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

The men's freestyle middleweight 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. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 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 |
| Takashi Nagai | Japan | Fall | Ronald Hunt | Australia |
| Géza Hollósi | Hungary | Tie | Prodan Gardzhev | Bulgaria |
| Hasan Güngör | Turkey | Fall | Julio Graffigna | Argentina |
| Fred Thomas | New Zealand | Fall | Mansour Mahdizadeh | Iran |
| Hans Antonsson | Sweden | Fall | Viljo Punkari | Finland |
| Madho Singh | India | Fall | Alan Butts | Great Britain |
| Ed DeWitt | United States | Decision | Germano Caraffini | Italy |
| Georg Utz | United Team of Germany | Fall | Henri Mottier | Switzerland |
| Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union | Fall | Mohammad Asif Khokan | Afghanistan |
| Muhammad Faiz | Pakistan | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Hans Antonsson | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Muhammad Faiz | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Hasan Güngör | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Takashi Nagai | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Madho Singh | India | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Fred Thomas | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Georg Utz | United Team of Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ed DeWitt | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Prodan Gardzhev | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Géza Hollósi | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Germano Caraffini | Italy | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Alan Butts | Great Britain | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Julio Graffigna | Argentina | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Ronald Hunt | Australia | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Mohammad Asif Khokan | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Mansour Mahdizadeh | Iran | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Viljo Punkari | Finland | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Henri Mottier | Switzerland | 0 | 4 | 4 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Takashi Nagai | Japan | Decision | Muhammad Faiz | Pakistan |
| Géza Hollósi | Hungary | Fall | Ronald Hunt | Australia |
| Hasan Güngör | Turkey | Decision | Prodan Gardzhev | Bulgaria |
| Fred Thomas | New Zealand | Decision | Julio Graffigna | Argentina |
| Mansour Mahdizadeh | Iran | Decision | Hans Antonsson | Sweden |
| Viljo Punkari | Finland | Fall | Alan Butts | Great Britain |
| Madho Singh | India | Fall | Germano Caraffini | Italy |
| Ed DeWitt | United States | Fall | Henri Mottier | Switzerland |
| Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union | Fall | Georg Utz | United Team of Germany |
| Mohammad Asif Khokan | Afghanistan | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Madho Singh | India | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Ed DeWitt | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Hasan Güngör | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Takashi Nagai | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Fred Thomas | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Géza Hollósi | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Hans Antonsson | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Muhammad Faiz | Pakistan | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Mohammad Asif Khokan | Afghanistan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Viljo Punkari | Finland | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Georg Utz | United Team of Germany | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Prodan Gardzhev | Bulgaria | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Mansour Mahdizadeh | Iran | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Germano Caraffini | Italy | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | Julio Graffigna | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | Alan Butts | Great Britain | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | Ronald Hunt | Australia | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | Henri Mottier | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 8 |

### Round 3

Faiz withdrew after his bout.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Muhammad Faiz | Pakistan | Decision | Mohammad Asif Khokan | Afghanistan |
| Géza Hollósi | Hungary | Decision | Takashi Nagai | Japan |
| Prodan Gardzhev | Bulgaria | Fall | Fred Thomas | New Zealand |
| Hasan Güngör | Turkey | Tie | Mansour Mahdizadeh | Iran |
| Hans Antonsson | Sweden | Decision | Madho Singh | India |
| Georg Utz | United Team of Germany | Decision | Viljo Punkari | Finland |
| Ed DeWitt | United States | Decision | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Ed DeWitt | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Hasan Güngör | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Géza Hollósi | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Madho Singh | India | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Hans Antonsson | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Takashi Nagai | Japan | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Prodan Gardzhev | Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Fred Thomas | New Zealand | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Georg Utz | United Team of Germany | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Muhammad Faiz | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 4* |
| 12 | Mohammad Asif Khokan | Afghanistan | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | Mansour Mahdizadeh | Iran | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Viljo Punkari | Finland | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Prodan Gardzhev | Bulgaria | Decision | Takashi Nagai | Japan |
| Hasan Güngör | Turkey | Decision | Géza Hollósi | Hungary |
| Hans Antonsson | Sweden | Fall | Fred Thomas | New Zealand |
| Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union | Decision | Madho Singh | India |
| Ed DeWitt | United States | Decision | Georg Utz | United Team of Germany |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Ed DeWitt | United States | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Hans Antonsson | Sweden | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Hasan Güngör | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Prodan Gardzhev | Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Géza Hollósi | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Madho Singh | India | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Takashi Nagai | Japan | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Georg Utz | United Team of Germany | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Fred Thomas | New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 9 |

### Round 5

The draw between Antonsson and Skhirt'ladze eliminated them both and left them tied in the standings for second place at 6 points (if either had won, the winner would have faced Güngör for the gold medal). Because head-to-head results could not break that tie, lighter body weight was used and Skhirt'ladze took the silver medal.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Hasan Güngör | Turkey | Fall | Ed DeWitt | United States |
| Hans Antonsson | Sweden | Tie | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| | Hasan Güngör | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | Giorgi Skhirt'ladze | Soviet Union | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| | Hans Antonsson | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Ed DeWitt | United States | 3 | 4 | 7 |