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

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]

Men's freestyle featherweight
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueKomazawa Gymnasium
Dates11–14 October
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
Osamu Watanabe  Japan
Stancho Ivanov  Bulgaria
Nodar Khokhashvili  Soviet Union

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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Osamu Watanabe JapanFallBaldangiin Sanjaa Mongolia
Raúl Romero ArgentinaDecisionJohn Smith Zambia
Reiner Schilling United Team of GermanyDecisionAntonio Senosa Philippines
Yun Daek South KoreaDecisionRay Brown Australia
Mario Tovar MexicoFallRoy Meehan New Zealand
Matti Jutila CanadaFallIbrahim Seifpour Iran
Tauno Jaskari FinlandTieBandu Patil India
Bobby Douglas United StatesDecisionHayrullah Şahinkaya Turkey
Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet UnionDecisionMuhammad Akhtar Pakistan
Stancho Ivanov BulgariaFallBert Aspen Great Britain
Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri AfghanistanByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationR1
1Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Afghanistan0
1Stancho Ivanov Bulgaria0
1Matti Jutila Canada0
1Mario Tovar Mexico0
1Osamu Watanabe Japan0
6Bobby Douglas United States1
6Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union1
6Raúl Romero Argentina1
6Reiner Schilling United Team of Germany1
6Yun Daek South Korea1
11Tauno Jaskari Finland2
11Bandu Patil India2
13Muhammad Akhtar Pakistan3
13Ray Brown Australia3
13Hayrullah Şahinkaya Turkey3
13Antonio Senosa Philippines3
13John Smith Zambia3
18Bert Aspen Great Britain4
18Baldangiin Sanjaa Mongolia4
18Roy Meehan New Zealand4
18Ibrahim Seifpour Iran4

Round 2

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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri AfghanistanFallRaúl Romero Argentina
Osamu Watanabe JapanFallJohn Smith Zambia
Baldangiin Sanjaa MongoliaFallAntonio Senosa Philippines
Reiner Schilling United Team of GermanyDecisionYun Daek South Korea
Mario Tovar MexicoDecisionRay Brown Australia
Ibrahim Seifpour IranFallRoy Meehan New Zealand
Tauno Jaskari FinlandDecisionMatti Jutila Canada
Bobby Douglas United StatesFallBandu Patil India
Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet UnionDecisionHayrullah Şahinkaya Turkey
Stancho Ivanov BulgariaDecisionMuhammad Akhtar Pakistan
Bert Aspen Great BritainByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationR1R2Total
1Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Afghanistan000
1Osamu Watanabe Japan000
3Bobby Douglas United States101
3Stancho Ivanov Bulgaria011
3Mario Tovar Mexico011
6Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union112
6Reiner Schilling United Team of Germany112
8Tauno Jaskari Finland213
8Matti Jutila Canada033
10Bert Aspen Great Britain404
10Ibrahim Seifpour Iran404
10Yun Daek South Korea134
13Raúl Romero Argentina145
14Baldangiin Sanjaa Mongolia404*
15Muhammad Akhtar Pakistan336
15Ray Brown Australia336
15Hayrullah Şahinkaya Turkey336
15Bandu Patil India246
19Antonio Senosa Philippines347
19John Smith Zambia347
21Roy Meehan New Zealand448

Round 3

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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri AfghanistanDecisionBert Aspen Great Britain
Osamu Watanabe JapanFallRaúl Romero Argentina
Reiner Schilling United Team of GermanyDecisionMario Tovar Mexico
Ibrahim Seifpour IranFallYun Daek South Korea
Bobby Douglas United StatesDecisionMatti Jutila Canada
Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet UnionDecisionTauno Jaskari Finland
Stancho Ivanov BulgariaByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationR1R2R3Total
1Osamu Watanabe Japan0000
2Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Afghanistan0011
2Stancho Ivanov Bulgaria0101
4Bobby Douglas United States1012
5Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union1113
5Reiner Schilling United Team of Germany1113
7Ibrahim Seifpour Iran4004
7Mario Tovar Mexico0134
9Tauno Jaskari Finland2136
9Matti Jutila Canada0336
11Bert Aspen Great Britain4037
12Yun Daek South Korea1348
13Raúl Romero Argentina1449

Round 4

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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Stancho Ivanov BulgariaDecisionMohammad Ebrahim Khedri Afghanistan
Osamu Watanabe JapanDecisionReiner Schilling United Team of Germany
Ibrahim Seifpour IranDecisionMario Tovar Mexico
Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet UnionDecisionBobby Douglas United States
Points
RankWrestlerNationR1R2R3R4Total
1Osamu Watanabe Japan00011
2Stancho Ivanov Bulgaria01012
3Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Afghanistan00134
3Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union11114
5Bobby Douglas United States10135
5Ibrahim Seifpour Iran40015
7Reiner Schilling United Team of Germany11136
8Mario Tovar Mexico01337

Round 5

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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Osamu Watanabe JapanDecisionStancho Ivanov Bulgaria
Bobby Douglas United StatesDecisionMohammad Ebrahim Khedri Afghanistan
Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet UnionDecisionIbrahim Seifpour Iran
Points
RankWrestlerNationR1R2R3R4R5Total
1Osamu Watanabe Japan000112
2Stancho Ivanov Bulgaria010135
2Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union111115
4Bobby Douglas United States101316
5Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri Afghanistan001337
6Ibrahim Seifpour Iran400138

Final round

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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Osamu Watanabe JapanDecision
(Round 5)
Stancho Ivanov Bulgaria
Stancho Ivanov BulgariaTieNodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union
Osamu Watanabe JapanDecisionNodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union
Points
RankWrestlerNationPoints
Osamu Watanabe Japan2
Stancho Ivanov Bulgaria5
Nodar Khokhashvili Soviet Union5

References

  1. "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. Official Report, p. 468.
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