1956 Summer Olympics / wrestling
| Wrestling at the XVI. Summer Olympics |
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| venue |
 Melbourne
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| Competition venue | Royal Exhibition Building |
| Nations | 30th |
| Athletes | 173 (173 men) |
| date | November 28 - December 6, 1956 |
| decisions | 16 |
| ← Helsinki 1952 | |
At the XVI. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , 16 wrestling competitions were held, eight each in freestyle and eight in Greco-Roman style. The venue was the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens .
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country |
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total |
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| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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6th | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 |
 Turkey
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3 | 2 | 2 | 7th |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Iran
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2 | 2 | - | 4th |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Japan
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2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 5 |
 Finland
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2 | - | 2 | 4th |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
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1 | 3 | - | 4th |
| 7th |
 Sweden
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- | 1 | 3 | 4th |
| 8th |
 Italy
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 United States
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |
 Belgium
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
 Germany
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- | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 13 |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
Results freestyle
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Mirian Zalkalamanidze |
| 2 |
IRN
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Mohammad Ali Khojastepour |
| 3 |
DOOR
|
Hüseyin Akbaş |
| 4th |
JPN
|
Tadashi Asai |
| 5 |
 FRA
|
André Zoete |
| 6th |
United States
|
Dick Delgado |
| 7th |
 PAH
|
Abdul Aziz |
 IND
|
Baban Daware |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
11 participants from 11 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
|
Mustafa Dağıstanlı |
| 2 |
IRN
|
Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi |
| 3 |
URS
|
Mikhail Shakhov |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} COR
|
Lee Sang-gyun |
| 5 |
JPN
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Minoru Iizuka |
| 6th |
EUA
|
Fred Chamberlain |
| 7th |
PAH
|
Din Zahur |
| 8th |
 ARG
|
Adolfo Díaz |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
14 participants from 14 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
|
Shōzō Sasahara |
| 2 |
BEL
|
Joseph Mewis |
| 3 |
FIN
|
Erkki Penttila |
| 4th |
United States
|
Myron Roderick |
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DOOR
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Bayram Şit | |
| 6th |
IRN
|
Wet Givehchi |
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URS
|
Linar salimullin | |
| 8th |
IND
|
Ram Sarup |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
13 participants from 13 countries
Lightweight (up to 67 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
IRN
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Imam Ali Habibi |
| 2 |
JPN
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Shigeru Kasahara |
| 3 |
URS
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Alimbeg Bestayev |
| 4th |
HUN
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Gyula Tóth |
| 5 |
United States
|
Tommy Evans |
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ITA
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Garibaldo Nizzola | |
| 7th |
PAH
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Muhammad Ashraf |
| 8th |
.svg){kind=small} MEX
|
Mario Tovar |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
19 participants from 19 countries
Welter weight (up to 73 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
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Mitsuo Ikeda |
| 2 |
DOOR
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İbrahim Zengin |
| 3 |
URS
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Vakhtang Balavadze |
| 4th |
SWE
|
Per Berlin |
.svg){kind=small} RSA
|
Coenraad de Villiers | |
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IRN
|
Nabi Sorouri | |
| 7th |
PAH
|
Muhammad Latif |
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BUL
|
Mitko Petkow | |
| 9 |
EUA
|
Alfred Tischendorf |
| 11 |
 AUT
|
Ernst Wandaller |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
15 participants from 15 countries
Middle weight (up to 79 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BUL
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Nikola Stanchev |
| 2 |
United States
|
Daniel Hodge |
| 3 |
URS
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Giorgi Schirtladse |
| 4th |
DOOR
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İsmet Atlı |
| 5 |
FIN
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Kazuo Katsuramoto |
| 6th |
EUA
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Johann Sterr |
| 7th |
SWE
|
Bengt Lindblad |
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IRN
|
Abbas Zandi |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
15 participants from 15 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
IRN
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Gholamreza Takhti |
| 2 |
URS
|
Boris Kulayev |
| 3 |
United States
