
17 | Rubén Leibovich | ![]() | 4 |
17 | Kevin McGrath | ![]() | 4 |
17 | Tortillano Tumasis | ![]() | 4 |
Round 2
Seven wrestlers had their second loss in as many rounds and were eliminated, leaving 13 to advance. Varga, Choi, and Uetake each had 0 points. There were 2 wrestlers at each other possible point total (1 point through 5 points) remaining. Hirabayashi, however, withdrew after this round.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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János Varga | ![]() | Fall | Kevin McGrath | ![]() |
Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() | Fall | Tortillano Tumasis | ![]() |
Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | Fall | Walter Pilling | ![]() |
David Auble | ![]() | Fall | Rubén Leibovich | ![]() |
Muhammad Siraj-Din | ![]() | Decision | Karl Dodrimont | ![]() |
Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | Decision | Koji Hirabayashi | ![]() |
Abdullah Khodabandeh | ![]() | Decision | Mohammad Daoud Anwary | ![]() |
Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | Tie | Mladen Georgiev | ![]() |
Pekka Alanen | ![]() | Tie | Moises López | ![]() |
Bishambar Singh | ![]() | Decision | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
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1 | Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | János Varga | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | David Auble | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Bishambar Singh | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Muhammad Siraj-Din | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Abdullah Khodabandeh | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Mladen Georgiev | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 4 |
11 | Pekka Alanen | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 5 |
11 | Moisés López | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 5 |
13 | Koji Hirabayashi | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4* |
14 | Mohammad Daoud Anwary | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Bazaryn Sükhbaatar | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
16 | Karl Dodrimont | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
16 | Walter Pilling | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 |
18 | Rubén Leibovich | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
18 | Kevin McGrath | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
18 | Tortillano Tumasis | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Round 3
Four wrestlers were eliminated in this round, with Siraj-Din also withdrawing to leave only 7 men advancing. All three wrestlers who started the round with 0 points picked up at least 1; Choi and Uetake shared the lead with just 1 point. Three wrestlers had 2 points.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() | Decision | János Varga | ![]() |
Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | Decision | Muhammad Siraj-Din | ![]() |
Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | Decision | Abdullah Khodabandeh | ![]() |
David Auble | ![]() | Decision | Mladen Georgiev | ![]() |
Bishambar Singh | ![]() | Decision | Moises López | ![]() |
Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | Fall | Pekka Alanen | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
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1 | Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1 | Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | David Auble | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Bishambar Singh | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | János Varga | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Muhammad Siraj-Din | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5* |
9 | Abdullah Khodabandeh | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Mladen Georgiev | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
11 | Moisés López | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
12 | Pekka Alanen | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
Round 4
Varga, who had not had any points after round 2, was the only man eliminated in round 4 after two straight losses. The leaders coming into the round, Uetake and Choi, faced each other with neither in danger of elimination; Uetake won to stay in the lead. He was now joined by Ibrahimov at 2 points, after the latter wrestler had a bye.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | Decision | Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() |
Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | Fall | János Varga | ![]() |
David Auble | ![]() | Decision | Bishambar Singh | ![]() |
Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
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1 | Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1 | Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | David Auble | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6 | Bishambar Singh | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | János Varga | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Round 5
The three losers were all eliminated; the three winners advanced to a final round-robin.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | Decision | Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() |
Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | Decision | David Auble | ![]() |
Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | Decision | Bishambar Singh | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
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1 | Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1 | Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
4 | David Auble | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Choi Yeong-gil | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
6 | Bishambar Singh | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Final round
None of the three medalists had faced another yet, so the final round was a full round-robin. In the first bout, Uetake defeated Ibrahimov. In the second, Akbaş also defeated Ibrahimov, giving the latter wrestler the bronze wrestler and setting up a gold medal bout between Uetake and Akbaş. Uetake won to claim Japan's first gold medal in the weight class since 1952.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | Decision | Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() |
Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | Decision | Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() |
Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | Decision | Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Points |
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![]() | Yojiro Uetake | ![]() | 2 |
![]() | Hüseyin Akbaş | ![]() | 4 |
![]() | Aydin Ibrahimov | ![]() | 6 |
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ a b Official Report 1964, p. 465.
General
- The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo 1964: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee. 1964. Retrieved 25 August 2024.