Men's freestyle light heavyweight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 November–1 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 12 from 12 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 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. [1] Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 79 to 87 kilograms (174.2 to 191.8 lb). [2]
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]
Defteraios withdrew after his bout.
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Kevin Coote | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Bob Steckle | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Jan Theron | ![]() |
Peter Blair | ![]() | Fall | Veikko Lahti | ![]() |
Adil Atan | ![]() | Fall | Mitsuhiro Ohira | ![]() |
Boris Kulayev | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Viking Palm | ![]() |
Gerry Martina | ![]() | Fall | Spyros Defteraios | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Peter Blair | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Gerry Martina | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Kevin Coote | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Boris Kulayev | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Mitsuhiro Ohira | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Jan Theron | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
12 | Spyros Defteraios | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Jan Theron | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Kevin Coote | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Bob Steckle | ![]() |
Mitsuhiro Ohira | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() |
Viking Palm | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Peter Blair | ![]() |
Boris Kulayev | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Adil Atan | ![]() |
Gerry Martina | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gerry Martina | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Boris Kulayev | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
4 | Peter Blair | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Kevin Coote | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6 | Mitsuhiro Ohira | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Jan Theron | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Kevin Coote | ![]() | Fall | Gerry Martina | ![]() |
Peter Blair | ![]() | Fall | Jan Theron | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Mitsuhiro Ohira | ![]() |
Adil Atan | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Viking Palm | ![]() |
Boris Kulayev | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Boris Kulayev | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Peter Blair | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Gerry Martina | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
5 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Kevin Coote | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Mitsuhiro Ohira | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
7 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
7 | Jan Theron | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Boris Kulayev | ![]() | Fall | Gerry Martina | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Kevin Coote | ![]() |
Peter Blair | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Adil Atan | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Boris Kulayev | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Peter Blair | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Gerry Martina | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
5 | Kevin Coote | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
None of the medalists had faced each other yet, so a full round-robin was held. Takhti beat each of the other two medalists to win the gold medal, with Kulayev earning silver by beating Blair.
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Boris Kulayev | ![]() |
Boris Kulayev | ![]() | Fall | Peter Blair | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Peter Blair | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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![]() | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 2 | 0 |
![]() | Boris Kulayev | ![]() | 1 | 1 |
![]() | Peter Blair | ![]() | 0 | 2 |
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