Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight

The men's Greco-Roman middleweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 16 to 19 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor.

Competition format
This Greco-Roman 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, as adjusted at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Each bout awarded 4 points. If the victory was by fall, the winner received 0 and the loser 4. If the victory was by decision, the winner received 1 and the loser 3. If the bout was tied, each wrestler received 2 points. A wrestler who accumulated 6 or more points was eliminated. Rounds continued until there were 3 or fewer uneliminated wrestlers. If only 1 wrestler remained, he received the gold medal. If 2 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and they faced each other for gold and silver (if they had already wrestled each other, that result was used). If 3 wrestlers remained, point totals were ignored and a round-robin was held among those 3 to determine medals (with previous head-to-head results, if any, counting for this round-robin).

Round 1
Andhalkar withdrew after his bout.


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Round 2
Five wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 14 to continue on. There was a three-way tie for the lead at 1 point.


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Round 3
Another 5 wrestlers were eliminated, leaving 9 remaining. Simić had the best score at 2 points.


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Round 4
Three wrestlers were eliminated. Simić had a bye and continued to hold the lead at 2 points.


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Round 5
The fifth round eliminated 5 of 6 wrestlers, all but Simić (who thereby won the gold medal). The tie for 4th place was not broken; both men shared that result. The tie for the silver and bronze medals, however, needed to be broken by a head-to-head match in the final round.


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Final round
In a tie-breaker bout to determine the silver and bronze medals, Kormaník defeated Metz by decision.


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