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Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤97 kilograms), Men

Date11 – 14 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationKomazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants16 from 16 countries
FormatScoring 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.

The favorite was Soviet Aleksandr Medved, the 1962-63 World Champion, although still also highly considered was the redoubtable Iranian Gholam Reza Takhti, the 1956 gold medalist and 1960 silver medalist. Takhti was eliminated after round five, with Medved joining Bulgarian Said Mustafov and Turkey’s Ahmet Ayık in the final round. Ayık and Mustafov had already fought to a draw in round one and Ayık and Medved had drawn in round three. When he pinned Mustafov in 39 seconds in the only final round match, Medved won the gold medal. This would be the first of three consecutive gold medals for Medved, who would win gold in 1968 and 1972 as a heavyweight.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Aliaksandr MiadvedURSGold
2Ahmet AyıkTURSilver
3Said MustafovBULBronze
4Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI
5Peter JutzelerSUI
6Jerry ConineUSA
ACHeinz KiehlGEREliminated r4/67
ACImre VíghHUNEliminated r3/66
ACMaruti ManeINDEliminated r3/67
ACShunichi KawanoJPNEliminated r3/67
ACHugh WilliamsAUSEliminated r3/69
ACFrancisc BallaROUEliminated r2/66
ACLennart ErikssonSWEEliminated r2/66
ACTony BuckGBREliminated r2/67
ACSión CóhenPANEliminated r2/67
ACÖlziisaikhany Erdene-OchirMGLEliminated r2/68

Round One (11 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Heinz KiehlGER0
=1Aliaksandr MiadvedURS0
=3Hugh WilliamsAUS1
=3Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI1
=3Shunichi KawanoJPN1
=3Peter JutzelerSUI1
=3Jerry ConineUSA1
=8Said MustafovBUL2
=8Ahmet AyıkTUR2
=10Tony BuckGBR3
=10Imre VíghHUN3
=10Maruti ManeIND3
=10Sión CóhenPAN3
=10Lennart ErikssonSWE3
=15Ölziisaikhany Erdene-OchirMGL4
=15Francisc BallaROU4

Match #1 Peter JutzelerSUI
decision
Maruti ManeIND
Match #2 Heinz KiehlGER
fall (5:59)
Ölziisaikhany Erdene-OchirMGL
Match #3 Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI
decision
Imre VíghHUN
Match #4 Shunichi KawanoJPN
decision
Tony BuckGBR
Match #5 Hugh WilliamsAUS
decision
Sión CóhenPAN
Match #6 Said MustafovBUL
draw
Ahmet AyıkTUR
Match #7 Aliaksandr MiadvedURS
fall (2:12)
Francisc BallaROU
Match #8 Jerry ConineUSA
decision
Lennart ErikssonSWE

Round Two (12 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI1
=1Peter JutzelerSUI1
=1Aliaksandr MiadvedURS1
=4Said MustafovBUL2
=4Ahmet AyıkTUR2
=6Heinz KiehlGER3
=6Shunichi KawanoJPN3
=6Jerry ConineUSA3
9Maruti ManeIND4
=10Hugh WilliamsAUS5
=10Imre VíghHUN5
=12Francisc BallaROU6eliminated
=12Lennart ErikssonSWE6eliminated
=14Tony BuckGBR7eliminated
=14Sión CóhenPAN7eliminated
16Ölziisaikhany Erdene-OchirMGL8eliminated

Match #1 Peter JutzelerSUI
fall (1:07)
Ölziisaikhany Erdene-OchirMGL
Match #2 Maruti ManeIND
decision
Heinz KiehlGER
Match #3 Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI
fall (3:28)
Tony BuckGBR
Match #4 Imre VíghHUN
draw
Shunichi KawanoJPN
Match #5 Said MustafovBUL
fall (0:17)
Sión CóhenPAN
Match #6 Ahmet AyıkTUR
fall (7:51)
Hugh WilliamsAUS
Match #7 Aliaksandr MiadvedURS
decision
Lennart ErikssonSWE
Match #8 Francisc BallaROU
draw
Jerry ConineUSA

Round Three (13 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI1
2Said MustafovBUL2
=3Aliaksandr MiadvedURS3
=3Jerry ConineUSA3
=5Heinz KiehlGER4
=5Peter JutzelerSUI4
=5Ahmet AyıkTUR4
8Imre VíghHUN6eliminated
=9Maruti ManeIND7eliminated
=9Shunichi KawanoJPN7eliminated
11Hugh WilliamsAUS9eliminated

Match #1 Heinz KiehlGER
decision
Peter JutzelerSUI
Match #2 Imre VíghHUN
decision
Maruti ManeIND
Match #3 Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI
fall (1:48)
Shunichi KawanoJPN
Match #4 Said MustafovBUL
fall (5:19)
Hugh WilliamsAUS
Match #5 Ahmet AyıkTUR
draw
Aliaksandr MiadvedURS
Match #6 Jerry ConineUSA bye

Round Four (14 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Said MustafovBUL3
=1Aliaksandr MiadvedURS3
3Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI4
=4Peter JutzelerSUI5
=4Ahmet AyıkTUR5
6Jerry ConineUSA6eliminated
7Heinz KiehlGER7eliminated

Match #1 Peter JutzelerSUI
decision
Jerry ConineUSA
Match #2 Said MustafovBUL
decision
Heinz KiehlGER
Match #3 Ahmet AyıkTUR
decision
Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI
Match #4 Aliaksandr MiadvedURS bye

Round Five (14 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Aliaksandr MiadvedURS3
=2Said MustafovBUL5
=2Ahmet AyıkTUR5
4Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI6eliminated
5Peter JutzelerSUI9eliminated

Match #1 Aliaksandr MiadvedURS
fall (3:51)
Peter JutzelerSUI
Match #2 Gholam Reza TakhtiIRI
draw
Said MustafovBUL
Match #3 Ahmet AyıkTUR bye

Final Round (14 October 1964)

Match #1 Aliaksandr MiadvedURS
fall (0:39)
Said MustafovBUL
Match #2 Ahmet AyıkTUR bye