Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Wrestling
Games:	1956 Summer
Venue:	Royal Exhibition Building
Dates:	28 November – 6 December
Competitors:	173
Nations:	30
Prev:	1952
Next:	1960

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]

Medal summary

Greco-Roman

Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight

Freestyle

Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight

Participating nations

A total of 173 wrestlers from 30 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:^[1]

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External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053743/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WRE/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 March 2019.
2. THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XVI OLYMPIAD MELBOURNE 1956 . 1958. I . 650–691. 23 September 2015.