Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates3–6 December
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anatoly Parfyonov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wilfried Dietrich  United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Adelmo Bulgarelli  Italy

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]

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 three points—from 1936 to 1948 losses by split decision only cost two points). 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 three points. The winner received one point if the win was by decision and zero points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least five points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when three wrestlers remained. These three 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

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Hamit Kaplan TurkeyDecision, 3–0Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy
Antonios Georgoulis GreeceDecision, 3–0Joseph Zammit Australia
Yusein Mekhmedov BulgariaDecision, 3–0Taisto Kangasniemi Finland
Bertil Antonsson SwedenFallDale Lewis United States
Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet UnionDecision, 2–1Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Bertil Antonsson Sweden000
2Antonios Georgoulis Greece011
2Hamit Kaplan Turkey011
2Yusein Mekhmedov Bulgaria011
2Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet Union011
6Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy033
6Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany033
6Taisto Kangasniemi Finland033
6Dale Lewis United States033
6Joseph Zammit Australia033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adelmo Bulgarelli ItalyFallJoseph Zammit Australia
Hamit Kaplan TurkeyDecision, 3–0Antonios Georgoulis Greece
Taisto Kangasniemi FinlandFallDale Lewis United States
Wilfried Dietrich United Team of GermanyFallYusein Mekhmedov Bulgaria
Bertil Antonsson SwedenDecision, 3–0Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet Union
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Bertil Antonsson Sweden011
2Hamit Kaplan Turkey112
3Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy303
3Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany303
3Taisto Kangasniemi Finland303
6Antonios Georgoulis Greece134
6Yusein Mekhmedov Bulgaria134
6Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet Union134
9Dale Lewis United States336
9Joseph Zammit Australia336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adelmo Bulgarelli ItalyFallAntonios Georgoulis Greece
Hamit Kaplan TurkeyDecision, 2–1Taisto Kangasniemi Finland
Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet UnionForfeitYusein Mekhmedov Bulgaria
Wilfried Dietrich United Team of GermanyDecision, 3–0Bertil Antonsson Sweden
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Hamit Kaplan Turkey213
1Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy303
3Bertil Antonsson Sweden134
3Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany314
3Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet Union404
6Taisto Kangasniemi Finland336
7Antonios Georgoulis Greece437
7Yusein Mekhmedov Bulgaria437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adelmo Bulgarelli ItalyFallBertil Antonsson Sweden
Wilfried Dietrich United Team of GermanyDecision, 3–0Hamit Kaplan Turkey
Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet UnionByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy303
2Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet Union404
3Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany415
4Hamit Kaplan Turkey336
5Bertil Antonsson Sweden437

Medal rounds

Parfyonov's victory over Dietrich in round 1 counted for the medal rounds. Parfyonov faced Bulgarelli in the medal rounds, winning the bout to secure the gold medal at 2–0 against the other medalists. Dietrich then also defeated Bulgarelli to earn silver at 1–1, with Bulgarelli earning the bronze at 0–2 against the other medalists.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet UnionDecision, 3–0Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy
Wilfried Dietrich United Team of GermanyDecision, 3–0Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
1st place, gold medalist(s)Anatoly Parfyonov Soviet Union20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy02

References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 688.
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