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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	1 – 6 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Basilica di Massenzio, Roma
Participants	17 from 17 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.

At the 1959 World Championships Ali Aliyev of the Soviet Union had won the title, defeating Turkey’s Ahmet Bilek. Aliyev won his first three bouts in Rome, including a decision over Bilek in round three, but then lost to American Gray Simons and Iran’s Ibrahim Seifpour and was eliminated. Seifpour advanced to the final round with Bilek and Japan’s Masayuki Matsubara. Bilek had defeated Matsubara in round one, however, and Seifpour in round six, giving him the gold medal. Matsubara won a decision over Seifpour in the final round to take the silver medal.

After the 1960 Olympics Bilek emigrated to Germany and became German champion in 1966 and 1968, but never again wrestled at the Olympics. Aliyev repeated as World Champion in 1961 and1962, and competed at Tokyo in 1964, placing fourth.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	Gold
2	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	Silver
3	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	Bronze
4	Paul Neff	GER
5	Gray Simons	USA
6	Ali Aliyev	URS
7	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL
8	André Zoéte	FRA
9	Din Nawab	PAK
10	Carlo Vitrano	ITA
11	Lesław Kropp	POL
12	Jorge Rosado	MEX
=13	Dieter Gröning	AUS
=13	Väinö Rantala	FIN
=13	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG
=13	Bengt Frännfors	SWE
=13	Seán O'Connor	IRL

Round One (1 September 1960 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	0
=1	André Zoéte	FRA	0
=1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0
=1	Din Nawab	PAK	0
=1	Lesław Kropp	POL	0
=1	Ali Aliyev	URS	0
=1	Gray Simons	USA	0
=8	Paul Neff	GER	1
=8	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	1
=10	Carlo Vitrano	ITA	3
=10	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	3
=12	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG	4
=12	Dieter Gröning	AUS	4
=12	Väinö Rantala	FIN	4
=12	Seán O'Connor	IRL	4
=12	Jorge Rosado	MEX	4
=12	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	4

Match #1	Din Nawab	PAK	fall (7:04)	Seán O'Connor	IRL
Match #2	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	decision	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN
Match #3	Gray Simons	USA	fall (2:08)	Bengt Frännfors	SWE
Match #4	Ali Aliyev	URS	fall (3:03)	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG
Match #5	Lesław Kropp	POL	fall (5:46)	Jorge Rosado	MEX
Match #6	André Zoéte	FRA	fall (5:48)	Väinö Rantala	FIN
Match #7	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	fall (5:22)	Dieter Gröning	AUS
Match #8	Paul Neff	GER	decision	Carlo Vitrano	ITA
Match #9	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	bye

Round Two (2 September 1960 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	André Zoéte	FRA	0
=1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0
=1	Ali Aliyev	URS	0
=4	Paul Neff	GER	1
=4	Din Nawab	PAK	1
=4	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	1
=7	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	3
=7	Carlo Vitrano	ITA	3
=7	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	3
=10	Jorge Rosado	MEX	4
=10	Lesław Kropp	POL	4
=10	Gray Simons	USA	4
=13	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG	8	eliminated
=13	Dieter Gröning	AUS	8	eliminated
=13	Väinö Rantala	FIN	8	eliminated
=13	Seán O'Connor	IRL	8	eliminated
=13	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	8	eliminated

Match #1	Din Nawab	PAK	decision	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL
Match #2	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	fall (1:32)	Seán O'Connor	IRL
Match #3	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	fall (2:18)	Gray Simons	USA
Match #4	Ali Aliyev	URS	fall (5:34)	Bengt Frännfors	SWE
Match #5	Jorge Rosado	MEX	fall (2:45)	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	AFG
Match #6	André Zoéte	FRA	fall (3:57)	Lesław Kropp	POL
Match #7	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	fall (5:12)	Väinö Rantala	FIN
Match #8	Paul Neff	GER	fall (4:07)	Dieter Gröning	AUS
Match #9	Carlo Vitrano	ITA	bye

Round Three (3 September 1960 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0
=2	Paul Neff	GER	1
=2	Ali Aliyev	URS	1
=4	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	3
=4	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	3
=6	André Zoéte	FRA	4
=6	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	4
=6	Gray Simons	USA	4
9	Din Nawab	PAK	5
10	Carlo Vitrano	ITA	7	eliminated
=11	Jorge Rosado	MEX	8	eliminated
=11	Lesław Kropp	POL	8	eliminated

Match #1	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	fall (11:10)	Carlo Vitrano	ITA
Match #2	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	fall (4:43)	Din Nawab	PAK
Match #3	Ali Aliyev	URS	decision	Ahmet Bilek	TUR
Match #4	Gray Simons	USA	fall (4:02)	Jorge Rosado	MEX
Match #5	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	fall (6:02)	Lesław Kropp	POL
Match #6	Paul Neff	GER	fall (11:28)	André Zoéte	FRA

Round Four (5 September 1960 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0
2	Paul Neff	GER	1
3	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	3
=4	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	4
=4	Ali Aliyev	URS	4
6	Gray Simons	USA	5
7	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL	7	eliminated
8	André Zoéte	FRA	8	eliminated
9	Din Nawab	PAK	9	eliminated

Match #1	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	fall (1:38)	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	BUL
Match #2	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	fall (4:00)	Din Nawab	PAK
Match #3	Gray Simons	USA	decision	Ali Aliyev	URS
Match #4	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	fall (4:31)	André Zoéte	FRA
Match #5	Paul Neff	GER	bye

Round Five (6 September 1960 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	0
=2	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	4
=2	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	4
4	Paul Neff	GER	5
=5	Ali Aliyev	URS	8	eliminated
=5	Gray Simons	USA	8	eliminated

Match #1	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	fall (3:20)	Paul Neff	GER
Match #2	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	decision	Gray Simons	USA
Match #3	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	fall (10:40)	Ali Aliyev	URS

Round Six (6 September 1960 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI	3
2	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	4
3	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	5
4	Paul Neff	GER	9	eliminated

Match #1	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	fall (3:30)	Paul Neff	GER
Match #2	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	decision	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI

Final Round (6 September 1960)

Match #1	Masayuki Matsubara	JPN	decision	Ibrahim Seifpour	IRI