Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | December 3–6 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 10 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 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]
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]
Source: Official results [3] [1]
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Adil Atan | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Gyula Kovács | ![]() |
Valentin Nikolayev | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Petko Sirakov | ![]() |
Dale O. Thomas | ![]() | Fall | Eugen Wiesberger Jr. | ![]() |
Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() |
Bob Steckle | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Victor Mucha | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dale O. Thomas | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Valentin Nikolayev | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Gyula Kovács | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Victor Mucha | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Petko Sirakov | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Eugen Wiesberger Jr. | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Atan withdrew due to injury after his bout.
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Petko Sirakov | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Adil Atan | ![]() |
Valentin Nikolayev | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Gyula Kovács | ![]() |
Veikko Lahti | ![]() | Fall | Dale O. Thomas | ![]() |
Eugen Wiesberger Jr. | ![]() | Fall | Victor Mucha | ![]() |
Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() | Fall | Bob Steckle | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Valentin Nikolayev | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Dale O. Thomas | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
3 | Eugen Wiesberger Jr. | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Petko Sirakov | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4* |
9 | Gyula Kovács | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Victor Mucha | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Petko Sirakov | ![]() | Fall | Dale O. Thomas | ![]() |
Valentin Nikolayev | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() |
Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Eugen Wiesberger Jr. | ![]() |
Bob Steckle | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Valentin Nikolayev | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Petko Sirakov | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Dale O. Thomas | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Eugen Wiesberger Jr. | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Petko Sirakov | ![]() | Fall | Bob Steckle | ![]() |
Valentin Nikolayev | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Valentin Nikolayev | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
1 | Petko Sirakov | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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.
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Petko Sirakov | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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![]() | Valentin Nikolayev | ![]() | 2 | 0 |
![]() | Petko Sirakov | ![]() | 1 | 1 |
![]() | Karl-Erik Nilsson | ![]() | 0 | 2 |
The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 3 August to 6 August at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's freestyle light heavyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's Greco-Roman flyweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's Greco-Roman lightweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's Greco-Roman welterweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's Greco-Roman middleweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's Greco-Roman middleweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.
The men's freestyle flyweight 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.
The men's freestyle bantamweight 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.
The men's freestyle featherweight 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.
The men's freestyle lightweight 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.
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.
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.
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.
The men's freestyle 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.
The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 16 to 19 October at the Komazawa Gymnasium. Nations were limited to one competitor.