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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men

Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), Men

Date	1 – 6 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Basilica di Massenzio, Roma
Participants	17 from 17 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.

At the 1959 World Championships Ali Aliyev of the Soviet Union had won the title, defeating Turkey’s Ahmet Bilek. Aliyev won his first three bouts in Rome, including a decision over Bilek in round three, but then lost to American Gray Simons and Iran’s Ibrahim Seifpour and was eliminated. Seifpour advanced to the final round with Bilek and Japan’s Masayuki Matsubara. Bilek had defeated Matsubara in round one, however, and Seifpour in round six, giving him the gold medal. Matsubara won a decision over Seifpour in the final round to take the silver medal.

After the 1960 Olympics Bilek emigrated to Germany and became German champion in 1966 and 1968, but never again wrestled at the Olympics. Aliyev repeated as World Champion in 1961 and1962, and competed at Tokyo in 1964, placing fourth.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	Gold
2	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	Silver
3	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	Bronze
4	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER
5	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA
6	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS
7	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	👁 Image BUL
8	André Zoéte	👁 Image FRA
9	Din Nawab	👁 Image PAK
10	Carlo Vitrano	👁 Image ITA
11	Lesław Kropp	👁 Image POL
12	Jorge Rosado	👁 Image MEX
=13	Dieter Gröning	👁 Image AUS
=13	Väinö Rantala	👁 Image FIN
=13	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	👁 Image AFG
=13	Bengt Frännfors	👁 Image SWE
=13	Seán O'Connor	👁 Image IRL
Lee Sang-Gyun	👁 Image KOR

Round One

Date	1 September 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	👁 Image BUL	0
=1	André Zoéte	👁 Image FRA	0
=1	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	0
=1	Din Nawab	👁 Image PAK	0
=1	Lesław Kropp	👁 Image POL	0
=1	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS	0
=1	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA	0
=8	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER	1
=8	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	1
=10	Carlo Vitrano	👁 Image ITA	3
=10	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	3
=12	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	👁 Image AFG	4
=12	Dieter Gröning	👁 Image AUS	4
=12	Väinö Rantala	👁 Image FIN	4
=12	Seán O'Connor	👁 Image IRL	4
=12	Jorge Rosado	👁 Image MEX	4
=12	Bengt Frännfors	👁 Image SWE	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Sep	Din Nawab	👁 Image PAK	Fall (7:04)	Seán O'Connor	👁 Image IRL
Match #2	01 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	Decision	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN
Match #3	01 Sep	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA	Fall (2:08)	Bengt Frännfors	👁 Image SWE
Match #4	01 Sep	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS	Fall (3:03)	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	👁 Image AFG
Match #5	01 Sep	Lesław Kropp	👁 Image POL	Fall (5:46)	Jorge Rosado	👁 Image MEX
Match #6	01 Sep	André Zoéte	👁 Image FRA	Fall (5:48)	Väinö Rantala	👁 Image FIN
Match #7	01 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	Fall (5:22)	Dieter Gröning	👁 Image AUS
Match #8	01 Sep	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER	Decision	Carlo Vitrano	👁 Image ITA
Match #9	01 Sep	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	👁 Image BUL

Round Two

Date	2 September 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	André Zoéte	👁 Image FRA	0	–
=1	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	0	–
=1	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS	0	–
=4	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER	1	–
=4	Din Nawab	👁 Image PAK	1	–
=4	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	1	–
=7	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	👁 Image BUL	3	–
=7	Carlo Vitrano	👁 Image ITA	3	–
=7	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	3	–
=10	Jorge Rosado	👁 Image MEX	4	–
=10	Lesław Kropp	👁 Image POL	4	–
=10	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA	4	–
=13	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	👁 Image AFG	8	eliminated
=13	Dieter Gröning	👁 Image AUS	8	eliminated
=13	Väinö Rantala	👁 Image FIN	8	eliminated
=13	Seán O'Connor	👁 Image IRL	8	eliminated
=13	Bengt Frännfors	👁 Image SWE	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Din Nawab	👁 Image PAK	Decision	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	👁 Image BUL
Match #2	02 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	Fall (1:32)	Seán O'Connor	👁 Image IRL
Match #3	02 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	Fall (2:18)	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA
Match #4	02 Sep	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS	Fall (5:34)	Bengt Frännfors	👁 Image SWE
Match #5	02 Sep	Jorge Rosado	👁 Image MEX	Fall (2:45)	Faiz Mohammad Khakshar	👁 Image AFG
Match #6	02 Sep	André Zoéte	👁 Image FRA	Fall (3:57)	Lesław Kropp	👁 Image POL
Match #7	02 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	Fall (5:12)	Väinö Rantala	👁 Image FIN
Match #8	02 Sep	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER	Fall (4:07)	Dieter Gröning	👁 Image AUS
Match #9	02 Sep	Carlo Vitrano	👁 Image ITA

Round Three

Date	3 September 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	0	–
=2	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER	1	–
=2	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS	1	–
=4	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	👁 Image BUL	3	–
=4	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	3	–
=6	André Zoéte	👁 Image FRA	4	–
=6	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	4	–
=6	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA	4	–
9	Din Nawab	👁 Image PAK	5	–
10	Carlo Vitrano	👁 Image ITA	7	eliminated
=11	Jorge Rosado	👁 Image MEX	8	eliminated
=11	Lesław Kropp	👁 Image POL	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	03 Sep	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	👁 Image BUL	Fall (11:10)	Carlo Vitrano	👁 Image ITA
Match #2	03 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	Fall (4:43)	Din Nawab	👁 Image PAK
Match #3	03 Sep	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS	Decision	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR
Match #4	03 Sep	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA	Fall (4:02)	Jorge Rosado	👁 Image MEX
Match #5	03 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	Fall (6:02)	Lesław Kropp	👁 Image POL
Match #6	03 Sep	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER	Fall (11:28)	André Zoéte	👁 Image FRA

Round Four

Date	5 September 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	0	–
2	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER	1	–
3	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	3	–
=4	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	4	–
=4	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS	4	–
6	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA	5	–
7	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	👁 Image BUL	7	eliminated
8	André Zoéte	👁 Image FRA	8	eliminated
9	Din Nawab	👁 Image PAK	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	Fall (1:38)	Nikola Vasilev Dimitrov	👁 Image BUL
Match #2	05 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	Fall (4:00)	Din Nawab	👁 Image PAK
Match #3	05 Sep	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA	Decision	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS
Match #4	05 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	Fall (4:31)	André Zoéte	👁 Image FRA
Match #5	05 Sep	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER

Round Five

Date	6 September 1960 — 10:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	0	–
=2	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	4	–
=2	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	4	–
4	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER	5	–
=5	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS	8	eliminated
=5	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	Fall (3:20)	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER
Match #2	06 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	Decision	Gray Simons	👁 Image USA
Match #3	06 Sep	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	Fall (10:40)	Ali Aliyev	👁 Image URS

Round Six

Date	6 September 1960 — 20:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI	3	–
2	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	4	–
3	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	5	–
4	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER	9	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	Fall (3:30)	Paul Neff	👁 Image GER
Match #2	06 Sep	Ahmet Bilek	👁 Image TUR	Decision	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI

Final Round

Date	6 September 1960

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Sep	Masayuki Matsubara	👁 Image JPN	Decision	Ibrahim Seifpour	👁 Image IRI

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