Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight
The men's freestyle welterweight 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 middleweight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 November–1 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 15 from 15 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
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Viljo Punkari | Fall | Muhammad Faiz | ||
Dan Hodge | Fall | George Farquhar | ||
Bakshish Singh | Decision, 3–0 | William Davies | ||
Bengt Lindblad | Decision, 3–0 | Manie van Zyl | ||
Hans Sterr | Fall | Nicolas Arcales | ||
Nikola Stanchev | Decision, 3–0 | Georgy Skhirtladze | ||
Abbas Zandi | Decision, 3–0 | Kazuo Katsuramoto | ||
İsmet Atlı | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | İsmet Atlı | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Dan Hodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Viljo Punkari | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Hans Sterr | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Bengt Lindblad | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Bakshish Singh | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Nikola Stanchev | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Abbas Zandi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
9 | Nicolas Arcales | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | William Davies | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Muhammad Faiz | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | George Farquhar | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Kazuo Katsuramoto | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Georgy Skhirtladze | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Manie van Zyl | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
Punkari withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İsmet Atlı | Fall | Muhammad Faiz | ||
Dan Hodge | Decision, 3–0 | Viljo Punkari | ||
William Davies | Decision, 3–0 | George Farquhar | ||
Manie van Zyl | Decision, 3–0 | Bakshish Singh | ||
Hans Sterr | Fall | Bengt Lindblad | ||
Georgy Skhirtladze | Fall | Nicolas Arcales | ||
Kazuo Katsuramoto | Fall | Nikola Stanchev | ||
Abbas Zandi | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | İsmet Atlı | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Hans Sterr | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Dan Hodge | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Abbas Zandi | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Kazuo Katsuramoto | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
5 | Georgy Skhirtladze | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
7 | William Davies | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
7 | Bengt Lindblad | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
7 | Bakshish Singh | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
7 | Nikola Stanchev | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
7 | Manie van Zyl | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
12 | Viljo Punkari | 0 | 3 | 3* | |
13 | Nicolas Arcales | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
13 | Muhammad Faiz | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
13 | George Farquhar | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İsmet Atlı | Decision, 3–0 | Abbas Zandi | ||
Dan Hodge | Fall | William Davies | ||
Bengt Lindblad | Fall | Bakshish Singh | ||
Georgy Skhirtladze | Fall | Manie van Zyl | ||
Nikola Stanchev | Fall | Hans Sterr | ||
Kazuo Katsuramoto | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | İsmet Atlı | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | Dan Hodge | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Kazuo Katsuramoto | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Georgy Skhirtladze | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Hans Sterr | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | Bengt Lindblad | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | Nikola Stanchev | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | Abbas Zandi | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
9 | William Davies | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
9 | Bakshish Singh | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
9 | Manie van Zyl | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İsmet Atlı | Decision, 3–0 | Kazuo Katsuramoto | ||
Dan Hodge | Fall | Abbas Zandi | ||
Nikola Stanchev | Fall | Bengt Lindblad | ||
Georgy Skhirtladze | Fall | Hans Sterr |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dan Hodge | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | İsmet Atlı | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Georgy Skhirtladze | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Nikola Stanchev | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
5 | Kazuo Katsuramoto | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
5 | Hans Sterr | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
7 | Bengt Lindblad | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
7 | Abbas Zandi | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Georgy Skhirtladze | Decision, 2–1 | İsmet Atlı | ||
Nikola Stanchev | Fall | Dan Hodge |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dan Hodge | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
1 | Georgy Skhirtladze | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
1 | Nikola Stanchev | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | İsmet Atlı | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Medal rounds
Stanchev's victories over Skhirtladze in round 1 and Hodge in round 5 counted for the medal rounds, giving the Bulgarian wrestler the gold medal with a 2–0 record against the other medalists. Hodge defeated Skhirtladze in a de facto silver medal match.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dan Hodge | Fall | Georgy Skhirtladze |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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Nikola Stanchev | 2 | 0 | ||
Dan Hodge | 1 | 1 | ||
Georgy Skhirtladze | 0 | 2 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 668.