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Host City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue(s): Komazawa Gymnasium, Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo
Date Started: October 11, 1964
Date Finished: October 14, 1964
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: | Yoshikatsu Yoshida |
| Silver: | Jang Chang-Seon |
| Bronze: | Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | RE | BP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshikatsu Yoshida | 22 | Japan | JPN | Gold | |||
| 2 | Jang Chang-Seon | 22 | South Korea | KOR | Silver | |||
| 3 | Sayed Ali Akbar Haydari | 23 | Iran | IRI | Bronze | |||
| 4T | André Zoete | 33 | France | FRA | ||||
| 4T | Cemal Yanılmaz | 30 | Turkey | TUR | ||||
| 4T | Ali Aliyev | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | ||||
| AC | Elliott Simons | 25 | United States | USA | Eliminated r4/6 | 6 | ||
| AC | Muhammad Niaz-Din | 24 | Pakistan | PAK | Eliminated r4/6 | 7 | ||
| AC | Malwa Singh | 18 | India | IND | Eliminated r4/6 | 8 | ||
| AC | Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav | 19 | Mongolia | MGL | Eliminated r4/6 | 8 | ||
| AC | Vincenzo Grassi | 25 | Italy | ITA | Eliminated r4/6 | 9 | ||
| AC | Stoyko Malov | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | Eliminated r3/6 | 6 | ||
| AC | Athanasios Zafeiropoulos | 20 | Greece | GRE | Eliminated r3/6 | 6 | ||
| AC | Seán O'Connor | 27 | Ireland | IRL | Eliminated r3/6 | 7 | ||
| AC | Eduardo Campbell | 31 | Panama | PAN | Eliminated r3/6 | 7 | ||
| AC | Faiz Mohammad Khakshar | 22 | Afghanistan | AFG | Eliminated r2/6 | 7 | ||
| AC | Paul Neff | 26 | Germany | GER | Eliminated r2/6 | 7 | ||
| AC | Gheorghe Ţarălungă | 23 | Romania | ROU | Eliminated r2/6 | 7 | ||
| AC | Ernest Fernando | 25 | Sri Lanka | SRI | Eliminated r2/6 | 7 | ||
| AC | Max McAlary | 34 | Australia | AUS | Eliminated r2/6 | 8 | ||
| AC | Liang Soon Hin | 20 | Malaysia | MAS | Eliminated r2/6 | 8 | ||
| AC | César del Rio | 23 | Mexico | MEX | Eliminated r2/6 | 8 |