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

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Men's freestyle middleweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Royal Exhibition Building
Dates28 November–1 December
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Silver medal icon.svg Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1952
1960  

The men's freestyle middleweight 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] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 lb). [2]

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
Viljo Punkari Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Muhammad Faiz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall George Farquhar Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bakshish Singh Flag of India.svg  India Decision, 3–0 William Davies Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bengt Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Manie van Zyl Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
Hans Sterr Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany Fall Nicolas Arcales Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Abbas Zandi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Decision, 3–0 Kazuo Katsuramoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 000
1 Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 000
1 Viljo Punkari Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000
1 Hans Sterr Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 000
5 Bengt Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 011
5 Bakshish Singh Flag of India.svg  India 011
5 Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 011
5 Abbas Zandi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 011
9 Nicolas Arcales Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 033
9 William Davies Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 033
9 Muhammad Faiz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 033
9 George Farquhar Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 033
9 Kazuo Katsuramoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 033
9 Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 033
9 Manie van Zyl Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 033

Round 2

Punkari withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Muhammad Faiz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Decision, 3–0 Viljo Punkari Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
William Davies Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Decision, 3–0 George Farquhar Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Manie van Zyl Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Decision, 3–0 Bakshish Singh Flag of India.svg  India
Hans Sterr Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany Fall Bengt Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Fall Nicolas Arcales Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
Kazuo Katsuramoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Fall Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria
Abbas Zandi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 000
1 Hans Sterr Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 000
3 Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 011
3 Abbas Zandi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 101
5 Kazuo Katsuramoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 303
5 Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 303
7 William Davies Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 314
7 Bengt Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 134
7 Bakshish Singh Flag of India.svg  India 134
7 Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 134
7 Manie van Zyl Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 314
12 Viljo Punkari Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 033*
13 Nicolas Arcales Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 336
13 Muhammad Faiz Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 336
13 George Farquhar Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Abbas Zandi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall William Davies Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bengt Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fall Bakshish Singh Flag of India.svg  India
Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Fall Manie van Zyl Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa
Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Fall Hans Sterr Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany
Kazuo Katsuramoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
1 Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 101
3 Kazuo Katsuramoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 303
3 Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 303
3 Hans Sterr Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 033
6 Bengt Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 404
6 Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 404
6 Abbas Zandi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 134
9 William Davies Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 437
9 Bakshish Singh Flag of India.svg  India 437
9 Manie van Zyl Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Kazuo Katsuramoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall Abbas Zandi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Fall Bengt Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Fall Hans Sterr Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 101
2 İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 112
3 Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 303
4 Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 404
5 Kazuo Katsuramoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 336
5 Hans Sterr Flag of Germany.svg  United Team of Germany 336
7 Bengt Lindblad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 437
7 Abbas Zandi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 437

Round 5

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria Fall Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 134
1 Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 314
1 Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 404
4 İsmet Atlı Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 235

Medal rounds

Stanchev's victories over Skhirtladze in round 1 and Hodge in round 5 counted for the medal rounds, giving the Bulgarian wrestler the gold medal with a 2–0 record against the other medalists. Hodge defeated Skhirtladze in a de facto silver medal match.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
Gold medal icon.svg Nikola Stanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 20
Silver medal icon.svg Dan Hodge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Georgy Skhirtladze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 02

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 Official Report 1958, p. 668.

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