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

[1] Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms (136.7 to 147.7 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.

Because Freij was the head-to-head victor, he held the tie-breaker and received the bronze medal.

Stoyanov was disqualified, stripping him of his 5th-place finish, but Koridze was not sanctioned and continued on to face Martinović in round 6.