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

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Men's freestyle heavyweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Royal Exhibition Building
Dates28 November–1 December
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Silver medal icon.svg Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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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. [1]

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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
Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Hussain Noori State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Ivan Vykhristyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 John Da Silva Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Ken Richmond Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Decision, 3–0 Lila Ram Flag of India.svg  India
Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Bill Kerslake US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Ray Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Decision, 2–1 Saburo Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000
2 Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
2 Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 011
2 Ray Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 011
2 Ken Richmond Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 011
2 Ivan Vykhristyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 011
7 John Da Silva Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 033
7 Bill Kerslake US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 033
7 Saburo Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 033
7 Hussain Noori State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 033
7 Lila Ram Flag of India.svg  India 033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Fall Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Hussain Noori State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Decision, 3–0 John Da Silva Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Ivan Vykhristyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Ken Richmond Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Lila Ram Flag of India.svg  India
Bill Kerslake US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall Ray Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Saburo Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
1 Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 101
3 Ivan Vykhristyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 112
4 Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 033
4 Bill Kerslake US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 303
4 Saburo Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 303
7 Ray Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 134
7 Hussain Noori State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 314
7 Ken Richmond Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 134
10 John Da Silva Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 336
10 Lila Ram Flag of India.svg  India 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Saburo Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Ivan Vykhristyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Hussain Noori State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Ken Richmond Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Fall Bill Kerslake US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Ray Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
2 Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 112
3 Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 303
4 Ray Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 404
4 Ken Richmond Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 404
6 Ivan Vykhristyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 235
7 Bill Kerslake US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 336
7 Saburo Nakao Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 336
9 Hussain Noori State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Ray Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Ken Richmond Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
2 Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 303
2 Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 213
4 Ray Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 437
4 Ken Richmond Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 437

Medal rounds

Mekhmedov's victory over Kangasniemi in round 2 counted for the medal rounds. That victory essentially decided the silver medal, as Kaplan defeated both of the other two wrestlers to take the gold medal.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
Gold medal icon.svg Hamit Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 20
Silver medal icon.svg Yusein Mekhmedov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Taisto Kangasniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 02

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 672.
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