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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤73 kilograms), Men

Date26 – 31 August 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationBasilica di Massenzio, Roma
Participants27 from 27 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

The defending champion was Turkey’s Mithat Bayrak who had not competed at the 1958 World Championships, which were won by his teammate, Kazım Ayvaz. Bayrak was chosen to represent Turkey at the 1960 Olympics in welterweight, with Ayvaz moving up to middleweight. After six rounds three finalists remained, all with 5 bad points – Bayrak, German Günter Maritschnigg, and France’s René Schiermeyer. None of the three had met previously so three final round matches took place, with Bayrak defeating Maritschnigg by fall and Schiermeyer by decision to repeat as gold medalist. Maritschnigg won the silver based on a decision victory over Schiermeyer.

Bayrak emigrated to Germany in 1961 and wrestled for KSV Witten 07 for almost 20 years, but never competed internationally again. Maritschnigg competed at the 1961 World Championships without winning a medal and then retired, also settling in Witten. Schiermeyer competed in this class at the 1964 Olympics, where he finished in a tie for seventh.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Mithat BayrakTURGold
2Günter MaritschniggGERSilver
3René SchiermeyerFRABronze
4Stevan HorvatYUG
5Grigory GamarnikURS
6Matti LaaksoFIN
7Antal RizmayerHUN
8Hans-Jörg HirschbühlSUI
=9Kiril PetkovBUL
=9Bjarne AnsbølDEN
11Bertil NyströmSWE
=12Franco BenedettiITA
=12Al-Sayd Rifa’iUAR
=12Franz BergerAUT
=15Harald BarlieNOR
=15Sachihiko TakedaJPN
=15Valeriu BularcăROU
=15Sam AzoulayMAR
19Robert ClarkAUS
=20Ángel CuetosESP
=20Karel OomenBEL
=20Fritz FivianUSA
=20Bernard PhilippeLUX
24Juan RolónARG
=25Hicham IdoLBN
=25Edward ŻuławnikPOL
27Ab RosbagNED

Round One (26 August 1960 — 20:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1René SchiermeyerFRA0
=1Antal RizmayerHUN0
=1Hans-Jörg HirschbühlSUI0
=1Bertil NyströmSWE0
=5Franz BergerAUT1
=5Al-Sayd Rifa’iUAR1
=5Matti LaaksoFIN1
=5Günter MaritschniggGER1
=5Franco BenedettiITA1
=5Sachihiko TakedaJPN1
=5Harald BarlieNOR1
=5Mithat BayrakTUR1
=5Grigory GamarnikURS1
=14Kiril PetkovBUL2
=14Valeriu BularcăROU2
=16Juan RolónARG3
=16Robert ClarkAUS3
=16Karel OomenBEL3
=16Bjarne AnsbølDEN3
=16Ángel CuetosESP3
=16Bernard PhilippeLUX3
=16Sam AzoulayMAR3
=16Fritz FivianUSA3
=16Stevan HorvatYUG3
=25Hicham IdoLBN4
=25Ab RosbagNED4withdrew
=25Edward ŻuławnikPOL4

Match #1 Harald BarlieNOR
decision
Ángel CuetosESP
Match #2 Grigory GamarnikURS
decision
Bjarne AnsbølDEN
Match #3 Sachihiko TakedaJPN
decision
Karel OomenBEL
Match #4 Valeriu BularcăROU
draw
Kiril PetkovBUL
Match #5 Günter MaritschniggGER
decision
Fritz FivianUSA
Match #6 Hans-Jörg HirschbühlSUI
fall (3:55)
Hicham IdoLBN
Match #7 Matti LaaksoFIN
decision
Bernard PhilippeLUX
Match #8 Franco BenedettiITA
decision
Robert ClarkAUS
Match #9 René SchiermeyerFRA
fall (10:22)
Edward ŻuławnikPOL
Match #10 Al-Sayd Rifa’iUAR
decision
Sam AzoulayMAR
Match #11 Bertil NyströmSWE
fall (3:34)
Ab RosbagNED
Match #12 Franz BergerAUT
decision
Juan RolónARG
Match #13 Mithat BayrakTUR
decision
Stevan HorvatYUG
Match #14 Antal RizmayerHUN bye

Round Two (27 August 1960 — 20:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Günter MaritschniggGER1
=1Antal RizmayerHUN1
=1Mithat BayrakTUR1
=4Matti LaaksoFIN2
=4René SchiermeyerFRA2
=4Bertil NyströmSWE2
=4Grigory GamarnikURS2
=8Kiril PetkovBUL3
=8Al-Sayd Rifa’iUAR3
=8Franco BenedettiITA3
=8Sachihiko TakedaJPN3
=8Sam AzoulayMAR3
=8Valeriu BularcăROU3
=8Hans-Jörg HirschbühlSUI3
=8Stevan HorvatYUG3
=16Robert ClarkAUS4
=16Harald BarlieNOR4
=18Franz BergerAUT5
=18Bjarne AnsbølDEN5
=20Karel OomenBEL6eliminated
=20Ángel CuetosESP6eliminated
=20Bernard PhilippeLUX6eliminated
=20Fritz FivianUSA6eliminated
24Juan RolónARG7eliminated
=25Hicham IdoLBN8eliminated