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Peter Blair |
| 4th |
DOOR
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Adil Atan |
 IRL
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Gerry Martina | |
| 6th |
OUT
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Kevin Coote |
| 7th |
SWE
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Viking palm |
| 8th |
JPN
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Mitsuhiro Ohira |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
12 participants from 12 countries
Heavy weight (over 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
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Hamit Kaplan |
| 2 |
BUL
|
Yussein Mechmedow |
| 3 |
FIN
|
Taisto Kangasniemi |
| 4th |
OUT
|
Ray Mitchell |
 GBR
|
Kenneth Richmond | |
| 6th |
URS
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Ivan Wychristyuk |
| 7th |
United States
|
William Kerslake |
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JPN
|
Saburo Nakao |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
11 participants from 11 countries
Results Greco-Roman style
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
URS
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Nikolai Solovyov |
| 2 |
ITA
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Ignazio Fabra |
| 3 |
DOOR
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Dursun Ali Eğribaş |
| 4th |
ROME
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Dumitru Pârvulescu |
| 5 |
HUN
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Istvan Baranya |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} YUG
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Borivoje Vukov |
| 7th |
SWE
|
Bengt Johansson |
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BEL
|
Maurice Mewis |
Date: December 3rd to 6th, 1956
11 participants from 11 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
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Konstantin Vyrupayev |
| 2 |
SWE
|
Edvin Vesterby |
| 3 |
ROME
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Francisc Horvath |
| 4th |
HUN
|
Imre Hódos |
| 5 |
EUA
|
Fred Chamberlain |
| 6th |
BUL
|
Dinko Petrov |
| 7th |
ARG
|
Adolfo Díaz |
| 8th |
FIN
|
Reijo Nykänen |
| 10 |
AUT
|
Franz Brunner |
Date: December 3rd to 6th, 1956
13 participants from 13 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FIN
|
Rauno Mäkinen |
| 2 |
HUN
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Imre Polyák |
| 3 |
URS
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Roman Dzneladze |
| 4th |
DOOR
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Müzahir Sille |
| 5 |
SWE
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Gunnar Håkansson |
| 6th |
ITA
|
Umberto Trippa |
| 7th |
ROME
|
Ion Popescu |
| 8th |
FRA
|
Roger Bielle |
Date: December 3 to 6, 1956
10 participants from 10 countries
Lightweight (up to 67 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FIN
|
Kyösti Lehtonen |
| 2 |
DOOR
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Rıza Dogan |
| 3 |
HUN
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Gyula Tóth |
| 4th |
AUT
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Bartholomäus Brötzner |
| 5 |
BUL
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Dimitar Stoyanov |
| 6th |
ROME
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Dumitru Gheorghe |
| 7th |
URS
|
Vladimir Rosin |
| 8th |
United States
|
Tommy Evans |
Date: December 3 to 6, 1956
10 participants from 10 countries
Welter weight (up to 73 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
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Mithat Bayrak |
| 2 |
URS
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Vladimir Maneev |
| 3 |
SWE
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Per Berlin |
| 4th |
FIN
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Veikko Rantanen |
| 5 |
EUA
|
Siegfried Schäfer |
| 6th |
United States
|
Jay Holt |
| 7th |
HUN
|
Miklós Szilvási |
| 8th |
BUL
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Mitko Petkow |
| 9 |
AUT
|
Ernst Wandaller |
Date: December 3rd to 6th, 1956
11 participants from 11 countries
Middle weight (up to 79 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
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Giwi Kartosia |
| 2 |
BUL
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Dimitar Dobrew |
| 3 |
SWE
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Jansson rune |
| 4th |
EUA
|
Hans Sterr |
| 5 |
HUN
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György Gurics |
| 6th |
FIN
|
Viljo Punkari |
| 7th |
United States
|
Jim Peckham |
| 8th |
DOOR
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İsmet Atlı |
Date: December 3 to 6, 1956
10 participants from 10 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Valentin Nikolaev |
| 2 |
BUL
|
Petko Sirakov |
| 3 |
SWE
|
Karl-Erik Nilsson |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} CAN
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Robert Steckle |
| 5 |
United States
|
Dale Thomas |
| 6th |
AUT
|
Eugen Wiesberger |
| 7th |
FIN
|
Veikko Lahti |
| 8th |
DOOR
|
Adil Atan |
Date: December 3 to 6, 1956
10 participants from 10 countries
Heavy weight (over 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Anatoly Parfionov |
| 2 |
EUA
|
Wilfried Dietrich |
| 3 |
ITA
|
Adelmo Bulgarelli |
| 4th |
DOOR
|
Hamit Kaplan |
| 5 |
SWE
|
Bertil Antonsson |
| 6th |
FIN
|
Taisto Kangasniemi |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} GRE
|
Antonios Georgoulis |
| 8th |
BUL
|
Yussein Mechmedow |
Date: December 3 to 6, 1956
10 participants from 10 countries
Web links
- Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1956 Summer Games (PDF, 32.5 MB)
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