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Lightweight, Freestyle (≤70 kilograms), Men

Date	11 – 14 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants	22 from 22 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.

There was no real favorite, but there were several contenders in this class. Enyu Valchev of Bulgaria had been the 1960 silver medalist and the 1962 World Champion. Japan’s Iwao Horiuchi was the 1963 World Champion and was wrestling before his hometown fans. Also highly considered were Iran’s Abdullah Movahed, who would win five straight World titles in this class beginning in 1965, and Soviet Georgian Zarbeg Beriashvili, runner-up at the 1963 Worlds. The competition was close enough that nobody went through the tournament undefeated. After five rounds, only Valchev and German Klaus Rost remained, although both had 5 bad points. Valchev then defeated Rost by decision to win the gold medal. The bronze medal went to Horiuchi, based on his fifth-round victory over Turkey’s Mahmut Atalay, although they had tied with 6 bad points.

All the medalists would continue to win medals at the Worlds and Europeans over the next few years, but the class would be dominated by Movahed, who placed fifth in Tokyo and would also win the gold medal in 1968, in addition to his five consecutive World titles.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Enyu Valchev	BUL	–	–	Gold
2	Klaus Rost	GER	–	–	Silver
3	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	–	–	Bronze
4	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	–	–
5	Abdullah Movahed	IRI	–	–
=6	Jeong Dong-Gu	KOR	–	–
=6	Zarbeg Beriashvili	URS	–	–
=6	Gregory Ruth	USA	–	–
AC	Carlos Alberto Vario	ARG	Eliminated r4/6	7
AC	Reg Marsh	AUS	Eliminated r4/6	7
AC	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Arto Savolainen	FIN	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Kenny Stephenson	GBR	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Udey Chand	IND	Eliminated r3/6	8
AC	Muhammad Bashir	PAK	Eliminated r3/6	8
AC	Rodger Doner	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Stefanos Ioannidis	GRE	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter	MGL	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Matti Poikala	SWE	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	Eliminated r2/6	7
AC	Tony Greig	NZL	Eliminated r2/6	7
AC	Tham Kook Chin	MAS	Eliminated r2/6	8

Round One (11 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Reg Marsh	AUS	0
=1	Enyu Valchev	BUL	0
=3	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	1
=3	Klaus Rost	GER	1
=3	Udey Chand	IND	1
=3	Abdullah Movahed	IRI	1
=3	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	1
=3	Jeong Dong-Gu	KOR	1
=3	Muhammad Bashir	PAK	1
=3	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	1
=3	Gregory Ruth	USA	1
=12	Carlos Alberto Vario	ARG	3
=12	Rodger Doner	CAN	3
=12	Arto Savolainen	FIN	3
=12	Kenny Stephenson	GBR	3
=12	Stefanos Ioannidis	GRE	3
=12	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter	MGL	3
=12	Tony Greig	NZL	3
=12	Matti Poikala	SWE	3
=12	Zarbeg Beriashvili	URS	3
=21	Tham Kook Chin	MAS	4
=21	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	4

Match #1	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	decision	Zarbeg Beriashvili	URS
Match #2	Muhammad Bashir	PAK	decision	Stefanos Ioannidis	GRE
Match #3	Udey Chand	IND	decision	Arto Savolainen	FIN
Match #4	Enyu Valchev	BUL	fall (0:48)	Tham Kook Chin	MAS
Match #5	Gregory Ruth	USA	decision	Matti Poikala	SWE
Match #6	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	decision	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter	MGL
Match #7	Reg Marsh	AUS	fall (4:06)	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX
Match #8	Abdullah Movahed	IRI	decision	Kenny Stephenson	GBR
Match #9	Klaus Rost	GER	decision	Rodger Doner	CAN
Match #10	Jeong Dong-Gu	KOR	decision	Tony Greig	NZL
Match #11	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	decision	Carlos Alberto Vario	ARG

