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

Event:Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
Games:1956 Summer
Venue:Royal Exhibition Building
Dates:3–6 December
Competitors:11
Nations:11
Gold:Nikolay Solovyov
Goldnoc:URS
Silver:Ignazio Fabra
Silvernoc:ITA
Bronze:Dursun Ali Eğribaş
Bronzenoc:TUR
Prev:1952
Next:1960

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 52kg (115lb).

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.[1]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Decision, 2–1
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 2–1
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
3 0 1 1
3 0 1 1
3 0 1 1
3 0 1 1
7 0 3 3
7 0 3 3
7 0 3 3
7 0 3 3
7 0 3 3

Round 2

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 1 0 1
2 1 1 2
2 1 1 2
4 3 0 3
4 0 3 3
4 0 3 3
4 3 0 3
8 3 1 4
8 1 3 4
10 3 3 6
10 3 3 6

Round 3

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 1 0 1
2 3 0 3
2 2 1 3
4 3 1 4
5 2 3 5
6 4 1 5
7 3 3 6
7 3 3 6
9 4 3 7

Round 4

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 3 1 4
1 3 1 4
1 1 3 4
4 4 3 7

Medal rounds

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
Fall
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Points in round
1 1 3
1 1 4
1 1 4

References

General

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132139/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WRE/mens-flyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 March 2019.