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 | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Komazawa Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 11–14 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 21 from 21 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 |
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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Osamu Watanabe | Fall | Baldangiin Sanjaa | ||
Raúl Romero | Decision | John Smith | ||
Reiner Schilling | Decision | Antonio Senosa | ||
Yun Daek | Decision | Ray Brown | ||
Mario Tovar | Fall | Roy Meehan | ||
Matti Jutila | Fall | Ibrahim Seifpour | ||
Tauno Jaskari | Tie | Bandu Patil | ||
Bobby Douglas | Decision | Hayrullah Şahinkaya | ||
Nodar Khokhashvili | Decision | Muhammad Akhtar | ||
Stancho Ivanov | Fall | Bert Aspen | ||
Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
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1 | Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | 0 | |
1 | Stancho Ivanov | 0 | |
1 | Matti Jutila | 0 | |
1 | Mario Tovar | 0 | |
1 | Osamu Watanabe | 0 | |
6 | Bobby Douglas | 1 | |
6 | Nodar Khokhashvili | 1 | |
6 | Raúl Romero | 1 | |
6 | Reiner Schilling | 1 | |
6 | Yun Daek | 1 | |
11 | Tauno Jaskari | 2 | |
11 | Bandu Patil | 2 | |
13 | Muhammad Akhtar | 3 | |
13 | Ray Brown | 3 | |
13 | Hayrullah Şahinkaya | 3 | |
13 | Antonio Senosa | 3 | |
13 | John Smith | 3 | |
18 | Bert Aspen | 4 | |
18 | Baldangiin Sanjaa | 4 | |
18 | Roy Meehan | 4 | |
18 | Ibrahim Seifpour | 4 |
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
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | Fall | Raúl Romero | ||
Osamu Watanabe | Fall | John Smith | ||
Baldangiin Sanjaa | Fall | Antonio Senosa | ||
Reiner Schilling | Decision | Yun Daek | ||
Mario Tovar | Decision | Ray Brown | ||
Ibrahim Seifpour | Fall | Roy Meehan | ||
Tauno Jaskari | Decision | Matti Jutila | ||
Bobby Douglas | Fall | Bandu Patil | ||
Nodar Khokhashvili | Decision | Hayrullah Şahinkaya | ||
Stancho Ivanov | Decision | Muhammad Akhtar | ||
Bert Aspen | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
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1 | Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Osamu Watanabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Bobby Douglas | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Stancho Ivanov | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Mario Tovar | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
6 | Nodar Khokhashvili | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | Reiner Schilling | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | Tauno Jaskari | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
8 | Matti Jutila | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
10 | Bert Aspen | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
10 | Ibrahim Seifpour | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
10 | Yun Daek | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
13 | Raúl Romero | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
14 | Baldangiin Sanjaa | 4 | 0 | 4* | |
15 | Muhammad Akhtar | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
15 | Ray Brown | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
15 | Hayrullah Şahinkaya | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
15 | Bandu Patil | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
19 | Antonio Senosa | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
19 | John Smith | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
21 | Roy Meehan | 4 | 4 | 8 |
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
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | Decision | Bert Aspen | ||
Osamu Watanabe | Fall | Raúl Romero | ||
Reiner Schilling | Decision | Mario Tovar | ||
Ibrahim Seifpour | Fall | Yun Daek | ||
Bobby Douglas | Decision | Matti Jutila | ||
Nodar Khokhashvili | Decision | Tauno Jaskari | ||
Stancho Ivanov | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
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1 | Osamu Watanabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Stancho Ivanov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Bobby Douglas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Nodar Khokhashvili | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | Reiner Schilling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | Ibrahim Seifpour | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
7 | Mario Tovar | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
9 | Tauno Jaskari | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
9 | Matti Jutila | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
11 | Bert Aspen | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
12 | Yun Daek | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
13 | Raúl Romero | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
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
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Stancho Ivanov | Decision | Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | ||
Osamu Watanabe | Decision | Reiner Schilling | ||
Ibrahim Seifpour | Decision | Mario Tovar | ||
Nodar Khokhashvili | Decision | Bobby Douglas |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
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1 | Osamu Watanabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Stancho Ivanov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
3 | Nodar Khokhashvili | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | Bobby Douglas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
5 | Ibrahim Seifpour | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
7 | Reiner Schilling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
8 | Mario Tovar | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
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
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Osamu Watanabe | Decision | Stancho Ivanov | ||
Bobby Douglas | Decision | Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | ||
Nodar Khokhashvili | Decision | Ibrahim Seifpour |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
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1 | Osamu Watanabe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2 | Stancho Ivanov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
2 | Nodar Khokhashvili | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
4 | Bobby Douglas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
5 | Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
6 | Ibrahim Seifpour | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
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
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Osamu Watanabe | Decision (Round 5) | Stancho Ivanov | ||
Stancho Ivanov | Tie | Nodar Khokhashvili | ||
Osamu Watanabe | Decision | Nodar Khokhashvili |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Points |
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Osamu Watanabe | 2 | ||
Stancho Ivanov | 5 | ||
Nodar Khokhashvili | 5 |
References
- "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.
- Official Report, p. 468.