Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight explained
The men's freestyle flyweight 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] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52kg (115lb).
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 | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | | | 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
Lee withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 2–1 | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3* |
| 10 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Round 3
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | | | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | | | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | | | 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 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | | | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | | | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Medal rounds
Akbaş's victory over Tsalkalamanidze in round 4 counted for the medal rounds. Each wrestler went 1–1 against the other medalists, but Tsalkalamanidze had the only win by fall. He received the gold medal. Of the remaining two competitors, Khojastehpour had defeated Akbaş head-to-head and so took silver.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Points |
|---|
| | | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| | | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| | | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
References
General
Notes and References
- Web site: Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Flyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132138/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WRE/mens-flyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 13 March 2019.
