Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight

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Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Basilica of Maxentius
Dates26–31 August
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ivan Bohdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Bohumil Kubát Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
  1956
1964  

The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from August 26 to 31 at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor. [1] Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms (191.8 lb). [2]

Competition format

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, though adjusted the point values slightly. Wins by fall continued to be worth zero points and wins by decision continued to be worth one point. Losses by fall, however, were now worth four points (up from three). Losses by decision were worth three points (consistent with most prior years, though in some losses by split decision had been worth only two points). Ties were now allowed, worth two points for each wrestler. The elimination threshold was also increased from five points to six points. The medal round concept, used in 1952 and 1956 requiring a round-robin amongst the medalists even if one or more finished a round with enough points for elimination, was used only if exactly three wrestlers remained after a round—if two competitors remained, they faced off head-to-head; if only one, he was the gold medalist. [2] [1]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
István Kozma Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Decision Dale Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Radoslav Kasabov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision Adelmo Bulgarelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Lucjan Sosnowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Decision Viktor Ahven Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bohumil Kubát Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Fall Kanji Shigeoka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany Decision Ragnar Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Ivan Bohdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Fall Tan Tarı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Ivan Bohdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 000
1 Bohumil Kubát Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 000
3 Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 011
3 Radoslav Kasabov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 011
3 István Kozma Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 011
3 Lucjan Sosnowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 011
7 Viktor Ahven Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 033
7 Adelmo Bulgarelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 033
7 Dale Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 033
7 Ragnar Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 033
10 Kanji Shigeoka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 044
10 Tan Tarı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 044

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adelmo Bulgarelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fall Dale Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Radoslav Kasabov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision István Kozma Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bohumil Kubát Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Decision Viktor Ahven Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Lucjan Sosnowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Fall Kanji Shigeoka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Ragnar Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tie Tan Tarı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany Tie Ivan Bohdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Bohumil Kubát Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 011
1 Lucjan Sosnowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 101
3 Ivan Bohdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 022
3 Radoslav Kasabov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 112
5 Adelmo Bulgarelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 303
5 Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 123
7 István Kozma Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 134
8 Ragnar Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 325
9 Viktor Ahven Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 336
9 Tan Tarı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 426
11 Dale Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 347
12 Kanji Shigeoka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 448

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
István Kozma Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Decision Adelmo Bulgarelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Radoslav Kasabov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Tie Lucjan Sosnowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Bohumil Kubát Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Tie Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Ivan Bohdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Fall Ragnar Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Ivan Bohdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 202
2 Bohumil Kubát Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 123
2 Lucjan Sosnowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 123
4 Radoslav Kasabov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 224
5 Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 325
5 István Kozma Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 415
7 Adelmo Bulgarelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 336
8 Ragnar Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 549

Round 4

Kubát, Bohdan, and Dietrich all remained uneliminated after this round (none having six or more points), but the three wrestlers had all faced each other—with ties between Bohdan and Dietrich in round 2, Dietrich and Kubát in round 3, and Kubát and Bohdan in this round. No more bouts were therefore possible, and the competition ended. Bohdan had the fewest points, at four, and therefore took the gold medal. Dietrich and Kubát were tied at five points, and had drawn their head-to-head bout. The tie was therefore broken by body weight, with Dietrich (the lighter man) winning the silver medal.

Kozma's victory over Sosnowski in this round also functioned as the tie-breaker between the two wrestlers for 4th place.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
István Kozma Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Decision Lucjan Sosnowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany Fall Radoslav Kasabov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Bohumil Kubát Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Tie Ivan Bohdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Ivan Bohdan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 224
Silver medal icon.svg Wilfried Dietrich Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 505
Bronze medal icon.svg Bohumil Kubát Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 325
4 István Kozma Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 516
5 Lucjan Sosnowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 336
6 Radoslav Kasabov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 448

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 Official Report 1960, p. 498.

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