Match #1 Antal RizmayerHUN
decision
Ángel CuetosESP
Match #2 Grigory GamarnikURS
decision
Harald BarlieNOR
Match #3 Bjarne AnsbølDEN
draw
Sachihiko TakedaJPN
Match #4 Valeriu BularcăROU
decision
Karel OomenBEL
Match #5 Kiril PetkovBUL
decision
Fritz FivianUSA
Match #6 Günter MaritschniggGER
fall (8:59)
Hicham IdoLBN
Match #7 Matti LaaksoFIN
decision
Hans-Jörg HirschbühlSUI
Match #8 Robert ClarkAUS
decision
Bernard PhilippeLUX
Match #9 Franco BenedettiITA
draw
René SchiermeyerFRA
Match #10 Sam AzoulayMAR walkover
Match #11 Al-Sayd Rifa’iUAR
draw
Bertil NyströmSWE
Match #12 Mithat BayrakTUR
fall (10:29)
Franz BergerAUT
Match #13 Stevan HorvatYUG
fall (0:27)
Juan RolónARG

Round Three (29 August 1960 — 20:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1René SchiermeyerFRA2
=1Antal RizmayerHUN2
=1Mithat BayrakTUR2
=1Grigory GamarnikURS2
=5Matti LaaksoFIN3
=5Hans-Jörg HirschbühlSUI3
=5Stevan HorvatYUG3
=8Kiril PetkovBUL4
=8Günter MaritschniggGER4
=10Bjarne AnsbølDEN5
=10Bertil NyströmSWE5
=12Franz BergerAUT6eliminated
=12Al-Sayd Rifa’iUAR6eliminated
=12Franco BenedettiITA6eliminated
=15Sachihiko TakedaJPN7eliminated
=15Sam AzoulayMAR7eliminated
=15Harald BarlieNOR7eliminated
=15Valeriu BularcăROU7eliminated
19Robert ClarkAUS8eliminated

Match #1 Antal RizmayerHUN
decision
Harald BarlieNOR
Match #2 Grigory GamarnikURS
fall (1:16)
Sachihiko TakedaJPN
Match #3 Bjarne AnsbølDEN
fall (3:36)
Valeriu BularcăROU
Match #4 Kiril PetkovBUL
decision
Günter MaritschniggGER
Match #5 Hans-Jörg HirschbühlSUI
fall (1:08)
Robert ClarkAUS
Match #6 Matti LaaksoFIN
decision
Franco BenedettiITA
Match #7 René SchiermeyerFRA
fall (11:42)
Sam AzoulayMAR
Match #8 Franz BergerAUT
decision
Al-Sayd Rifa’iUAR
Match #9 Mithat BayrakTUR
decision
Bertil NyströmSWE
Match #10 Stevan HorvatYUG bye

Round Four (30 August 1960 — 20:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1René SchiermeyerFRA2
=1Mithat BayrakTUR2
=1Grigory GamarnikURS2
4Matti LaaksoFIN3
5Stevan HorvatYUG4
=6Günter MaritschniggGER5
=6Antal RizmayerHUN5
8Hans-Jörg HirschbühlSUI7eliminated
=9Kiril PetkovBUL8eliminated
=9Bjarne AnsbølDEN8eliminated
11Bertil NyströmSWE9eliminated

Match #1 Stevan HorvatYUG
decision
Antal RizmayerHUN
Match #2 Grigory GamarnikURS
fall (3:35)
Kiril PetkovBUL
Match #3 Günter MaritschniggGER
decision
Bjarne AnsbølDEN
Match #4 René SchiermeyerFRA
fall (5:19)
Hans-Jörg HirschbühlSUI
Match #5 Matti LaaksoFIN
injury (10:25)
Bertil NyströmSWE
Match #6 Mithat BayrakTUR bye

Round Five (31 August 1960 — 20:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1René SchiermeyerFRA2
2Mithat BayrakTUR3
=3Günter MaritschniggGER5
=3Grigory GamarnikURS5
=3Stevan HorvatYUG5
6Matti LaaksoFIN7eliminated
7Antal RizmayerHUN8eliminated

Match #1 Mithat BayrakTUR
decision
Antal RizmayerHUN
Match #2 Stevan HorvatYUG
decision
Grigory GamarnikURS
Match #3 Günter MaritschniggGER
fall (2:31)
Matti LaaksoFIN
Match #4 René SchiermeyerFRA bye

Round Six (31 August 1960 — 21:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1René SchiermeyerFRA5
=1Günter MaritschniggGER5
=1Mithat BayrakTUR5
4Stevan HorvatYUG6eliminated
5Grigory GamarnikURS7eliminated

Match #1 Stevan HorvatYUG
decision
René SchiermeyerFRA
Match #2 Mithat BayrakTUR
draw
Grigory GamarnikURS
Match #3 Günter MaritschniggGER bye

Final Round (31 August 1960 — -, --)

Match #1 Günter MaritschniggGER
decision
René SchiermeyerFRA
Match #2 Mithat BayrakTUR
fall (1:47)
Günter MaritschniggGER
Match #3 Mithat BayrakTUR
decision
René SchiermeyerFRA