Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman flyweight

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Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Royal Exhibition Building
Dates3–6 December
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
←  1952
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The men's Greco-Roman flyweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. [1]

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Competition format

This Greco-Roman 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
István Baranya Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Borivoj Vukov Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Maurice Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Fall Monty Hakansson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 2–1 Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Dick Wilson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Decision, 3–0 André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France
Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Dumitru Pîrvulescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Bengt Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Bengt Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 000
1 Maurice Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 000
3 István Baranya Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 011
3 Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 011
3 Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 011
3 Dick Wilson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 011
7 Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 033
7 Monty Hakansson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 033
7 Dumitru Pîrvulescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 033
7 Borivoj Vukov Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 033
7 André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France 033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Borivoj Vukov Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Decision, 3–0 Bengt Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
István Baranya Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Monty Hakansson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Dick Wilson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union Fall André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France
Dumitru Pîrvulescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 101
2 István Baranya Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 112
2 Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 112
4 Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 303
4 Bengt Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 033
4 Maurice Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 033
4 Dumitru Pîrvulescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 303
8 Borivoj Vukov Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 314
8 Dick Wilson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 134
10 Monty Hakansson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 336
10 André Zoete Flag of France.svg  France 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dumitru Pîrvulescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania Decision, 3–0 Bengt Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Borivoj Vukov Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 István Baranya Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Dick Wilson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 101
2 Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 303
2 Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 213
4 Dumitru Pîrvulescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 314
5 István Baranya Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 235
6 Borivoj Vukov Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 415
7 Bengt Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 336
7 Maurice Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 336
9 Dick Wilson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Pîrvulescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 314
1 Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 314
1 Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 134
4 Dumitru Pîrvulescu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 437

Medal rounds

Fabra's victory over Eğribaş in round 1 and Eğribaş's victory over Solovyov in round 4 counted for the medal round. Solovyov defeated Fabra in the medal round. Solovyov won gold due to his best score within the medal rounds (a win by fall and a loss for 3 points, compared to a win by decision and a loss for 4 points for each of the other two wrestlers). Between the two remaining wrestlers, Fabra had won head-to-head, so took silver. Eğribaş finished with bronze.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union Fall Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesPoints in round
Gold medal icon.svg Nikolay Solovyov Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 113
Silver medal icon.svg Ignazio Fabra Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 114
Bronze medal icon.svg Dursun Ali Eğribaş Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 114

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 674.
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