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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤70 kilograms), Men

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

Yugoslavian Steven Horvat had won the 1963 World Championships, after finishing second in 1962 to Turkey’s Kazım Ayvaz. Ayvaz was the 1958 World Champion in welterweight and had fought at the 1960 Olympics as a middleweight, finishing fourth, but he remained at lightweight and competed in this class at Tokyo. There were six wrestlers left after four rounds, with all but Ayvaz eliminated in round five, including Horvat, giving Ayvaz the gold medal. Three wrestlers were tied after that round with 6 bad points, and they had not yet met in the tournament, necessitating a final round for the other medals. Romania’s Valeriu Bularcă defeated Soviet Davit Gvantseladze and drew with Japan’s Tokuaki Fujita to win the silver medal. Gvantseladze won the bronze by defeating Fujita by decision.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	–	–	Gold
2	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	–	–	Silver
3	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	–	–	Bronze
4	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	–	–
5	Stevan Horvat	YUG	–	–
6	Eero Tapio	FIN	–	–
AC	Rune Johnsson	SWE	Eliminated r4/6	6
AC	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	Eliminated r4/6	7
AC	Franz Schmitt	GER	Eliminated r4/6	8
AC	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Kurt Madsen	DEN	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG	Eliminated r3/6	9
AC	Jim Burke	USA	Eliminated r3/6	9
AC	Franz Berger	AUT	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Raúl Romero	ARG	Withdrew r2/6	4

Round One (16 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	0
=1	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	0
=3	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	1
=3	Rune Johnsson	SWE	1
=3	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	1
=3	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	1
=3	Stevan Horvat	YUG	1
=8	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG	2
=8	Eero Tapio	FIN	2
=8	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI	2
=8	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	2
=8	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	2
=8	Jim Burke	USA	2
=14	Franz Berger	AUT	3
=14	Kurt Madsen	DEN	3
=14	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY	3
=14	Franz Schmitt	GER	3
=14	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR	3
19	Raúl Romero	ARG	4	withdrew

Match #1	Jim Burke	USA	draw	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI
Match #2	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	draw	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG
Match #3	Stevan Horvat	YUG	decision	Franz Berger	AUT
Match #4	Eero Tapio	FIN	draw	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU
Match #5	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	decision	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR
Match #6	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	fall (4:05)	Raúl Romero	ARG
Match #7	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	decision	Franz Schmitt	GER
Match #8	Rune Johnsson	SWE	decision	Kurt Madsen	DEN
Match #9	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	decision	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY
Match #10	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	bye

Round Two (17 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	1
=1	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	1
=1	Rune Johnsson	SWE	1
=4	Eero Tapio	FIN	2
=4	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	2
=4	Stevan Horvat	YUG	2
7	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	3
=8	Kurt Madsen	DEN	4
=8	Franz Schmitt	GER	4
=8	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	4
=8	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	4
=12	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG	5
=12	Jim Burke	USA	5
=14	Franz Berger	AUT	6	eliminated
=14	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY	6	eliminated
=14	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI	6	eliminated
=14	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR	6	eliminated
=14	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX	6	eliminated

Match #1	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	decision	Jim Burke	USA
Match #2	Eero Tapio	FIN	fall (4:33)	Hossein Mollaghasemi	IRI
Match #3	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	decision	Kim Ik-Jong	KOR
Match #4	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	decision	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE
Match #5	Rune Johnsson	SWE	fall (3:16)	Alejandro Echaniz	MEX
Match #6	Kurt Madsen	DEN	decision	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG
Match #7	Franz Schmitt	GER	decision	Franz Berger	AUT
Match #8	Stevan Horvat	YUG	decision	Mahmoud Ibrahim	EGY
Match #9	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	decision	Davit Gvantseladze	URS

Round Three (18 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	2
=1	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	2
=3	Eero Tapio	FIN	3
=3	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	3
=3	Rune Johnsson	SWE	3
=6	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	4
=6	Franz Schmitt	GER	4
=8	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	5
=8	Stevan Horvat	YUG	5
10	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	6	eliminated
11	Kurt Madsen	DEN	7	eliminated
=12	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG	9	eliminated
=12	Jim Burke	USA	9	eliminated

Match #1	Eero Tapio	FIN	decision	Ivan Ivanov	BUL
Match #2	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	foul (7:58)	Jim Burke	USA
Match #3	Dimitrios Savvas	GRE	draw	Rune Johnsson	SWE
Match #4	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	decision	Kurt Madsen	DEN
Match #5	Franz Schmitt	GER	fall (7:12)	Wahid Ullah Zaid	AFG
Match #6	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	decision	Stevan Horvat	YUG
Match #7	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	bye

Round Four (19 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	3
=2	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	4
=2	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	4
=4	Eero Tapio	FIN	5
=4	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	5
=4	Stevan Horvat	YUG	5
7	Rune Johnsson	SWE	6	eliminated
8	Ivan Ivanov	BUL	7	eliminated
9	Franz Schmitt	GER	8	eliminated

Match #1	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	decision	Ivan Ivanov	BUL
Match #2	Eero Tapio	FIN	draw	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN
Match #3	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	decision	Rune Johnsson	SWE
Match #4	Stevan Horvat	YUG	fall (9:12)	Franz Schmitt	GER
Match #5	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	bye

Round Five (19 October 1964)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	5
=2	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	6	eliminated
=2	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	6	eliminated
=2	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	6	eliminated
5	Stevan Horvat	YUG	7	eliminated
6	Eero Tapio	FIN	8	eliminated

Match #1	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	decision	Eero Tapio	FIN
Match #2	Kazım Ayvaz	TUR	draw	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU
Match #3	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN	draw	Stevan Horvat	YUG

Final Round (19 October 1964)

Match #1	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	decision	Davit Gvantseladze	URS
Match #2	Davit Gvantseladze	URS	decision	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN
Match #3	Valeriu Bularcă	ROU	draw	Tokuaki Fujita	JPN