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Wrestling At The 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
The men's freestyle heavyweight 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. 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 The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ... 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 ...
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Basilica Of Maxentius
The Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine ( it, Basilica di Massenzio), sometimes known as the Basilica Nova—meaning "new basilica"—or Basilica of Maxentius, is an ancient building in the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy. It was the largest building in the Forum, and the last Roman basilica built in the city.Samuel Ball PlatnerBasilica Constantini ''Uchicago.edu'', 1929 History In ancient Rome, a basilica was a rectangular building with a large central open space, and often a raised apse at the far end from the entrance. Basilicas served a variety of functions, including a combination of a court-house, council chamber and meeting hall. There might be, however, numerous statues of the gods displayed in niches set into the walls. Under Constantine and his successors this type of building was chosen as the basis for the design of the larger places of Christian worship, presumably as the basilica form had fewer pagan associations than those of the designs of traditional Greco-Roman temp ...
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Max Ordman
Max Ordman (17 June 1926 – 12 January 2002) was a South African wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle heavyweight at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Ordman won the light heavyweight wrestling gold medal at the 1950 Maccabiah Games The 3rd Maccabiah ( he, המכביה השלישית) took place during Sukkot from September 27 to October 8, 1950, with 17 countries competing. It was the third edition of the Maccabiah Games and the first held since the independence of the State ... in Israel. References 1926 births 2002 deaths Maccabiah Games gold medalists for South Africa Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 1950 Maccabiah Games South African male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for South Africa Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Germiston {{SouthAfrica-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Lucjan Sosnowski
Lucjan Sosnowski (6 January 1934 – 4 September 1999) was a Polish wrestler. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1934 births 1999 deaths Polish male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Poland Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics People from Lublin County People from Lublin Voivodeship (1919–1939) Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship {{Poland-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Muhammad Nazir (wrestler, Born 1930)
Muhammad Nazir (born 20 August 1930) is a Pakistani wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle heavyweight at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1930 births Possibly living people Pakistani male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Pakistan Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lahore Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1958 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games 20th-century Pakistani sportspeople {{Pakistan-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Lyutvi Akhmedov
Lyutvi Ahmedov (10 April 1930 – 1997) was a Bulgarian Amateur wrestling, wrestler who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. References External links

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Nizam-ud-din Subhani
Nizamuddin Subhani (born 10 November 1925) is an Afghan wrestler, who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in the heavyweight freestyle event. Subhani was born in Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco .... References External links * 1925 births Possibly living people Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Afghan male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Afghanistan Sportspeople from Kabul Wrestlers at the 1958 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 1962 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Afghanistan {{Afghanistan-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Ken Richmond
Kenneth Alan "Ken" Richmond (10 July 1926 – 3 August 2006) was an English heavyweight wrestler. Richmond was born in London. His father abandoned the family when Richmond was 3. Before he got into freestyle wrestling, he was a whale ship crewman. At 6'5" and 265 lbs, he won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics, as well as a bronze medal at the 1950 British Empire Games, and a gold medal at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He stayed fit enough into his later years to win medals for rollerblading and windsurfing in his 60s. Though he appeared as the wrestler Nikolas in Jules Dassin's film noir, ''Night and the City'' (1950),Schager, Nick.
''Slant Magazine,'' DVD review of ''Night and the City,'' 16 February 2005. Last accessed: 3 December 2009. Richmond was perhaps most recognisable as the shirtless

William Kerslake
William Roy Kerslake (December 27, 1929 – September 29, 2015) was an American Olympic heavy weight wrestler and retired NASA engineer. During his collegiate years at Case Institute of Technology, known today as Case Western Reserve University, he was a three sport varsity athlete in wrestling, football, and track. In 1951, he was voted Case Institute of Technology's "outstanding athlete." Kerslake was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Kerslake won 15 consecutive national championships in Freestyle and Greco-Roman. He won a gold medal in the 1955 Pan American Games and represented the United States three times in the Olympic Games, placing fifth, eighth and seventh from 1952 through 1960. At the 1956 National Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Greco-Roman Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kerslake achieved a record setting fastest pin, taking only 4 seconds to pin his heavy weight opponent Ralph Bartleman. This feat was captured in the 1986 Guinness Book of World ...
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János Reznák
János Reznák (12 December 1930 – 11 June 1988) was a Hungarian wrestler. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1930 births 1988 deaths Hungarian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Hungary Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cegléd 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Ray Mitchell (wrestler)
Ray Mitchell (28 March 1921 – 25 March 2001) was an Australian wrestler. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1921 births 2001 deaths Australian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Australia Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Wrestlers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Wrestlers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonweal ...
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Max Widmer
Max Widmer (born 17 November 1933) is a Swiss former wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle heavyweight at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1933 births Living people Swiss male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Switzerland Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics People from Zofingen District Sportspeople from Aargau {{Switzerland-wrestling-bio-stub ...
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Bertil Antonsson
Hans Bertil August Antonsson (19 July 1921 – 27 November 2006) was a Swedish heavyweight wrestler. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1960 Summer Olympics in freestyle wrestling and won silver medals in 1948 and 1952. In 1956 he entered the Greco-Roman contest instead and finished fifth. Antonsson took up wrestling at age 14, began competing aged 17, and retired at 47. Besides Olympic medals he won three world, two European and 24 national titles. At the 1953 World Greco-Roman Championships he dominated the reigning Olympic champion Johannes Kotkas, who was 30 kg heavier than Antonsson; he won the world title and was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal The Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal ( sv, Svenska Dagbladets guldmedalj, but usually simply called ''Bragdguldet'', "The Feat Gold") is an annual award "for the most significant Swedish sports achievement of the year". It has been awarded by a jury le ... later that year. In retirement, for many years Antonsson headed his ...
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