Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight
The men's freestyle light heavyweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]
Men's freestyle light heavyweight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 November–1 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 12 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Competition format
This freestyle 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, as modified in 1952 (adding medal rounds and making all losses worth 3 points—from 1936 to 1948 losses by split decision only cost 2). Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when 3 wrestlers remained. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin medal round (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.[2][1]
Results
Round 1
Defteraios withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Kevin Coote | Decision, 3–0 | Bob Steckle | ||
Gholam Reza Takhti | Fall | Jan Theron | ||
Peter Blair | Fall | Veikko Lahti | ||
Adil Atan | Fall | Mitsuhiro Ohira | ||
Boris Kulayev | Decision, 3–0 | Viking Palm | ||
Gerry Martina | Fall | Spyros Defteraios |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Adil Atan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Peter Blair | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Gerry Martina | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Kevin Coote | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Boris Kulayev | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
7 | Veikko Lahti | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Mitsuhiro Ohira | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Viking Palm | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Bob Steckle | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Jan Theron | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
12 | Spyros Defteraios | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Jan Theron | Decision, 3–0 | Kevin Coote | ||
Gholam Reza Takhti | Fall | Bob Steckle | ||
Mitsuhiro Ohira | Decision, 2–1 | Veikko Lahti | ||
Viking Palm | Decision, 3–0 | Peter Blair | ||
Boris Kulayev | Decision, 2–1 | Adil Atan | ||
Gerry Martina | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gerry Martina | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Boris Kulayev | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | Adil Atan | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
4 | Peter Blair | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | Kevin Coote | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
6 | Mitsuhiro Ohira | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
6 | Viking Palm | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
6 | Jan Theron | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
10 | Veikko Lahti | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
10 | Bob Steckle | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Kevin Coote | Fall | Gerry Martina | ||
Peter Blair | Fall | Jan Theron | ||
Gholam Reza Takhti | Fall | Mitsuhiro Ohira | ||
Adil Atan | Decision, 2–1 | Viking Palm | ||
Boris Kulayev | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Boris Kulayev | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | Peter Blair | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Gerry Martina | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
5 | Adil Atan | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | Kevin Coote | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
7 | Mitsuhiro Ohira | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
7 | Viking Palm | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
7 | Jan Theron | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Boris Kulayev | Fall | Gerry Martina | ||
Gholam Reza Takhti | Fall | Kevin Coote | ||
Peter Blair | Decision, 3–0 | Adil Atan |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Boris Kulayev | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | Peter Blair | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
4 | Gerry Martina | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
5 | Adil Atan | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
5 | Kevin Coote | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
None of the medalists had faced each other yet, so a full round-robin was held. Takhti beat each of the other two medalists to win the gold medal, with Kulayev earning silver by beating Blair.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gholam Reza Takhti | Fall | Boris Kulayev | ||
Boris Kulayev | Fall | Peter Blair | ||
Gholam Reza Takhti | Decision, 3–0 | Peter Blair |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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Gholam Reza Takhti | 2 | 0 | ||
Boris Kulayev | 1 | 1 | ||
Peter Blair | 0 | 2 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 670.