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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date	1 – 6 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Basilica di Massenzio, Roma
Participants	19 from 19 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.

Turkey’s Hüseyin Akbaş had won the World Championships in 1957 and 1959 and came in as the favorite, but he drew his first round match and then lost his next two matches, and was eliminated, placing only 14th. The final round competitors turned out to be Bulgaria’s Nezhdet Zalev, Poland’s Tadeusz Trojanowski, and American Terry McCann, who had barely made it as the last qualifier. McCann, however, won two decisions over the other finalists to secure the gold medal, with Zalev’s fifth-round victory over Trojanowski bringing him the silver medal. McCann was a multiple AAU and NCAA Champion in the United States, but had no previous international record, and retired from competition after the 1960 Olympics.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Terry McCann	USA	Gold
2	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	Silver
3	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	Bronze
4	Tadashi Asai	JPN
5	Tauno Jaskari	FIN
6	Mikhail Shakhov	URS
7	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI
8	Luigi Chinazzo	ITA
9	Fred Kämmerer	GER
=10	Eduardo Campbell	PAN
=10	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK
=10	Im Gwang-Jae	KOR
13	Dermot Dunne	IRL
14	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR
15	Edvin Vesterby	SWE
=16	Geoffrey Jameson	AUS
=16	Paul Hänni	SUI
=16	Walter Pilling	GBR
=16	Vittorio Mancini	SMR

Round One (1 September 1960 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	0
=1	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	0
=1	Dermot Dunne	IRL	0
=1	Tadashi Asai	JPN	0
=1	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	0
=6	Fred Kämmerer	GER	1
=6	Luigi Chinazzo	ITA	1
=6	Terry McCann	USA	1
=9	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	2
=9	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI	2
=9	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	2
=9	Mikhail Shakhov	URS	2
=13	Im Gwang-Jae	KOR	3
=13	Eduardo Campbell	PAN	3
=13	Edvin Vesterby	SWE	3
=16	Geoffrey Jameson	AUS	4
=16	Walter Pilling	GBR	4
=16	Vittorio Mancini	SMR	4
=16	Paul Hänni	SUI	4

Match #1	Luigi Chinazzo	ITA	decision	Im Gwang-Jae	KOR
Match #2	Dermot Dunne	IRL	fall (8:03)	Vittorio Mancini	SMR
Match #3	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI	draw	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR
Match #4	Mikhail Shakhov	URS	draw	Tauno Jaskari	FIN
Match #5	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	fall (2:50)	Walter Pilling	GBR
Match #6	Fred Kämmerer	GER	decision	Eduardo Campbell	PAN
Match #7	Terry McCann	USA	decision	Edvin Vesterby	SWE
Match #8	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	fall (4:24)	Paul Hänni	SUI
Match #9	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	fall (2:31)	Geoffrey Jameson	AUS
Match #10	Tadashi Asai	JPN	bye

Round Two (2 September 1960)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	0
=1	Tadashi Asai	JPN	0
=1	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	0
4	Terry McCann	USA	1
=5	Fred Kämmerer	GER	2
=5	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI	2
=7	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	3
=7	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	3
=7	Im Gwang-Jae	KOR	3
=7	Eduardo Campbell	PAN	3
=7	Mikhail Shakhov	URS	3
12	Dermot Dunne	IRL	4
=13	Luigi Chinazzo	ITA	5
=13	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	5
15	Edvin Vesterby	SWE	6	eliminated
=16	Geoffrey Jameson	AUS	8	eliminated
=16	Walter Pilling	GBR	8	eliminated
=16	Vittorio Mancini	SMR	8	eliminated
=16	Paul Hänni	SUI	8	eliminated

Match #1	Tadashi Asai	JPN	fall (3:14)	Luigi Chinazzo	ITA
Match #2	Im Gwang-Jae	KOR	fall (2:45)	Dermot Dunne	IRL
Match #3	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI	fall (0:17)	Vittorio Mancini	SMR
Match #4	Mikhail Shakhov	URS	decision	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR
Match #5	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	decision	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK
Match #6	Eduardo Campbell	PAN	fall (4:57)	Walter Pilling	GBR
Match #7	Fred Kämmerer	GER	decision	Edvin Vesterby	SWE
Match #8	Terry McCann	USA	fall (1:40)	Paul Hänni	SUI
Match #9	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	fall (4:25)	Geoffrey Jameson	AUS
Match #10	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	bye

Round Three (3 September 1960)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	0
2	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	1
3	Terry McCann	USA	2
=4	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	3
=4	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI	3
=6	Tadashi Asai	JPN	4
=6	Mikhail Shakhov	URS	4
=8	Fred Kämmerer	GER	5
=8	Luigi Chinazzo	ITA	5
=10	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	6	eliminated
=10	Im Gwang-Jae	KOR	6	eliminated
=10	Eduardo Campbell	PAN	6	eliminated
13	Dermot Dunne	IRL	8	eliminated
14	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR	9	eliminated

Match #1	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	fall (3:45)	Tadashi Asai	JPN
Match #2	Luigi Chinazzo	ITA	fall (2:21)	Dermot Dunne	IRL
Match #3	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI	decision	Im Gwang-Jae	KOR
Match #4	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	fall (11:05)	Hüseyin Akbaş	TUR
Match #5	Mikhail Shakhov	URS	decision	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK
Match #6	Terry McCann	USA	decision	Eduardo Campbell	PAN
Match #7	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	decision	Fred Kämmerer	GER

Round Four (5 September 1960)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	1
=1	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	1
=3	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	4
=3	Mikhail Shakhov	URS	4
=5	Tadashi Asai	JPN	5
=5	Terry McCann	USA	5
7	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI	6	eliminated
8	Luigi Chinazzo	ITA	8	eliminated
9	Fred Kämmerer	GER	9	eliminated

Match #1	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	decision	Luigi Chinazzo	ITA
Match #2	Tadashi Asai	JPN	decision	Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi	IRI
Match #3	Mikhail Shakhov	URS	fall (7:15)	Fred Kämmerer	GER
Match #4	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	decision	Terry McCann	USA
Match #5	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	bye

Round Five (6 September 1960)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	2
2	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL	4
3	Terry McCann	USA	5
4	Tadashi Asai	JPN	6	eliminated
5	Tauno Jaskari	FIN	7	eliminated
6	Mikhail Shakhov	URS	8	eliminated

Match #1	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL	decision	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL
Match #2	Tadashi Asai	JPN	decision	Tauno Jaskari	FIN
Match #3	Terry McCann	USA	fall (0:48)	Mikhail Shakhov	URS

Final Round (6 September 1960)

Match #1	Terry McCann	USA	decision	Tadeusz Trojanowski	POL
Match #2	Terry McCann	USA	decision	Nezhdet Zalev	BUL