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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kg), Men

Date	16 – 19 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
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.

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.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	8	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	–	–	Gold
2	15	Angel Kerezov	BUL	–	–	Silver
3	14	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	–	–	Bronze
=4	3	Maurice Mewis	BEL	–	–
=4	11	Rolf Lacour	GER	–	–
=4	10	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	–	–
=4	18	Dick Wilson	USA	–	–
AC	5	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	eliminated r3/5	6
AC	1	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	eliminated r3/5	6
AC	2	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	eliminated r3/5	6
AC	6	Armais Sayadov	URS	eliminated r3/5	7
AC	13	Jørgen Jensen	DEN	eliminated r2/5	6
AC	12	Fouad Ali	EGY	eliminated r2/5	6
AC	9	Risto Björlin	FIN	eliminated r2/5	6
AC	4	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI	eliminated r2/5	6
AC	7	Imre Alker	HUN	eliminated r2/5	8
AC	19	César del Rio	MEX	eliminated r2/5	8
AC	10	Malwa Singh	IND	withdrew r2/5	2

Round One

Date	16 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	8	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	0	–
=1	18	Dick Wilson	USA	0	–
=3	3	Maurice Mewis	BEL	1	–
=3	11	Rolf Lacour	GER	1	–
=3	10	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1	–
=3	14	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	1	–
=3	6	Armais Sayadov	URS	1	–
=8	15	Angel Kerezov	BUL	2	–
=8	10	Malwa Singh	IND	2	withdrew
=8	1	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	2	–
=8	2	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	2	–
=12	13	Jørgen Jensen	DEN	3	–
=12	12	Fouad Ali	EGY	3	–
=12	9	Risto Björlin	FIN	3	–
=12	5	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	3	–
=12	4	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI	3	–
=17	7	Imre Alker	HUN	4	–
=17	19	César del Rio	MEX	4	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Oct	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	Draw	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR
Match #2	16 Oct	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Decision	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI
Match #3	16 Oct	Armais Sayadov	URS	Decision	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE
Match #4	16 Oct	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	Fall (4:03)	Imre Alker	HUN
Match #5	16 Oct	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision	Risto Björlin	FIN
Match #6	16 Oct	Rolf Lacour	GER	Decision	Fouad Ali	EGY
Match #7	16 Oct	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Decision	Jørgen Jensen	DEN
Match #8	16 Oct	Dick Wilson	USA	Fall (8:17)	César del Rio	MEX
Match #9	16 Oct	Angel Kerezov	BUL	Draw	Malwa Singh	IND

Round Two

Date	17 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	18	Dick Wilson	USA	0	–
=2	8	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	1	–
=2	14	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	1	–
=4	3	Maurice Mewis	BEL	2	–
=4	11	Rolf Lacour	GER	2	–
=4	10	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	2	–
=7	15	Angel Kerezov	BUL	3	–
=7	5	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	3	–
=7	2	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	3	–
10	6	Armais Sayadov	URS	4	–
11	1	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	5	–
=12	13	Jørgen Jensen	DEN	6	eliminated
=12	12	Fouad Ali	EGY	6	eliminated
=12	9	Risto Björlin	FIN	6	eliminated
=12	4	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI	6	eliminated
=16	7	Imre Alker	HUN	8	eliminated
=16	19	César del Rio	MEX	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Oct	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Decision	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR
Match #2	17 Oct	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	Decision	Ahmad Khoshoi	IRI
Match #3	17 Oct	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	Default	Imre Alker	HUN
Match #4	17 Oct	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	Decision	Armais Sayadov	URS
Match #5	17 Oct	Rolf Lacour	GER	Decision	Risto Björlin	FIN
Match #6	17 Oct	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision	Fouad Ali	EGY
Match #7	17 Oct	Angel Kerezov	BUL	Decision	Jørgen Jensen	DEN
Match #8	17 Oct	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Fall (2:55)	César del Rio	MEX
Match #9	17 Oct	Dick Wilson	USA

Round Three

Date	18 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	8	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	2	–
=1	14	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	2	–
=3	3	Maurice Mewis	BEL	3	–
=3	15	Angel Kerezov	BUL	3	–
=3	10	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	3	–
=3	18	Dick Wilson	USA	3	–
7	11	Rolf Lacour	GER	5	–
=8	5	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE	6	eliminated
=8	1	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	6	eliminated
=8	2	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR	6	eliminated
11	6	Armais Sayadov	URS	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Decision	Burhan Bozkurt	TUR
Match #2	18 Oct	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	Decision	Vasilios Ganotis	GRE
Match #3	18 Oct	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision	Armais Sayadov	URS
Match #4	18 Oct	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Decision	Rolf Lacour	GER
Match #5	18 Oct	Sin Sang-Sik	KOR	Decision	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #6	18 Oct	Angel Kerezov	BUL

Round Four

Date	19 October 1964

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	14	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	2	–
2	8	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	3	–
3	15	Angel Kerezov	BUL	4	–
=4	3	Maurice Mewis	BEL	6	eliminated
=4	11	Rolf Lacour	GER	6	eliminated
=4	10	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	6	eliminated
=4	18	Dick Wilson	USA	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Angel Kerezov	BUL	Decision	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #2	19 Oct	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	Decision	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #3	19 Oct	Rolf Lacour	GER	Decision	Ignazio Fabra	ITA
Match #4	19 Oct	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU

Final Round

Date	19 October 1964

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	Angel Kerezov	BUL	Decision	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU
Match #2	19 Oct	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	Fall (8:19)	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU
Match #3	19 Oct	Tsutomu Hanahara	JPN	Decision	Angel Kerezov	BUL