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Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Basilica of Maxentius, Roma
Date Started: September 1, 1960
Date Finished: September 6, 1960
Format: Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with preliminary results carried forward.
| Gold: | Terry McCann |
| Silver: | Nezhdet Zalev |
| Bronze: | Tadeusz Trojanowski |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terry McCann | 26 | United States | USA | Gold | |
| 2 | Nezhdet Zalev | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | Silver | |
| 3 | Tadeusz Trojanowski | 27 | Poland | POL | Bronze | |
| 4 | Tadashi Asai | 24 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 5 | Tauno Jaskari | 26 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 6 | Mykhailo Shakhov | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 7 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | 30 | Iran | IRI | ||
| 8 | Luigi Chinazzo | 28 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 9 | Fred Kämmerer | 26 | Germany | GER | ||
| 10T | Eduardo Campbell | 27 | Panama | PAN | ||
| 10T | Muhammad Siraj-Din | 24 | Pakistan | PAK | ||
| 10T | Im Gwang-Jae | 22 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 13 | Dermot Dunne | 16 | Ireland | IRL | ||
| 14 | Hüseyin Akbaş | Turkey | TUR | |||
| 15 | Edvin Vesterby | 32 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 16T | Geoffrey Jameson | 32 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 16T | Paul Hänni | 32 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 16T | Walter Pilling | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 16T | Vittorio Mancini | 24 | San Marino | SMR |