1956 Summer Olympics / wrestling
Wrestling at the XVI. Summer Olympics |
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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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1 |
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6th | 2 | 5 | 13 |
2 |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 7th |
3 |
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2 | 2 | - | 4th |
4th |
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2 | 1 | - | 3 |
5 |
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2 | - | 2 | 4th |
6th |
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1 | 3 | - | 4th |
7th |
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- | 1 | 3 | 4th |
8th |
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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11 |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
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13 |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
Results freestyle
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Mirian Zalkalamanidze |
2 |
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Mohammad Ali Khojastepour |
3 |
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Hüseyin Akbaş |
4th |
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Tadashi Asai |
5 |
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André Zoete |
6th |
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Dick Delgado |
7th |
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Abdul Aziz |
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Baban Daware |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
11 participants from 11 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Mustafa Dağıstanlı |
2 |
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Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi |
3 |
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Mikhail Shakhov |
4th |
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Lee Sang-gyun |
5 |
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Minoru Iizuka |
6th |
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Fred Chamberlain |
7th |
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Din Zahur |
8th |
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Adolfo Díaz |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
14 participants from 14 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Shōzō Sasahara |
2 |
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Joseph Mewis |
3 |
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Erkki Penttila |
4th |
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Myron Roderick |
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Bayram Şit | |
6th |
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Wet Givehchi |
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Linar salimullin | |
8th |
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Ram Sarup |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
13 participants from 13 countries
Lightweight (up to 67 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Imam Ali Habibi |
2 |
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Shigeru Kasahara |
3 |
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Alimbeg Bestayev |
4th |
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Gyula Tóth |
5 |
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Tommy Evans |
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Garibaldo Nizzola | |
7th |
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Muhammad Ashraf |
8th |
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Mario Tovar |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
19 participants from 19 countries
Welter weight (up to 73 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Mitsuo Ikeda |
2 |
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İbrahim Zengin |
3 |
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Vakhtang Balavadze |
4th |
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Per Berlin |
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Coenraad de Villiers | |
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Nabi Sorouri | |
7th |
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Muhammad Latif |
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Mitko Petkow | |
9 |
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Alfred Tischendorf |
11 |
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Ernst Wandaller |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
15 participants from 15 countries
Middle weight (up to 79 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Nikola Stanchev |
2 |
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Daniel Hodge |
3 |
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Giorgi Schirtladse |
4th |
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İsmet Atlı |
5 |
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Kazuo Katsuramoto |
6th |
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Johann Sterr |
7th |
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Bengt Lindblad |
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Abbas Zandi |
Date: November 28th to December 1st, 1956
15 participants from 15 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Gholamreza Takhti |
2 |
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Boris Kulayev |
3 |
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Peter Blair |
4th |
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Adil Atan |
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Gerry Martina | |
6th |
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Kevin Coote |
7th |
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Viking palm |
8th |
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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 |
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1 |
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Hamit Kaplan |
2 |
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Yussein Mechmedow |
3 |
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Taisto Kangasniemi |
4th |
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Ray Mitchell |
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Kenneth Richmond | |
6th |
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Ivan Wychristyuk |
7th |
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William Kerslake |
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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 |
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Nikolai Solovyov |
2 |
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Ignazio Fabra |
3 |
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Dursun Ali Eğribaş |
4th |
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Dumitru Pârvulescu |
5 |
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Istvan Baranya |
6th |
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Borivoje Vukov |
7th |
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Bengt Johansson |
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Maurice Mewis |
Date: December 3rd to 6th, 1956
11 participants from 11 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Konstantin Vyrupayev |
2 |
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Edvin Vesterby |
3 |
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Francisc Horvath |
4th |
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Imre Hódos |
5 |
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Fred Chamberlain |
6th |
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Dinko Petrov |
7th |
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Adolfo Díaz |
8th |
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Reijo Nykänen |
10 |
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Franz Brunner |
Date: December 3rd to 6th, 1956
13 participants from 13 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Rauno Mäkinen |
2 |
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Imre Polyák |
3 |
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Roman Dzneladze |
4th |
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Müzahir Sille |
5 |
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Gunnar Håkansson |
6th |
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Umberto Trippa |
7th |
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Ion Popescu |
8th |
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Roger Bielle |
Date: December 3 to 6, 1956
10 participants from 10 countries
Lightweight (up to 67 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Kyösti Lehtonen |
2 |
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Rıza Dogan |
3 |
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Gyula Tóth |
4th |
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Bartholomäus Brötzner |
5 |
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Dimitar Stoyanov |
6th |
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Dumitru Gheorghe |
7th |
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Vladimir Rosin |
8th |
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Tommy Evans |
Date: December 3 to 6, 1956
10 participants from 10 countries
Welter weight (up to 73 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Mithat Bayrak |
2 |
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Vladimir Maneev |
3 |
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Per Berlin |
4th |
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Veikko Rantanen |
5 |
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Siegfried Schäfer |
6th |
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Jay Holt |
7th |
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Miklós Szilvási |
8th |
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Mitko Petkow |
9 |
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Ernst Wandaller |
Date: December 3rd to 6th, 1956
11 participants from 11 countries
Middle weight (up to 79 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Giwi Kartosia |
2 |
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Dimitar Dobrew |
3 |
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Jansson rune |
4th |
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Hans Sterr |
5 |
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György Gurics |
6th |
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Viljo Punkari |
7th |
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Jim Peckham |
8th |
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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 |
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1 |
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Valentin Nikolaev |
2 |
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Petko Sirakov |
3 |
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Karl-Erik Nilsson |
4th |
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Robert Steckle |
5 |
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Dale Thomas |
6th |
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Eugen Wiesberger |
7th |
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Veikko Lahti |
8th |
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Adil Atan |
Date: December 3 to 6, 1956
10 participants from 10 countries
Heavy weight (over 87 kg)
space | country | athlete |
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1 |
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Anatoly Parfionov |
2 |
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Wilfried Dietrich |
3 |
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Adelmo Bulgarelli |
4th |
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Hamit Kaplan |
5 |
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Bertil Antonsson |
6th |
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Taisto Kangasniemi |
7th |
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Antonios Georgoulis |
8th |
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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)