Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
Men's Greco-Roman flyweight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | 3–6 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 11 from 11 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 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] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).[2]
Competition format
[edit]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
[edit]Round 1
[edit]- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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István Baranya | Decision, 3–0 | Borivoj Vukov | ||
Maurice Mewis | Fall | Monty Hakansson | ||
Ignazio Fabra | Decision, 2–1 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | ||
Dick Wilson | Decision, 3–0 | André Zoete | ||
Nikolay Solovyov | Decision, 2–1 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | ||
Bengt Johansson | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Bengt Johansson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Maurice Mewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | István Baranya | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Ignazio Fabra | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Nikolay Solovyov | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Dick Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
7 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Monty Hakansson | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Borivoj Vukov | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | André Zoete | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
[edit]- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Borivoj Vukov | Decision, 3–0 | Bengt Johansson | ||
István Baranya | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | ||
Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Fall | Monty Hakansson | ||
Ignazio Fabra | Decision, 3–0 | Dick Wilson | ||
Nikolay Solovyov | Fall | André Zoete | ||
Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Nikolay Solovyov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | István Baranya | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2 | Ignazio Fabra | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Bengt Johansson | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
4 | Maurice Mewis | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
4 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
8 | Borivoj Vukov | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | Dick Wilson | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
10 | Monty Hakansson | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
10 | André Zoete | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
[edit]- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Decision, 3–0 | Bengt Johansson | ||
Borivoj Vukov | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | ||
Ignazio Fabra | Decision, 3–0 | István Baranya | ||
Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Fall | Dick Wilson | ||
Nikolay Solovyov | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Nikolay Solovyov | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
2 | Ignazio Fabra | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
4 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | István Baranya | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
6 | Borivoj Vukov | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
7 | Bengt Johansson | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
7 | Maurice Mewis | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
9 | Dick Wilson | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
[edit]- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Decision, 3–0 | Nikolay Solovyov | ||
Ignazio Fabra | Decision, 3–0 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
1 | Ignazio Fabra | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
1 | Nikolay Solovyov | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
4 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
[edit]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
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Nikolay Solovyov | Fall | Ignazio Fabra |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Points in round |
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Nikolay Solovyov | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Ignazio Fabra | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
Dursun Ali Eğribaş | 1 | 1 | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b Official Report 1958, p. 674.
General
- The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956. Melbourne: W. M. Houston (published 1958). 1956.