Men's freestyle welterweight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 November–1 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 15 from 15 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 welterweight 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] Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 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]
Ochman and Rantanen withdrew after their bouts.
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Mitko Petkov | ![]() | Fall | Bruno Ochman | ![]() |
Nabi Sorouri | ![]() | Fall | Devi Singh | ![]() |
Mitsuo Ikeda | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Ernie Fischer | ![]() |
İbrahim Zengin | ![]() | Fall | Ernst Wandaller | ![]() |
Per Berlin | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Noel Granger | ![]() |
Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Veikko Rantanen | ![]() |
Alfred Tischendorf | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Muhammad Latif | ![]() |
Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Mitko Petkov | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Nabi Sorouri | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | İbrahim Zengin | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Per Berlin | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Mitsuo Ikeda | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Alfred Tischendorf | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Ernie Fischer | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Noel Granger | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Muhammad Latif | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Devi Singh | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Ernst Wandaller | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
14 | Bruno Ochman | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3* |
14 | Veikko Rantanen | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Mitko Petkov | ![]() |
Ernie Fischer | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Nabi Sorouri | ![]() |
Mitsuo Ikeda | ![]() | Fall | Devi Singh | ![]() |
İbrahim Zengin | ![]() | Fall | Noel Granger | ![]() |
Per Berlin | ![]() | Fall | Ernst Wandaller | ![]() |
Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | Fall | Alfred Tischendorf | ![]() |
Muhammad Latif | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | İbrahim Zengin | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Per Berlin | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Mitsuo Ikeda | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Muhammad Latif | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Mitko Petkov | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Nabi Sorouri | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Ernie Fischer | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Alfred Tischendorf | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
11 | Noel Granger | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Devi Singh | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Ernst Wandaller | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Muhammad Latif | ![]() |
Nabi Sorouri | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Mitko Petkov | ![]() |
İbrahim Zengin | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Ernie Fischer | ![]() |
Mitsuo Ikeda | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() |
Per Berlin | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Alfred Tischendorf | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | İbrahim Zengin | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Per Berlin | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Mitsuo Ikeda | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Nabi Sorouri | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Muhammad Latif | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Mitko Petkov | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Ernie Fischer | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
9 | Alfred Tischendorf | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Nabi Sorouri | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() |
Mitsuo Ikeda | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | İbrahim Zengin | ![]() |
Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | Fall | Per Berlin | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mitsuo Ikeda | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2 | İbrahim Zengin | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Per Berlin | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Coenraad de Villiers | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Nabi Sorouri | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Ikeda's victories over Balavadze in round 3 and Zengin in round 4 counted for the medal rounds, giving the Japanese wrestler the gold medal with a 2–0 record against the other medalists. Zengin defeated Balavadze in a de facto silver medal match.
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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İbrahim Zengin | ![]() | Fall | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() |
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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![]() | Mitsuo Ikeda | ![]() | 2 | 0 |
![]() | İbrahim Zengin | ![]() | 1 | 1 |
![]() | Vakhtang Balavadze | ![]() | 0 | 2 |
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