In Rome he even managed six victories, so that the draw in the seventh fight against the Japanese Tamiji Sato did not prevent his triumph.

[5] Between the Olympic Games in Rome, Dağıstanlı had become the free style featherweight world champion in Istanbul in 1957 and in Tehran in 1959.

He put his opponents Klaus Rost, Erwin Schuster, Johann Argstatter and Gawlinski on his shoulders in four friendly bouts.

[6] Mustafa Dağıstanlı, who ended his active wrestling career after the 1960 Olympic Games, was one of the best bantamweight and featherweight freestyle wrestlers in the world between 1954 and 1960.

After his active time as a wrestler, Mustafa Dağıstanlı worked as a coach and took part in the Turkish Wrestling Federation.

Later, he owned an overland coach business in Ankara bearing his surname and the Olympic rings as a logo.