| | Event type

Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), 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 (win by fall-0; win by decision-1; draw-2; loss by decision-3; loss by fall-4). 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.

Soviet Georgian Giorgi Skhirt’ladze came in as the favorite, after winning bronze in this class at Melbourne in 1956, a silver at the 1957 World Championships, and winning the 1959 World title. After four rounds in Roma four wrestlers remained, led by American Ed DeWitt with only 3 bad points. He was joined by Skhirt’ladze, Turkey’s Hasan Güngör, and Swede Hans Antonsson, all with 4 bad points. Güngör then threw DeWitt in 5:06, and when Antonsson and Skhirt’ladze drew, all but Güngör were eliminated on bad points, giving the gold medal to the Turk. Skhirt’ladze won silver and Antonsson bronze.

Güngör would later win a silver medal in this class at the 1964 Olympics and win gold at the 1964 European Championships. Skhirt’ladze never competed again.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Gold
2	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS	Silver
3	Hans Antonsson	SWE	Bronze
4	Ed DeWitt	USA
=5	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL
=5	Géza Hollósi	HUN
=5	Madho Singh	IND
8	Takashi Nagai	JPN
9	Georg Utz	GER
10	Fred Thomas	NZL
11	Muhammad Faiz	PAK
=12	Viljo Punkari	FIN
=12	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI
=12	Mohammad Asif Khokan	AFG
=15	Julio Graffigna	ARG
=15	Germano Caraffini	ITA
=17	Alan Butts	GBR
=17	Henri Mottier	SUI
=17	Ronald Hunt	AUS

Round One

Date	1 September 1960

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Georg Utz	GER	0
=1	Madho Singh	IND	0
=1	Takashi Nagai	JPN	0
=1	Fred Thomas	NZL	0
=1	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	0
=1	Hans Antonsson	SWE	0
=1	Hasan Güngör	TUR	0
=1	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS	0
9	Ed DeWitt	USA	1
=10	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	2
=10	Géza Hollósi	HUN	2
12	Germano Caraffini	ITA	3
=13	Mohammad Asif Khokan	AFG	4
=13	Julio Graffigna	ARG	4
=13	Ronald Hunt	AUS	4
=13	Viljo Punkari	FIN	4
=13	Alan Butts	GBR	4
=13	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	4
=13	Henri Mottier	SUI	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Sep	Takashi Nagai	JPN	Fall (2:28)	Ronald Hunt	AUS
Match #2	01 Sep	Géza Hollósi	HUN	Draw	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL
Match #3	01 Sep	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Fall (9:31)	Julio Graffigna	ARG
Match #4	01 Sep	Fred Thomas	NZL	Fall (9:17)	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI
Match #5	01 Sep	Hans Antonsson	SWE	Fall (11:59)	Viljo Punkari	FIN
Match #6	01 Sep	Madho Singh	IND	Fall (4:03)	Alan Butts	GBR
Match #7	01 Sep	Ed DeWitt	USA	Decision	Germano Caraffini	ITA
Match #8	01 Sep	Georg Utz	GER	Fall (4:30)	Henri Mottier	SUI
Match #9	01 Sep	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS	Fall (1:23)	Mohammad Asif Khokan	AFG
Match #10	01 Sep	Muhammad Faiz	PAK

Round Two

Date	2 September 1960

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	Madho Singh	IND	0	–
=1	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS	0	–
=3	Takashi Nagai	JPN	1	–
=3	Fred Thomas	NZL	1	–
=3	Hasan Güngör	TUR	1	–
=3	Ed DeWitt	USA	1	–
7	Géza Hollósi	HUN	2	–
=8	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	3	–
=8	Hans Antonsson	SWE	3	–
=10	Mohammad Asif Khokan	AFG	4	–
=10	Viljo Punkari	FIN	4	–
=10	Georg Utz	GER	4	–
=13	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	5	–
=13	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	5	–
=15	Julio Graffigna	ARG	7	eliminated
=15	Germano Caraffini	ITA	7	eliminated
=17	Ronald Hunt	AUS	8	eliminated
=17	Alan Butts	GBR	8	eliminated
=17	Henri Mottier	SUI	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Takashi Nagai	JPN	Decision	Muhammad Faiz	PAK
Match #2	02 Sep	Géza Hollósi	HUN	Fall (0:51)	Ronald Hunt	AUS
Match #3	02 Sep	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Decision	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL
Match #4	02 Sep	Fred Thomas	NZL	Decision	Julio Graffigna	ARG
Match #5	02 Sep	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	Decision	Hans Antonsson	SWE
Match #6	02 Sep	Viljo Punkari	FIN	Fall (11:10)	Alan Butts	GBR
Match #7	02 Sep	Madho Singh	IND	Fall (9:55)	Germano Caraffini	ITA
Match #8	02 Sep	Ed DeWitt	USA	Fall (1:07)	Henri Mottier	SUI
Match #9	02 Sep	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS	Fall (9:22)	Georg Utz	GER
Match #10	02 Sep	Mohammad Asif Khokan	AFG

Round Three

Date	3 September 1960

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ed DeWitt	USA	2	–
=2	Géza Hollósi	HUN	3	–
=2	Madho Singh	IND	3	–
=2	Hasan Güngör	TUR	3	–
=2	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS	3	–
=6	Takashi Nagai	JPN	4	–
=6	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	4	–
=6	Hans Antonsson	SWE	4	–
=9	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	5	–
=9	Georg Utz	GER	5	–
=9	Fred Thomas	NZL	5	–
=12	Mohammad Asif Khokan	AFG	7	eliminated
=12	Viljo Punkari	FIN	7	eliminated
=12	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	03 Sep	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	Decision	Mohammad Asif Khokan	AFG
Match #2	03 Sep	Géza Hollósi	HUN	Decision	Takashi Nagai	JPN
Match #3	03 Sep	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Fall (3:20)	Fred Thomas	NZL
Match #4	03 Sep	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Draw	Mansour Mahdizadeh	IRI
Match #5	03 Sep	Hans Antonsson	SWE	Decision	Madho Singh	IND
Match #6	03 Sep	Georg Utz	GER	Decision	Viljo Punkari	FIN
Match #7	03 Sep	Ed DeWitt	USA	Decision	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS

Round Four

Date	5 September 1960

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ed DeWitt	USA	3	–
=2	Hans Antonsson	SWE	4	–
=2	Hasan Güngör	TUR	4	–
=2	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS	4	–
=5	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	6	eliminated
=5	Géza Hollósi	HUN	6	eliminated
=5	Madho Singh	IND	6	eliminated
8	Takashi Nagai	JPN	7	eliminated
9	Georg Utz	GER	8	eliminated
10	Fred Thomas	NZL	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Sep	Prodan Gardzhev	BUL	Decision	Takashi Nagai	JPN
Match #2	05 Sep	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Decision	Géza Hollósi	HUN
Match #3	05 Sep	Hans Antonsson	SWE	Fall (5:45)	Fred Thomas	NZL
Match #4	05 Sep	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS	Decision	Madho Singh	IND
Match #5	05 Sep	Ed DeWitt	USA	Decision	Georg Utz	GER

Final Round

Date	6 September 1960

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Hasan Güngör	TUR	Fall (5:06)	Ed DeWitt	USA
Match #2	06 Sep	Hans Antonsson	SWE	Draw	Giorgi Skhirt'ladze	URS