Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight

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Men's freestyle flyweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour, Mirian Tsalkalamanidze, Huseyin Akbas 1956.jpg
The final podium
Venue Royal Exhibition Building
Dates28 November–1 December
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Bronze medal icon.svg Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
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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. [1]

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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Luigi Chinazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France Fall Fred Flannery Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Lee Jeong-gyu Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea Fall Abdul Aziz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Tadashi Asai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Fall Baban Daware Flag of India.svg  India
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Dick Delgado US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Tadashi Asai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 000
1 Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 000
1 Lee Jeong-gyu Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 000
1 André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France 000
5 Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
5 Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 011
7 Abdul Aziz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 033
7 Luigi Chinazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 033
7 Baban Daware Flag of India.svg  India 033
7 Dick Delgado US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 033
7 Fred Flannery Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 033

Round 2

Lee withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Decision, 3–0 Luigi Chinazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France
Abdul Aziz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Decision, 3–0 Fred Flannery Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Baban Daware Flag of India.svg  India Decision, 3–0 Lee Jeong-gyu Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Tadashi Asai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Dick Delgado US flag 48 stars.svg  United States ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
1 Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 011
3 Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 112
4 Tadashi Asai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 033
4 Dick Delgado US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 303
4 André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France 033
7 Abdul Aziz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 314
7 Baban Daware Flag of India.svg  India 314
9 Lee Jeong-gyu Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 033*
10 Luigi Chinazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 336
10 Fred Flannery Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Decision, 3–0 Dick Delgado US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Abdul Aziz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Tadashi Asai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Decision, 3–0 André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Fall Baban Daware Flag of India.svg  India
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
2 Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 012
2 Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 202
4 Tadashi Asai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 314
5 Dick Delgado US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 336
5 André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France 336
7 Abdul Aziz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 437
7 Baban Daware Flag of India.svg  India 437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Decision, 3–0 Tadashi Asai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 112
2 Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 213
3 Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 235
4 Tadashi Asai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 437

Medal rounds

Akbaş's victory over Tsalkalamanidze in round 4 counted for the medal rounds. Each wrestler went 1–1 against the other medalists, but Tsalkalamanidze had the only win by fall. He received the gold medal. Of the remaining two competitors, Khojastehpour had defeated Akbaş head-to-head and so took silver.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Decision, 3–0 Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Fall Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 113
Silver medal icon.svg Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 114
Bronze medal icon.svg Hüseyin Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 114

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 658.
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