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

The men's freestyle welterweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 1 to 6 September at the Basilica of Maxentius. Each nation was limited to one competitor. The Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 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

Rantanen withdrew after his bout.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| İsmail Ogan | Turkey | Decision | Vakhtang Balavadze | Soviet Union |
| Udey Chand | India | Decision | Joe Feeney | Ireland |
| Yutaka Kaneko | Japan | Fall | Musa Kazanov | Bulgaria |
| Coenraad de Villiers | South Africa | Decision | Franz Berger | Austria |
| Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy | Decision | Juan Flores | Mexico |
| Emam Ali Habibi | Iran | Fall | Choi Myeong-jong | South Korea |
| Åke Carlsson | Sweden | Decision | Veikko Rantanen | Finland |
| Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | Fall | Peter Amey | Great Britain |
| Juan Rolón | Argentina | Decision | Sultan Mohammad Dost | Afghanistan |
| Doug Blubaugh | United States | Fall | Kurt Boese | Canada |
| Karl Bruggmann | Switzerland | Fall | Robert Clark | Australia |
| Martin Heinze | United Team of Germany | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Doug Blubaugh | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Karl Bruggmann | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Emam Ali Habibi | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Martin Heinze | United Team of Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Yutaka Kaneko | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Åke Carlsson | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Udey Chand | India | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Coenraad de Villiers | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | İsmail Ogan | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Juan Rolón | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Vakhtang Balavadze | Soviet Union | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Joe Feeney | Ireland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Franz Berger | Austria | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Juan Flores | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Sultan Mohammad Dost | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Peter Amey | Great Britain | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | Kurt Boese | Canada | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | Choi Myeong-jong | South Korea | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | Robert Clark | Australia | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | Musa Kazanov | Bulgaria | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 23 | Veikko Rantanen | Finland | 0 | 3 | 3* |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| İsmail Ogan | Turkey | Decision | Martin Heinze | United Team of Germany |
| Vakhtang Balavadze | Soviet Union | Decision | Udey Chand | India |
| Musa Kazanov | Bulgaria | Decision | Joe Feeney | Ireland |
| Yutaka Kaneko | Japan | Fall | Franz Berger | Austria |
| Coenraad de Villiers | South Africa | Fall | Juan Flores | Mexico |
| Emam Ali Habibi | Iran | Decision | Åke Carlsson | Sweden |
| Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy | Fall | Choi Myeong-jong | South Korea |
| Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | Decision | Juan Rolón | Argentina |
| Peter Amey | Great Britain | Decision | Sultan Mohammad Dost | Afghanistan |
| Doug Blubaugh | United States | Fall | Karl Bruggmann | Switzerland |
| Kurt Boese | Canada | Fall | Robert Clark | Australia |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Doug Blubaugh | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Yutaka Kaneko | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Coenraad de Villiers | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Emam Ali Habibi | Iran | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | İsmail Ogan | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Martin Heinze | United Team of Germany | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Vakhtang Balavadze | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Kurt Boese | Canada | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Karl Bruggmann | Switzerland | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Åke Carlsson | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Udey Chand | India | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Juan Rolón | Argentina | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Peter Amey | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Musa Kazanov | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Sultan Mohammad Dost | Afghanistan | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | Joe Feeney | Ireland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | Franz Berger | Austria | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Juan Flores | Mexico | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | Choi Myeong-jong | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | Robert Clark | Australia | 4 | 4 | 8 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Martin Heinze | United Team of Germany | Tie | Vakhtang Balavadze | Soviet Union |
| İsmail Ogan | Turkey | Fall | Udey Chand | India |
| Musa Kazanov | Bulgaria | Decision | Coenraad de Villiers | South Africa |
| Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy | Fall | Yutaka Kaneko | Japan |
| Emam Ali Habibi | Iran | Decision | Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan |
| Åke Carlsson | Sweden | Fall | Peter Amey | Great Britain |
| Doug Blubaugh | United States | Walkover | Juan Rolón | Argentina |
| Karl Bruggmann | Switzerland | Decision | Kurt Boese | Canada |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Doug Blubaugh | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Emam Ali Habibi | Iran | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | İsmail Ogan | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Åke Carlsson | Sweden | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Coenraad de Villiers | South Africa | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Yutaka Kaneko | Japan | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Karl Bruggmann | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Martin Heinze | United Team of Germany | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Vakhtang Balavadze | Soviet Union | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Musa Kazanov | Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Kurt Boese | Canada | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | Udey Chand | India | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | Juan Rolón | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Peter Amey | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 9 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yutaka Kaneko | Japan | Fall | Martin Heinze | United Team of Germany |
| İsmail Ogan | Turkey | Decision | Coenraad de Villiers | South Africa |
| Emam Ali Habibi | Iran | Decision | Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy |
| Doug Blubaugh | United States | Fall | Åke Carlsson | Sweden |
| Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | Fall | Karl Bruggmann | Switzerland |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Doug Blubaugh | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Emam Ali Habibi | Iran | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | İsmail Ogan | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Yutaka Kaneko | Japan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Coenraad de Villiers | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Åke Carlsson | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Karl Bruggmann | Switzerland | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Martin Heinze | United Team of Germany | 5 | 4 | 9 |

### Round 5
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| İsmail Ogan | Turkey | Decision | Yutaka Kaneko | Japan |
| Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | Decision | Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy |
| Doug Blubaugh | United States | Fall | Emam Ali Habibi | Iran |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Doug Blubaugh | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | İsmail Ogan | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Emam Ali Habibi | Iran | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Gaetano De Vescovi | Italy | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Yutaka Kaneko | Japan | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 6

With three remaining wrestlers, the competition used a round-robin to determine the medalists rather than giving one wrestler a bye in round 6. Ogan defeated Bashir, but Blubaugh defeated both of them to take the gold medal.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| İsmail Ogan | Turkey | Decision | Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan |
| Doug Blubaugh | United States | Decision | İsmail Ogan | Turkey |
| Doug Blubaugh | United States | Fall | Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| Doug Blubaugh | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| İsmail Ogan | Turkey | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Muhammad Bashir | Pakistan | 5 | 7 | 12 |