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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date16 – 19 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationKomazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Participants18 from 18 countries
FormatScoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

After four rounds three wrestlers advanced to the final round – Japan’s Tsutomu Hanahara, Bulgaria’s Angel Kerezov, and the defending gold medalist from Romania, Dumitru Pîrvulescu. Neither Hanahara or Kerezov were well known, but they both defeated Pîrvulescu and Hanahara decisioned Kerezov to win the gold medal. Fourth-place went to Italy’s Ignazio Fabra, who had won the silver medal in the class in 1952 and 1956, and tied for fifth in 1960. This was the highlight of Hanahara’s career, although he won a bronze medal at the 1967 Worlds. Kerezov later won the 1966 World Championship.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Tsutomu HanaharaJPNGold
2Angel KerezovBULSilver
3Dumitru PîrvulescuROUBronze
=4Maurice MewisBEL
=4Rolf LacourGER
=4Ignazio FabraITA
=4Dick WilsonUSA
ACVasilios GanotisGREEliminated r3/56
ACSin Sang-SikKOREliminated r3/56
ACBurhan BozkurtTUREliminated r3/56
ACArmais SayadovURSEliminated r3/57
ACJørgen JensenDENEliminated r2/56
ACFouad AliEGYEliminated r2/56
ACRisto BjörlinFINEliminated r2/56
ACAhmad KhoshoiIRIEliminated r2/56
ACImre AlkerHUNEliminated r2/58
ACCésar del RioMEXEliminated r2/58
ACMalwa SinghINDWithdrew r2/52

Round One (16 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Tsutomu HanaharaJPN0
=1Dick WilsonUSA0
=3Maurice MewisBEL1
=3Rolf LacourGER1
=3Ignazio FabraITA1
=3Dumitru PîrvulescuROU1
=3Armais SayadovURS1
=8Angel KerezovBUL2
=8Malwa SinghIND2withdrew
=8Sin Sang-SikKOR2
=8Burhan BozkurtTUR2
=12Jørgen JensenDEN3
=12Fouad AliEGY3
=12Risto BjörlinFIN3
=12Vasilios GanotisGRE3
=12Ahmad KhoshoiIRI3
=17Imre AlkerHUN4
=17César del RioMEX4

Match #1 Sin Sang-SikKOR
draw
Burhan BozkurtTUR
Match #2 Maurice MewisBEL
decision
Ahmad KhoshoiIRI
Match #3 Armais SayadovURS
decision
Vasilios GanotisGRE
Match #4 Tsutomu HanaharaJPN
fall (4:03)
Imre AlkerHUN
Match #5 Ignazio FabraITA
decision
Risto BjörlinFIN
Match #6 Rolf LacourGER
decision
Fouad AliEGY
Match #7 Dumitru PîrvulescuROU
decision
Jørgen JensenDEN
Match #8 Dick WilsonUSA
fall (8:17)
César del RioMEX
Match #9 Angel KerezovBUL
draw
Malwa SinghIND

Round Two (17 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Dick WilsonUSA0
=2Tsutomu HanaharaJPN1
=2Dumitru PîrvulescuROU1
=4Maurice MewisBEL2
=4Rolf LacourGER2
=4Ignazio FabraITA2
=7Angel KerezovBUL3
=7Vasilios GanotisGRE3
=7Burhan BozkurtTUR3
10Armais SayadovURS4
11Sin Sang-SikKOR5
=12Jørgen JensenDEN6eliminated
=12Fouad AliEGY6eliminated
=12Risto BjörlinFIN6eliminated
=12Ahmad KhoshoiIRI6eliminated
=16Imre AlkerHUN8eliminated
=16César del RioMEX8eliminated

Match #1 Maurice MewisBEL
decision
Sin Sang-SikKOR
Match #2 Burhan BozkurtTUR
decision
Ahmad KhoshoiIRI
Match #3 Vasilios GanotisGRE
default
Imre AlkerHUN
Match #4 Tsutomu HanaharaJPN
decision
Armais SayadovURS
Match #5 Rolf LacourGER
decision
Risto BjörlinFIN
Match #6 Ignazio FabraITA
decision
Fouad AliEGY
Match #7 Angel KerezovBUL
decision
Jørgen JensenDEN
Match #8 Dumitru PîrvulescuROU
fall (2:55)
César del RioMEX
Match #9 Dick WilsonUSA bye

Round Three (18 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Tsutomu HanaharaJPN2
=1Dumitru PîrvulescuROU2
=3Maurice MewisBEL3
=3Angel KerezovBUL3
=3Ignazio FabraITA3
=3Dick WilsonUSA3
7Rolf LacourGER5
=8Vasilios GanotisGRE6eliminated
=8Sin Sang-SikKOR6eliminated
=8Burhan BozkurtTUR6eliminated
11Armais SayadovURS7eliminated

Match #1 Maurice MewisBEL
decision
Burhan BozkurtTUR
Match #2 Tsutomu HanaharaJPN
decision
Vasilios GanotisGRE
Match #3 Ignazio FabraITA
decision
Armais SayadovURS
Match #4 Dumitru PîrvulescuROU
decision
Rolf LacourGER
Match #5 Sin Sang-SikKOR
decision
Dick WilsonUSA
Match #6 Angel KerezovBUL bye

Round Four (19 October 1964)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Dumitru PîrvulescuROU2
2Tsutomu HanaharaJPN3
3Angel KerezovBUL4
=4Maurice MewisBEL6eliminated
=4Rolf LacourGER6eliminated
=4Ignazio FabraITA6eliminated
=4Dick WilsonUSA6eliminated

Match #1 Angel KerezovBUL
decision
Dick WilsonUSA
Match #2 Tsutomu HanaharaJPN
decision
Maurice MewisBEL
Match #3 Rolf LacourGER
decision
Ignazio FabraITA
Match #4 Dumitru PîrvulescuROU bye

Final Round (19 October 1964)

Match #1 Angel KerezovBUL
decision
Dumitru PîrvulescuROU
Match #2 Tsutomu HanaharaJPN
fall (8:19)
Dumitru PîrvulescuROU
Match #3 Tsutomu HanaharaJPN
decision
Angel KerezovBUL