Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
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]
Men's Greco-Roman middleweight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | 3–6 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 10 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 |
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
Simić withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Viljo Punkari | Fall | William Paterson | ||
Givi Kartozia | Decision, 3–0 | Rune Jansson | ||
György Gurics | Decision, 2–1 | Jim Peckham | ||
Hans Sterr | Fall | İsmet Atlı | ||
Dimitar Dobrev | Fall | Branislav Simić |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dimitar Dobrev | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Viljo Punkari | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Hans Sterr | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | György Gurics | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
4 | Givi Kartozia | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
6 | İsmet Atlı | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | Rune Jansson | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | William Paterson | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | Jim Peckham | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
10 | Branislav Simić | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Rune Jansson | Fall | Viljo Punkari | ||
Givi Kartozia | Fall | William Paterson | ||
Jim Peckham | Decision, 2–1 | Hans Sterr | ||
György Gurics | Decision, 3–0 | İsmet Atlı | ||
Dimitar Dobrev | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dimitar Dobrev | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Givi Kartozia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | György Gurics | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | Rune Jansson | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Viljo Punkari | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
4 | Hans Sterr | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Jim Peckham | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | İsmet Atlı | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
8 | William Paterson | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dimitar Dobrev | Decision, 2–1 | Viljo Punkari | ||
Rune Jansson | Decision, 2–1 | Jim Peckham | ||
Givi Kartozia | Decision, 3–0 | György Gurics | ||
Hans Sterr | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dimitar Dobrev | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | Givi Kartozia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Hans Sterr | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Rune Jansson | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | György Gurics | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
6 | Viljo Punkari | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
7 | Jim Peckham | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Rune Jansson | Decision, 3–0 | Hans Sterr | ||
Givi Kartozia | Decision, 2–1 | Dimitar Dobrev |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Givi Kartozia | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
2 | Dimitar Dobrev | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
3 | Rune Jansson | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
4 | Hans Sterr | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Medal rounds
Kartozia's victories over Jansson in round 1 and over Dobrev in round 4 counted for the medal round, giving him the gold medal with a 2–0 record against the other medalists. Dobrev defeated Jansson in a de facto silver medal bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dimitar Dobrev | Decision, 3–0 | Rune Jansson |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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Givi Kartozia | 2 | 0 | ||
Dimitar Dobrev | 1 | 1 | ||
Rune Jansson | 0 | 2 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 684.