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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kg), Men

Date	26 – 31 August 1960 — -, -, 20:00 (30-31/8)
Status	Olympic
Location	Basilica di Massenzio, Roma
Participants	18 from 18 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 Boris Gurevich had won this title in 1952 and was World Champion in 1953 and 1958, but he was retired by 1960, which left the class wide open. After four rounds, six wrestlers remained with either 4 or 5 bad points. Romanian Dimitri Pîrvulescu won a decision over Italy’s Ignazio Fabra, the 1952 and 1956 silver medalist, which gave Pîrvulescu the gold medal. Osman El-Sayed of the United Arab Republic (Egypt) and Iranian Mohamed Paziraie won the other fifth round matches, which gave El-Sayed the silver medal, based on his second round decision over Paziraie. Pîrvulescu competed in 1964 at Tokyo, winning a bronze medal, as did Fabra, who finished fourth in this class in 1964, his fourth Olympics.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Gold
2	Osman El-Sayed	UAR	Silver
3	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI	Bronze
4	Takashi Hirata	JPN
=5	Ignazio Fabra	ITA
=5	Ivan Kochergin	URS
7	Borivoj Vukov	YUG
8	Bengt Frännfors	SWE
9	Dick Wilson	USA
=10	Stefan Hajduk	POL
=10	Maurice Mewis	BEL
=12	Georgi Moskov	BUL
=12	Franz Burkhard	SUI
=14	Jørgen Jensen	DEN
=14	Heikki Hakola	FIN
=14	Fritz Stange	GER
=17	Werner Hartmann	AUT
=17	Kazim Gedik	TUR
DNS	Dieter Gröning	AUS

Round One

Date	26 August 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Takashi Hirata	JPN	0
=1	Franz Burkhard	SUI	0
=1	Ivan Kochergin	URS	0
=4	Osman El-Sayed	UAR	1
=4	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI	1
=4	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1
=4	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	1
=8	Heikki Hakola	FIN	2
=8	Stefan Hajduk	POL	2
=8	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	2
=8	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	2
=12	Maurice Mewis	BEL	3
=12	Jørgen Jensen	DEN	3
=12	Fritz Stange	GER	3
=12	Dick Wilson	USA	3
=16	Werner Hartmann	AUT	4
=16	Georgi Moskov	BUL	4
=16	Kazim Gedik	TUR	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Aug	Ivan Kochergin	URS	Fall (7:45)	Kazim Gedik	TUR
Match #2	26 Aug	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Decision	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #3	26 Aug	Franz Burkhard	SUI	Fall (7:39)	Werner Hartmann	AUT
Match #4	26 Aug	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	Draw	Bengt Frännfors	SWE
Match #5	26 Aug	Takashi Hirata	JPN	Fall (10:40)	Georgi Moskov	BUL
Match #6	26 Aug	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision	Fritz Stange	GER
Match #7	26 Aug	Heikki Hakola	FIN	Draw	Stefan Hajduk	POL
Match #8	26 Aug	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI	Decision	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #9	26 Aug	Osman El-Sayed	UAR	Decision	Jørgen Jensen	DEN

Round Two

Date	27 August 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	1	–
=2	Osman El-Sayed	UAR	2	–
=2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	2	–
=2	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	2	–
=2	Ivan Kochergin	URS	2	–
=2	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	2	–
=7	Maurice Mewis	BEL	3	–
=7	Takashi Hirata	JPN	3	–
=7	Stefan Hajduk	POL	3	–
=10	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI	4	–
=10	Franz Burkhard	SUI	4	–
=12	Georgi Moskov	BUL	5	–
=12	Dick Wilson	USA	5	–
=14	Jørgen Jensen	DEN	6	eliminated
=14	Heikki Hakola	FIN	6	eliminated
=14	Fritz Stange	GER	6	eliminated
=17	Werner Hartmann	AUT	8	eliminated
=17	Kazim Gedik	TUR	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Aug	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Fall (7:08)	Kazim Gedik	TUR
Match #2	27 Aug	Ivan Kochergin	URS	Draw	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #3	27 Aug	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	Fall (4:49)	Franz Burkhard	SUI
Match #4	27 Aug	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	Fall (1:20)	Werner Hartmann	AUT
Match #5	27 Aug	Georgi Moskov	BUL	Decision	Fritz Stange	GER
Match #6	27 Aug	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision	Takashi Hirata	JPN
Match #7	27 Aug	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Fall (10:47)	Heikki Hakola	FIN
Match #8	27 Aug	Stefan Hajduk	POL	Decision	Jørgen Jensen	DEN
Match #9	27 Aug	Osman El-Sayed	UAR	Decision	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI

Round Three

Date	29 August 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Osman El-Sayed	UAR	2	–
=2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	3	–
=2	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	3	–
=2	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	3	–
=5	Takashi Hirata	JPN	4	–
=5	Ivan Kochergin	URS	4	–
=7	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI	5	–
=7	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	5	–
=7	Dick Wilson	USA	5	–
=10	Maurice Mewis	BEL	6	eliminated
=10	Stefan Hajduk	POL	6	eliminated
=12	Georgi Moskov	BUL	8	eliminated
=12	Franz Burkhard	SUI	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Aug	Ivan Kochergin	URS	Draw	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU
Match #2	29 Aug	Dick Wilson	USA	Fall (7:53)	Franz Burkhard	SUI
Match #3	29 Aug	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	Decision	Georgi Moskov	BUL
Match #4	29 Aug	Takashi Hirata	JPN	Decision	Bengt Frännfors	SWE
Match #5	29 Aug	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #6	29 Aug	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI	Decision	Stefan Hajduk	POL
Match #7	29 Aug	Osman El-Sayed	UAR

Round Four

Date	30 August 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	Takashi Hirata	JPN	4	–
=1	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	4	–
=3	Osman El-Sayed	UAR	5	–
=3	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI	5	–
=3	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	5	–
=3	Ivan Kochergin	URS	5	–
7	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	6	eliminated
8	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	7	eliminated
9	Dick Wilson	USA	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Aug	Ivan Kochergin	URS	Decision	Osman El-Sayed	UAR
Match #2	30 Aug	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Decision	Borivoj Vukov	YUG
Match #3	30 Aug	Takashi Hirata	JPN	Fall (11:57)	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #4	30 Aug	Bengt Frännfors	SWE	Draw	Ignazio Fabra	ITA
Match #5	30 Aug	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI

Final Round

Date	31 August 1960 — 10:00 (26/8), , --, 10:00-20:00 (31/8)

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Aug	Mohamed Paziraie	IRI	Decision	Ivan Kochergin	URS
Match #2	31 Aug	Osman El-Sayed	UAR	Decision	Takashi Hirata	JPN
Match #3	31 Aug	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Decision	Ignazio Fabra	ITA