# Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight

The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 1 to 6 September at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor. Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52 to 57 kilograms (114.6 to 125.7 lb).

## Competition format

This freestyle wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, though adjusted the point values slightly. Wins by fall continued to be worth 0 points and wins by decision continued to be worth 1 point. Losses by fall, however, were now worth 4 points (up from 3). Losses by decision were worth 3 points (consistent with most prior years, though in some losses by split decision had been worth only 2 points). Ties were now allowed, worth 2 points for each wrestler. The elimination threshold was also increased from 5 points to 6 points. The medal round concept, used in 1952 and 1956 requiring a round-robin amongst the medalists even if one or more finished a round with enough points for elimination, was used only if exactly three wrestlers remained after a round—if two competitors remained, they faced off head-to-head; if only one, he was the gold medalist.

## Results
### Round 1
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Luigi Chinazzo | Italy | Decision | Im Gwang-jae | South Korea |
| Dermot Dunne | Ireland | Fall | Vittorio Mancini | San Marino |
| Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Iran | Tie | Hüseyin Akbaş | Turkey |
| Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union | Tie | Tauno Jaskari | Finland |
| Muhammad Siraj-Din | Pakistan | Fall | Walter Pilling | Great Britain |
| Fred Kämmerer | United Team of Germany | Decision | Eduardo Campbell | Panama |
| Terry McCann | United States | Decision | Edvin Vesterby | Sweden |
| Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | Fall | Paul Hänni | Switzerland |
| Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | Fall | Geoffrey Jameson | Australia |
| Tadashi Asai | Japan | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Tadashi Asai | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Dermot Dunne | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Muhammad Siraj-Din | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Luigi Chinazzo | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Fred Kämmerer | United Team of Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Terry McCann | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Hüseyin Akbaş | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Tauno Jaskari | Finland | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Iran | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Eduardo Campbell | Panama | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Im Gwang-jae | South Korea | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Edvin Vesterby | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Paul Hänni | Switzerland | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | Geoffrey Jameson | Australia | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | Vittorio Mancini | San Marino | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | Walter Pilling | Great Britain | 0 | 4 | 4 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Tadashi Asai | Japan | Fall | Luigi Chinazzo | Italy |
| Im Gwang-jae | South Korea | Fall | Dermot Dunne | Ireland |
| Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Iran | Fall | Vittorio Mancini | San Marino |
| Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union | Decision | Hüseyin Akbaş | Turkey |
| Tauno Jaskari | Finland | Decision | Muhammad Siraj-Din | Pakistan |
| Eduardo Campbell | Panama | Fall | Walter Pilling | Great Britain |
| Fred Kämmerer | United Team of Germany | Decision | Edvin Vesterby | Sweden |
| Terry McCann | United States | Fall | Paul Hänni | Switzerland |
| Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | Fall | Geoffrey Jameson | Australia |
| Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Tadashi Asai | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Terry McCann | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Fred Kämmerer | United Team of Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Eduardo Campbell | Panama | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Im Gwang-jae | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Tauno Jaskari | Finland | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Muhammad Siraj-Din | Pakistan | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Dermot Dunne | Ireland | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Hüseyin Akbaş | Turkey | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Luigi Chinazzo | Italy | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Edvin Vesterby | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | Paul Hänni | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Geoffrey Jameson | Australia | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Vittorio Mancini | San Marino | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Walter Pilling | Great Britain | 4 | 4 | 8 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | Fall | Tadashi Asai | Japan |
| Luigi Chinazzo | Italy | Fall | Dermot Dunne | Ireland |
| Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Iran | Decision | Im Gwang-jae | South Korea |
| Tauno Jaskari | Finland | Fall | Hüseyin Akbaş | Turkey |
| Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union | Decision | Muhammad Siraj-Din | Pakistan |
| Terry McCann | United States | Decision | Eduardo Campbell | Panama |
| Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | Decision | Fred Kämmerer | United Team of Germany |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Terry McCann | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Tauno Jaskari | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Iran | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Tadashi Asai | Japan | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Luigi Chinazzo | Italy | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Fred Kämmerer | United Team of Germany | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Eduardo Campbell | Panama | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Im Gwang-jae | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Muhammad Siraj-Din | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Dermot Dunne | Ireland | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | Hüseyin Akbaş | Turkey | 5 | 4 | 9 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | Decision | Luigi Chinazzo | Italy |
| Tadashi Asai | Japan | Decision | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Iran |
| Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union | Fall | Fred Kämmerer | United Team of Germany |
| Tauno Jaskari | Finland | Decision | Terry McCann | United States |
| Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Tauno Jaskari | Finland | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Tadashi Asai | Japan | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Terry McCann | United States | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Iran | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Luigi Chinazzo | Italy | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Fred Kämmerer | United Team of Germany | 5 | 4 | 9 |

### Round 5
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | Decision | Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland |
| Tadashi Asai | Japan | Decision | Tauno Jaskari | Finland |
| Terry McCann | United States | Fall | Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Terry McCann | United States | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Tadashi Asai | Japan | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Tauno Jaskari | Finland | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Mykhailo Shakhov | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 | 8 |

### Round 6

With three wrestlers left, the sixth and final round required all remaining possible bouts to be wrestled rather than giving one of the remaining wrestlers the advantage of a bye. Zalev and Trojanowski had already faced each other, so each wrestled against McCann—who won both bouts to secure the gold medal.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Terry McCann | United States | Decision | Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland |
| Terry McCann | United States | Decision | Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| Terry McCann | United States | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Nezhdet Zalev | Bulgaria | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Tadeusz Trojanowski | Poland | 4 | 3 | 7 |