The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from August 26 to 31 at the Basilica of Maxentius.

[1] Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms (191.8 lb).

[2] This Greco-Roman 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.

The tie was therefore broken by body weight, with Dietrich (the lighter man) winning the silver medal.

Kozma's victory over Sosnowski in this round also functioned as the tie-breaker between the two wrestlers for 4th place.