Wrestling at the 1960 Roma Summer Games:

Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle

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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:	Wilfried Dietrich
Silver:	Hamit Kaplan
Bronze:	Savkuz Dzarasov