Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling.[1]
| Wrestling at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Royal Exhibition Building |
| Dates | 28 November – 6 December |
| Competitors | 173 from 30 nations |
| 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 |
Medal summary
Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight |
Nikolai Solovyov Soviet Union |
Ignazio Fabra Italy |
Dursun Ali Egribas Turkey |
| Bantamweight |
Konstantin Vyrupayev Soviet Union |
Edvin Vesterby Sweden |
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| Featherweight |
Rauno Mäkinen Finland |
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Roman Dzeneladze Soviet Union |
| Lightweight |
Kyösti Lehtonen Finland |
Riza Dogan Turkey |
Gyula Tóth Hungary |
| Welterweight |
Mithat Bayrak Turkey |
Vladimir Maneyev Soviet Union |
Per Gunnar Berlin Sweden |
| Middleweight |
Givi Kartozia Soviet Union |
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Rune Jansson Sweden |
| Light Heavyweight |
Valentin Nikolayev Soviet Union |
Petko Sirakov Bulgaria |
Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden |
| Heavyweight |
Anatoli Parfenov Soviet Union |
Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany |
Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy |
Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight |
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Soviet Union |
M. Ali Khojastehpour.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Iran |
Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey |
| Bantamweight |
Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey |
Mehdi Yaghoubi Iran |
Mikhail Shakhov Soviet Union |
| Featherweight |
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Joseph Mewis.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
Erkki Penttilä Finland |
| Lightweight |
Emam-Ali Habibi Iran |
Shigeru Kasahara Japan |
Alimbeg Bestayev Soviet Union |
| Welterweight |
Mitsuo Ikeda Japan |
Ibrahim Zengin Turkey |
Vakhtang Balavadze Soviet Union |
| Middleweight |
Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria |
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Georgi Skhirtladze Soviet Union |
| Light heavyweight |
Gholamreza Takhti Iran |
Boris Kulayev Soviet Union |
Peter Blair United States |
| Heavyweight |
Hamit Kaplan Turkey |
Hussein Mehmedov Bulgaria |
Taisto Kangasniemi Finland |
Participating nations
A total of 173 wrestlers from 30 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
Argentina (2)
Australia (15)
Austria (4)- Belgium (3)
- Bulgaria (8)
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Canada (2)- Finland (10)
France (2)- United Team of Germany (5)
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Greece (2)- Hungary (8)
India (7)- Iran (8)
Ireland (1)- Italy (5)
- Japan (8)
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Mexico (1)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (1)
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Philippines (3)- Romania (4)
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South Africa (4)- Soviet Union (16)
- Sweden (10)
- Turkey (13)
- United States (15)
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Yugoslavia (2)[2]
References
- "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XVI OLYMPIAD MELBOURNE 1956". I. 1958: 650–691. Retrieved 23 September 2015. Cite journal requires
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