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 |
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]
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]
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 |
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 |
Punkari withdrew after his bout.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 | ![]() |
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 |
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Georgy Skhirtladze | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | İsmet Atlı | ![]() |
Nikola Stanchev | ![]() | Fall | Dan Hodge | ![]() |
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 |
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.
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dan Hodge | ![]() | Fall | Georgy Skhirtladze | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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![]() | Nikola Stanchev | ![]() | 2 | 0 |
![]() | Dan Hodge | ![]() | 1 | 1 |
![]() | Georgy Skhirtladze | ![]() | 0 | 2 |
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