The men's freestyle featherweight 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 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.Official Report, p. 511.

Results

Round 1

Parker and Shiam withdrew after their bouts. ; Bouts ; Points

Round 2

Ioannidis withdrew after his bout. ; Bouts ; Points

Round 3

Giani withdrew after his bout. ; Bouts ; Points

Round 4

; Bouts ; Points

Round 5

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Round 6

Rubashvili's head-to-head victory over Sato in round 5 was the tie-breaker for the bronze medal. ; Bouts ; Points

Round 7

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References

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