Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
At the 1960 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling.
Medal summary
Greco-Roman
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Flyweight |
Dumitru Pârvulescu Romania |
Osman El-Sayed United Arab Republic |
Mohammad Paziraei Iran |
Bantamweight |
Oleg Karavayev Soviet Union |
Ion Cernea Romania |
Dinko Petrov Bulgaria |
Featherweight |
Müzahir Sille Turkey |
Imre Polyák Hungary |
Konstantin Vyrupayev Soviet Union |
Lightweight |
Avtandil Koridze Soviet Union |
Branislav Martinović Yugoslavia |
Gustav Freij Sweden |
Welterweight |
Mithat Bayrak Turkey |
Günther Maritschnigg United Team of Germany |
René Schiermeyer France |
Middleweight |
Dimitar Dobrev Bulgaria |
Lothar Metz United Team of Germany |
Ion Țăranu Romania |
Light Heavyweight |
Tevfik Kis Turkey |
Krali Bimbalov Bulgaria |
Givi Kartoziya Soviet Union |
Heavyweight |
Ivan Bogdan Soviet Union |
Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany |
Bohumil Kubát Czechoslovakia |
Freestyle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Flyweight |
Ahmet Bilek Turkey |
Masayuki Matsubara Japan |
Ebrahim Seifpour Iran |
Bantamweight |
Terrence McCann United States |
Nezhdet Zalev Bulgaria |
Tadeusz Trojanowski Poland |
Featherweight |
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey |
Stancho Kolev Bulgaria |
Vladimir Rubashvili Soviet Union |
Lightweight |
Shelby Wilson United States |
Vladimir Synyavsky Soviet Union |
Enyu Valchev Bulgaria |
Welterweight |
Douglas Blubaugh United States |
İsmail Ogan Turkey |
Muhammad Bashir Pakistan |
Middleweight |
Hasan Güngör Turkey |
Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union |
Hans Antonsson Sweden |
Light heavyweight |
Ismet Atli Turkey |
Gholamreza Takhti Iran |
Anatoli Albul Soviet Union |
Heavyweight |
Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany |
Hamit Kaplan Turkey |
Savkuds Dzarasov Soviet Union |
Participating nations
A total of 338 wrestlers from 44 nations competed at the Rome Games:
- Afghanistan (7)
- Argentina (3)
- Australia (9)
- Austria (7)
- Belgium (5)
- Bulgaria (16)
- Czechoslovakia (5)
- Denmark (4)
- United Arab Republic (4)
- Finland (14)
- France (9)
- United Team of Germany (15)
- Great Britain (6)
- Greece (3)
- Hungary (10)
- India (5)
- Iraq (1)
- Ireland (4)
- Italy (16)
- Japan (16)
- South Korea (4)
- Lebanon (6)
- Luxembourg (4)
- Mexico (4)
- Morocco (5)
- Netherlands (3)
- New Zealand (1)
- Norway (4)
- Pakistan (7)
- Panama (1)
- Poland (12)
- Portugal (3)
- Romania (7)
- Soviet Union (16)
- Spain (4)
- Sweden (12)
- Switzerland (12)
- Turkey (16)
- United States (16)
- Venezuela (2)
- Yugoslavia (5)[1]
See also
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
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