Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

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Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Royal Exhibition Building
DatesDecember 3–6
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
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The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 87 kilograms. [1]

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Competition format

This Greco-Roman 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

Source: Official results [3] [1]

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Gyula Kovács Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Dale O. Thomas US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada Decision, 2–1 Victor Mucha Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Dale O. Thomas US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 000
2 Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
2 Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 011
2 Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 011
2 Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 011
6 Gyula Kovács Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 033
6 Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 033
6 Victor Mucha Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 033
6 Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 033
6 Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 033

Round 2

Atan withdrew due to injury after his bout.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision, 2–1 Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Gyula Kovács Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Dale O. Thomas US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Fall Victor Mucha Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fall Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 101
2 Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 112
3 Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 303
3 Dale O. Thomas US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 033
3 Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 303
6 Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 314
6 Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 134
8 Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 134*
9 Gyula Kovács Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 336
9 Victor Mucha Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Fall Dale O. Thomas US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 112
2 Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 213
3 Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 404
3 Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 404
5 Dale O. Thomas US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 336
6 Eugen Wiesberger Jr. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 336
7 Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 336

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Fall Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 314
1 Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 404
3 Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 235
4 Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 437

Medal rounds

Nikolayev's victories over Sirakov in round 1 and over Nilsson in round 4 counted for the medal round, giving him the gold medal at 2–0 against the other medalists. Sirakov defeated Nilsson in a de facto silver medal bout.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
Gold medal icon.svg Valentin Nikolayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20
Silver medal icon.svg Petko Sirakov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Karl-Erik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 02

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 686.
  3. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956" (PDF). The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne. 1958. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
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