Men's freestyle middleweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates28 November–1 December
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikola Stanchev  Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dan Hodge  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgy Skhirtladze  Soviet Union

The men's freestyle welterweight 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]

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.[2][1]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Viljo Punkari FinlandFallMuhammad Faiz Pakistan
Dan Hodge United StatesFallGeorge Farquhar Great Britain
Bakshish Singh IndiaDecision, 3–0William Davies Australia
Bengt Lindblad SwedenDecision, 3–0Manie van Zyl South Africa
Hans Sterr United Team of GermanyFallNicolas Arcales Philippines
Nikola Stanchev BulgariaDecision, 3–0Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union
Abbas Zandi IranDecision, 3–0Kazuo Katsuramoto Japan
İsmet Atlı TurkeyByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1İsmet Atlı Turkey000
1Dan Hodge United States000
1Viljo Punkari Finland000
1Hans Sterr United Team of Germany000
5Bengt Lindblad Sweden011
5Bakshish Singh India011
5Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria011
5Abbas Zandi Iran011
9Nicolas Arcales Philippines033
9William Davies Australia033
9Muhammad Faiz Pakistan033
9George Farquhar Great Britain033
9Kazuo Katsuramoto Japan033
9Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union033
9Manie van Zyl South Africa033

Round 2

Punkari withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmet Atlı TurkeyFallMuhammad Faiz Pakistan
Dan Hodge United StatesDecision, 3–0Viljo Punkari Finland
William Davies AustraliaDecision, 3–0George Farquhar Great Britain
Manie van Zyl South AfricaDecision, 3–0Bakshish Singh India
Hans Sterr United Team of GermanyFallBengt Lindblad Sweden
Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet UnionFallNicolas Arcales Philippines
Kazuo Katsuramoto JapanFallNikola Stanchev Bulgaria
Abbas Zandi IranByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1İsmet Atlı Turkey000
1Hans Sterr United Team of Germany000
3Dan Hodge United States011
3Abbas Zandi Iran101
5Kazuo Katsuramoto Japan303
5Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union303
7William Davies Australia314
7Bengt Lindblad Sweden134
7Bakshish Singh India134
7Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria134
7Manie van Zyl South Africa314
12Viljo Punkari Finland033*
13Nicolas Arcales Philippines336
13Muhammad Faiz Pakistan336
13George Farquhar Great Britain336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmet Atlı TurkeyDecision, 3–0Abbas Zandi Iran
Dan Hodge United StatesFallWilliam Davies Australia
Bengt Lindblad SwedenFallBakshish Singh India
Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet UnionFallManie van Zyl South Africa
Nikola Stanchev BulgariaFallHans Sterr United Team of Germany
Kazuo Katsuramoto JapanByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1İsmet Atlı Turkey011
1Dan Hodge United States101
3Kazuo Katsuramoto Japan303
3Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union303
3Hans Sterr United Team of Germany033
6Bengt Lindblad Sweden404
6Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria404
6Abbas Zandi Iran134
9William Davies Australia437
9Bakshish Singh India437
9Manie van Zyl South Africa437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmet Atlı TurkeyDecision, 3–0Kazuo Katsuramoto Japan
Dan Hodge United StatesFallAbbas Zandi Iran
Nikola Stanchev BulgariaFallBengt Lindblad Sweden
Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet UnionFallHans Sterr United Team of Germany
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Dan Hodge United States101
2İsmet Atlı Turkey112
3Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union303
4Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria404
5Kazuo Katsuramoto Japan336
5Hans Sterr United Team of Germany336
7Bengt Lindblad Sweden437
7Abbas Zandi Iran437

Round 5

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet UnionDecision, 2–1İsmet Atlı Turkey
Nikola Stanchev BulgariaFallDan Hodge United States
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Dan Hodge United States134
1Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union314
1Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria404
4İsmet Atlı Turkey235

Medal rounds

Stanchev's victories over Skhirtladze in round 1 and Hodge in round 5 counted for the medal rounds, giving the Bulgarian wrestler the gold medal with a 2–0 record against the other medalists. Hodge defeated Skhirtladze in a de facto silver medal match.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dan Hodge United StatesFallGeorgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
1st place, gold medalist(s)Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Dan Hodge United States11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union02

References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 668.
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