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

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Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Royal Exhibition Building
Dates3–6 December
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Bronze medal icon.svg Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
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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. [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

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dimitar Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Olle Anderberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Tommy Evans US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bartl Brötzner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Decision, 3–0 Vladimir Rosin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Juan Rolón Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Fall Dumitru Gheorghe Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000
1 Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 000
3 Bartl Brötzner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 011
3 Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
3 Dimitar Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 011
6 Olle Anderberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 033
6 Tommy Evans US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 033
6 Dumitru Gheorghe Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 033
6 Juan Rolón Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 033
6 Vladimir Rosin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Walkover Olle Anderberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Dimitar Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Tommy Evans US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bartl Brötzner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Decision, 2–1 Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Vladimir Rosin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Dumitru Gheorghe Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Decision, 3–0 Juan Rolón Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000
2 Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 011
3 Bartl Brötzner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 112
3 Dimitar Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 112
5 Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 134
6 Dumitru Gheorghe Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 314
7 Olle Anderberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 336
7 Tommy Evans US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 336
7 Juan Rolón Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 336
7 Vladimir Rosin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 336

Round 3

Brötzner, Stoyanov, and Doğan went to a round-robin.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 3–0 Dimitar Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Bartl Brötzner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Gheorghe Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 011
2 Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 112
3 Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 415
3 Bartl Brötzner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 235
3 Dimitar Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 235
6 Dumitru Gheorghe Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 437

Elimination rounds

Stoyanov defeated Brötzner, while Doğan defeated Stoyanov. Doğan and Brötzner had already wrestled and did not face each other again.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dimitar Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Bartl Brötzner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Dimitar Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary ByeN/AN/A
Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ByeN/AN/A
Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 101
2 Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 202
3 Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 516
4 Bartl Brötzner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 538
5 Dimitar Stoyanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 549

Medal rounds

Lehtonen won the round robin among the medalists, 2–0; Doğan took silver at 1–1 and Tóth received bronze after being defeated by both of the other medalists.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 2–1 Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
Gold medal icon.svg Kyösti Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 20
Silver medal icon.svg Rıza Doğan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Gyula Tóth Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 02

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 680.
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