Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Men's Greco-Roman lightweight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | 3–6 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's Greco-Roman lightweight 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]
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
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dimitar Stoyanov | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Olle Anderberg | ![]() |
Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | Fall | Tommy Evans | ![]() |
Bartl Brötzner | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Vladimir Rosin | ![]() |
Rıza Doğan | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Juan Rolón | ![]() |
Gyula Tóth | ![]() | Fall | Dumitru Gheorghe | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Gyula Tóth | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Bartl Brötzner | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Rıza Doğan | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Dimitar Stoyanov | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Olle Anderberg | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Tommy Evans | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Dumitru Gheorghe | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Juan Rolón | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Vladimir Rosin | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | Walkover | Olle Anderberg | ![]() |
Dimitar Stoyanov | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Tommy Evans | ![]() |
Bartl Brötzner | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Rıza Doğan | ![]() |
Gyula Tóth | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Vladimir Rosin | ![]() |
Dumitru Gheorghe | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Juan Rolón | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Gyula Tóth | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Bartl Brötzner | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Dimitar Stoyanov | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Rıza Doğan | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6 | Dumitru Gheorghe | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Olle Anderberg | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Tommy Evans | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Juan Rolón | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Vladimir Rosin | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
Brötzner, Stoyanov, and Doğan went to a round-robin.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Dimitar Stoyanov | ![]() |
Gyula Tóth | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Bartl Brötzner | ![]() |
Rıza Doğan | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Dumitru Gheorghe | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Gyula Tóth | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Rıza Doğan | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Bartl Brötzner | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
3 | Dimitar Stoyanov | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Dumitru Gheorghe | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Elimination rounds
Stoyanov defeated Brötzner, while Doğan defeated Stoyanov. Doğan and Brötzner had already wrestled and did not face each other again.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dimitar Stoyanov | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Bartl Brötzner | ![]() |
Rıza Doğan | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Dimitar Stoyanov | ![]() |
Gyula Tóth | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
Rıza Doğan | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Gyula Tóth | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Rıza Doğan | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Bartl Brötzner | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Dimitar Stoyanov | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Medal rounds
Lehtonen won the round robin among the medalists, 2–0; Doğan took silver at 1–1 and Tóth received bronze after being defeated by both of the other medalists.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Rıza Doğan | ![]() |
Rıza Doğan | ![]() | Fall | Gyula Tóth | ![]() |
Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | Fall | Gyula Tóth | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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![]() | Kyösti Lehtonen | ![]() | 2 | 0 |
![]() | Rıza Doğan | ![]() | 1 | 1 |
![]() | Gyula Tóth | ![]() | 0 | 2 |
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ Official Report, p. 680.