Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight explained
The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52to.
Competition format
This freestyle 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 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Round 2
Jaskari withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | | | 1 | 3 | 4* |
| 11 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Round 3
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | | | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | | | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | | | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
Round 4
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 2–1 | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | | | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Round 5
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | | | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | | | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Medal rounds
All three of the medalists had already faced each both of the others already, so no additional bouts were used. The results consisted of Dağıstanlı's victories over Yaghoubi in round 4 and Shakhov in round 5 and Yaghoubi's victory over Shakhov in round 1. This gave Dağıstanlı a 2–0 record against the other medalists and therefore the gold medal; Yaghoubi a 1–1 record and the silver medal, and Shakhov a 0–2 record and the bronze medal.
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
|---|
| | | 2 | 0 |
| | | 1 | 1 |
| | | 0 | 2 | |
References
General
Notes and References
- Web site: Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Bantamweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132139/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WRE/mens-bantamweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 13 March 2019.
