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

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Men's freestyle light heavyweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Royal Exhibition Building
Dates28 November–1 December
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Silver medal icon.svg Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Pete Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
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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]

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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

Defteraios withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kevin Coote Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Decision, 3–0 Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Fall Jan Theron Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Mitsuhiro Ohira Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Viking Palm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Gerry Martina Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Fall Spyros Defteraios Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 000
1 Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 000
1 Gerry Martina Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 000
1 Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 000
5 Kevin Coote Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 011
5 Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 011
7 Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 033
7 Mitsuhiro Ohira Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 033
7 Viking Palm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 033
7 Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 033
7 Jan Theron Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 033
12 Spyros Defteraios Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 033*

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Jan Theron Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa Decision, 3–0 Kevin Coote Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Fall Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Mitsuhiro Ohira Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Decision, 2–1 Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Viking Palm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Gerry Martina Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Gerry Martina Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 000
1 Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 000
3 Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 112
4 Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 033
4 Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 033
6 Kevin Coote Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 134
6 Mitsuhiro Ohira Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 314
6 Viking Palm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 314
6 Jan Theron Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 314
10 Veikko Lahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 336
10 Bob Steckle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kevin Coote Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Fall Gerry Martina Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall Jan Theron Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Fall Mitsuhiro Ohira Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Viking Palm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 000
2 Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 202
3 Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 303
3 Gerry Martina Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 033
5 Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 314
5 Kevin Coote Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 404
7 Mitsuhiro Ohira Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 437
7 Viking Palm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 437
7 Jan Theron Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union Fall Gerry Martina Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Fall Kevin Coote Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Decision, 3–0 Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 000
2 Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 202
3 Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 314
4 Gerry Martina Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 336
5 Adil Atan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 437
5 Kevin Coote Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 437

Medal rounds

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.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Fall Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union Fall Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Decision, 3–0 Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
Gold medal icon.svg Gholam Reza Takhti State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 20
Silver medal icon.svg Boris Kulayev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Peter Blair US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 02

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 670.
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