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

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Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates3–6 December
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy
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The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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
Hamit Kaplan  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy
Antonios Georgoulis  Greece Decision, 3–0 Joseph Zammit  Australia
Yusein Mekhmedov  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Taisto Kangasniemi  Finland
Bertil Antonsson  Sweden Fall Dale Lewis  United States
Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Bertil Antonsson  Sweden 0 0 0
2 Antonios Georgoulis  Greece 0 1 1
2 Hamit Kaplan  Turkey 0 1 1
2 Yusein Mekhmedov  Bulgaria 0 1 1
2 Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union 0 1 1
6 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 0 3 3
6 Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany 0 3 3
6 Taisto Kangasniemi  Finland 0 3 3
6 Dale Lewis  United States 0 3 3
6 Joseph Zammit  Australia 0 3 3

Round 2[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy Fall Joseph Zammit  Australia
Hamit Kaplan  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Antonios Georgoulis  Greece
Taisto Kangasniemi  Finland Fall Dale Lewis  United States
Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany Fall Yusein Mekhmedov  Bulgaria
Bertil Antonsson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Bertil Antonsson  Sweden 0 1 1
2 Hamit Kaplan  Turkey 1 1 2
3 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 3 0 3
3 Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany 3 0 3
3 Taisto Kangasniemi  Finland 3 0 3
6 Antonios Georgoulis  Greece 1 3 4
6 Yusein Mekhmedov  Bulgaria 1 3 4
6 Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union 1 3 4
9 Dale Lewis  United States 3 3 6
9 Joseph Zammit  Australia 3 3 6

Round 3[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy Fall Antonios Georgoulis  Greece
Hamit Kaplan  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Taisto Kangasniemi  Finland
Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union Forfeit Yusein Mekhmedov  Bulgaria
Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany Decision, 3–0 Bertil Antonsson  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Hamit Kaplan  Turkey 2 1 3
1 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 3 0 3
3 Bertil Antonsson  Sweden 1 3 4
3 Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany 3 1 4
3 Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union 4 0 4
6 Taisto Kangasniemi  Finland 3 3 6
7 Antonios Georgoulis  Greece 4 3 7
7 Yusein Mekhmedov  Bulgaria 4 3 7

Round 4[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy Fall Bertil Antonsson  Sweden
Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany Decision, 3–0 Hamit Kaplan  Turkey
Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 3 0 3
2 Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union 4 0 4
3 Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany 4 1 5
4 Hamit Kaplan  Turkey 3 3 6
5 Bertil Antonsson  Sweden 4 3 7

Medal rounds[]

Parfyonov's victory over Dietrich in round 1 counted for the medal rounds. Parfyonov faced Bulgarelli in the medal rounds, winning the bout to secure the gold medal at 2–0 against the other medalists. Dietrich then also defeated Bulgarelli to earn silver at 1–1, with Bulgarelli earning the bronze at 0–2 against the other medalists.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy
Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany Decision, 3–0 Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union 2 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany 1 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy 0 2

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 688.
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