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

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Games:	1964 Summer
Venue:	Komazawa Gymnasium
Dates:	16–19 October
Competitors:	27
Nations:	27
Gold:	Imre Polyák
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Roman Rurua
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Branko Martinović
Bronzenoc:	YUG
Prev:	1960
Next:	1968

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight 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] Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57to.

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, 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]

Results

Round 1

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision
		Decision
		Fall
		Tie
		Fall
		Tie
		Decision
		Fall
		Fall
		Decision
		Decision
		Decision
		Tie
		Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1
1			0
1			0
1			0
1			0
1			0
6			1
6			1
6			1
6			1
6			1
6			1
12			2
12			2
12			2
12			2
12			2
12			2
18			3
18			3
18			3
18			3
18			3
18			3
24			4
24			4
24			4
24			4

Round 2

The field was narrowed from 27 to 19 in round 2. Mewis was the only wrestler with 0 points.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision
		Default
		Fall
		Tie
		Fall
		Default
		Decision
		Fall
		Tie
		Default
		Tie
		Fall
		Foul
		Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1	R2	Total
1			0	0	0
2			0	1	1
2			1	0	1
2			1	0	1
2			1	0	1
6			2	0	2
6			0	2	2
6			0	2	2
6			2	0	2
10			0	3	3
10			3	0	3
10			3	0	3
10			3	0	3
10			1	2	3
10			1	2	3
16			1	3	4
16			3	1	4
16			2	2	4
16			2	2	4
20			2	4	6
20			2	4	6
22			3	4	7
22			3	4	7
24			4	4	8
24			4	4	8
24			4	4	8
24			4	4	8

Round 3

Only four of the 19 wrestlers were eliminated in this round, but 5 men had 5 points after the round. Lehtonen withdrew. Polyák took over the lead at 1 point after Mewis's loss.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision
		Decision
		Tie
		Default
		Decision
		Decision
		Decision
		Decision
		Fall
		Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1	R2	R3	Total
1			1	0	0	1
2			0	2	0	2
2			1	0	1	2
2			1	0	1	2
5			3	0	0	3
5			0	0	3	3
7			0	3	1	4
7			3	0	1	4
7			0	1	3	4
10			3	0	2	5
10			2	0	3	5
10			3	1	1	5
10			1	2	2	5
10			2	0	3	5
15			0	2	1	3*
16			1	2	3	6
17			2	2	3	7
18			1	3	4	8
18			2	2	4	8

Round 4

All 7 losers and 2 of the 7 winners were eliminated in this round. Polyák stayed at 1 point, while all 4 other wrestlers remaining had 3 points.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Fall
		Decision
		Decision
		Decision
		Decision
		Default
		Decision

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1			1	0	0	0	1
2			3	0	0	0	3
2			0	2	0	1	3
2			1	0	1	1	3
2			1	0	1	1	3
6			3	1	1	1	6
6			0	0	3	3	6
6			1	2	2	1	6
9			0	3	1	3	7
9			3	0	1	3	7
11			3	0	2	3	8
11			0	1	3	4	8
11			2	0	3	3	8
14			2	0	3	4	9

Round 5

Polyák had the bye. Both bouts featured two wrestlers with 3 points; winners would continue while losers would be out (ties would leave both men in competition). Martinović and Rurua won their bouts, advancing to the final round along with Polyák.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision
		Decision
		Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
1			1	0	0	0	0	1
2			0	2	0	1	1	4
2			1	0	1	1	1	4
4			3	0	0	0	3	6
4			1	0	1	1	3	6

Final round

Martinović did not contest the final rounds, taking the bronze medal. Polyák and Rurua wrestled to a draw, with the gold medal going to the Hungarian based on the total points tie-breaker.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Tie

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	FR	Total
			2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3
			2	1	0	1	1	1	2	6
			Withdrew

References

General

Book: The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo 1964: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee . 1964 . 25 August 2024 . .

Notes and References

Web site: Wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015825/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/WRE/mens-featherweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 27 March 2019.