Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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| Wrestling at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Basilica of Maxentius |
| Dates | 26 August – 6 September |
| Competitors | 324 from 42 nations |
| Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
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| Freestyle | |
| Fly | men |
| Bantam | men |
| Feather | men |
| Light | men |
| Welter | men |
| Middle | men |
| Light heavy | men |
| Heavy | men |
| Greco-Roman | |
| Fly | men |
| Bantam | men |
| Feather | men |
| Light | men |
| Welter | men |
| Middle | men |
| Light heavy | men |
| Heavy | men |
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.[1][2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Turkey | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 |  United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  United Team of Germany | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Iran | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 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 |
İsmet Atlı Turkey |
Gholamreza Takhti Iran |
Anatoli Albul Soviet Union |
| Heavyweight |
Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany |
Hamit Kaplan Turkey |
Savkuds Dzarasov Soviet Union |
Men's Greco-Roman
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight |
Dumitru Pârvulescu Romania |
Osman El-Sayed Egypt |
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 Kış Turkey |
Krali Bimbalov Bulgaria |
Givi Kartoziya Soviet Union |
| Heavyweight |
Ivan Bogdan Soviet Union |
Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany |
Bohumil Kubát Czechoslovakia |
Participating nations
324 wrestlers from 42 countries participated.
Afghanistan (7)
Argentina (3)
Australia (9)
Austria (7)
Belgium (5)
Bulgaria (16)
Czechoslovakia (5)
Denmark (4)
Egypt (4)
Finland (14)
France (9)
United Team of Germany (15)
Great Britain (6)
Greece (3)
Hungary (10)
India (5)
Iran (12)
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)