Round Two (12 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Enyu Valchev	BUL	0
2	Klaus Rost	GER	1
=3	Abdullah Movahed	IRI	2
=3	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	2
=3	Jeong Dong-Gu	KOR	2
=3	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	2
=3	Gregory Ruth	USA	2
=8	Reg Marsh	AUS	3
=8	Arto Savolainen	FIN	3
=10	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	4
=10	Carlos Alberto Vario	ARG	4
=10	Kenny Stephenson	GBR	4
=10	Muhammad Bashir	PAK	4
=10	Zarbeg Beriashvili	URS	4
15	Udey Chand	IND	5
=16	Rodger Doner	CAN	6	eliminated
=16	Stefanos Ioannidis	GRE	6	eliminated
=16	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter	MGL	6	eliminated
=16	Matti Poikala	SWE	6	eliminated
=20	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	7	eliminated
=20	Tony Greig	NZL	7	eliminated
22	Tham Kook Chin	MAS	8	eliminated

Match #1	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	decision	Stefanos Ioannidis	GRE
Match #2	Zarbeg Beriashvili	URS	decision	Muhammad Bashir	PAK
Match #3	Enyu Valchev	BUL	fall (4:09)	Udey Chand	IND
Match #4	Arto Savolainen	FIN	fall (2:22)	Tham Kook Chin	MAS
Match #5	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	decision	Matti Poikala	SWE
Match #6	Gregory Ruth	USA	decision	Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter	MGL
Match #7	Kenny Stephenson	GBR	decision	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX
Match #8	Abdullah Movahed	IRI	decision	Reg Marsh	AUS
Match #9	Klaus Rost	GER	fall (6:39)	Tony Greig	NZL
Match #10	Jeong Dong-Gu	KOR	decision	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG
Match #11	Carlos Alberto Vario	ARG	decision	Rodger Doner	CAN

Round Three (13 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Enyu Valchev	BUL	0
=2	Klaus Rost	GER	2
=2	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	2
=4	Abdullah Movahed	IRI	3
=4	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	3
=6	Carlos Alberto Vario	ARG	4
=6	Reg Marsh	AUS	4
=8	Jeong Dong-Gu	KOR	5
=8	Zarbeg Beriashvili	URS	5
=8	Gregory Ruth	USA	5
=11	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG	7	eliminated
=11	Arto Savolainen	FIN	7	eliminated
=11	Kenny Stephenson	GBR	7	eliminated
=14	Udey Chand	IND	8	eliminated
=14	Muhammad Bashir	PAK	8	eliminated

Match #1	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	fall (8:30)	Muhammad Bashir	PAK
Match #2	Zarbeg Beriashvili	URS	decision	Udey Chand	IND
Match #3	Enyu Valchev	BUL	fall (5:07)	Arto Savolainen	FIN
Match #4	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	decision	Gregory Ruth	USA
Match #5	Reg Marsh	AUS	decision	Kenny Stephenson	GBR
Match #6	Abdullah Movahed	IRI	decision	Jeong Dong-Gu	KOR
Match #7	Klaus Rost	GER	decision	Djan-Aka Djan	AFG
Match #8	Carlos Alberto Vario	ARG	bye

Round Four (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Enyu Valchev	BUL	3
=1	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	3
=3	Klaus Rost	GER	5
=3	Abdullah Movahed	IRI	5
=3	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	5
=6	Jeong Dong-Gu	KOR	6	eliminated
=6	Zarbeg Beriashvili	URS	6	eliminated
=6	Gregory Ruth	USA	6	eliminated
=9	Carlos Alberto Vario	ARG	7	eliminated
=9	Reg Marsh	AUS	7	eliminated

Match #1	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	decision	Carlos Alberto Vario	ARG
Match #2	Zarbeg Beriashvili	URS	decision	Enyu Valchev	BUL
Match #3	Gregory Ruth	USA	decision	Reg Marsh	AUS
Match #4	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	draw	Abdullah Movahed	IRI
Match #5	Jeong Dong-Gu	KOR	decision	Klaus Rost	GER

Round Five (14 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Enyu Valchev	BUL	5
=1	Klaus Rost	GER	5
=3	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	6	eliminated
=3	Mahmut Atalay	TUR	6	eliminated
5	Abdullah Movahed	IRI	7	eliminated

Match #1	Iwao Horiuchi	JPN	decision	Mahmut Atalay	TUR
Match #2	Enyu Valchev	BUL	draw	Abdullah Movahed	IRI
Match #3	Klaus Rost	GER	bye

Final Round (14 October 1964)

Match #1	Enyu Valchev	BUL	decision	Klaus Rost	GER