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

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 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).[2]

Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates3–6 December
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolay Solovyov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ignazio Fabra  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dursun Ali Eğribaş  Turkey
← 1952
1960 →

Competition format

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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.[2][1]

Results

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
István Baranya   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia
Maurice Mewis   Belgium Fall Monty Hakansson   Australia
Ignazio Fabra   Italy Decision, 2–1 Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Turkey
Dick Wilson   United States Decision, 3–0 André Zoete   France
Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania
Bengt Johansson   Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Bengt Johansson   Sweden 0 0 0
1 Maurice Mewis   Belgium 0 0 0
3 István Baranya   Hungary 0 1 1
3 Ignazio Fabra   Italy 0 1 1
3 Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union 0 1 1
3 Dick Wilson   United States 0 1 1
7 Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Turkey 0 3 3
7 Monty Hakansson   Australia 0 3 3
7 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania 0 3 3
7 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia 0 3 3
7 André Zoete   France 0 3 3

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia Decision, 3–0 Bengt Johansson   Sweden
István Baranya   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis   Belgium
Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Turkey Fall Monty Hakansson   Australia
Ignazio Fabra   Italy Decision, 3–0 Dick Wilson   United States
Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union Fall André Zoete   France
Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union 1 0 1
2 István Baranya   Hungary 1 1 2
2 Ignazio Fabra   Italy 1 1 2
4 Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Turkey 3 0 3
4 Bengt Johansson   Sweden 0 3 3
4 Maurice Mewis   Belgium 0 3 3
4 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania 3 0 3
8 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia 3 1 4
8 Dick Wilson   United States 1 3 4
10 Monty Hakansson   Australia 3 3 6
10 André Zoete   France 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania Decision, 3–0 Bengt Johansson   Sweden
Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis   Belgium
Ignazio Fabra   Italy Decision, 3–0 István Baranya   Hungary
Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Turkey Fall Dick Wilson   United States
Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union 1 0 1
2 Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Turkey 3 0 3
2 Ignazio Fabra   Italy 2 1 3
4 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania 3 1 4
5 István Baranya   Hungary 2 3 5
6 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia 4 1 5
7 Bengt Johansson   Sweden 3 3 6
7 Maurice Mewis   Belgium 3 3 6
9 Dick Wilson   United States 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union
Ignazio Fabra   Italy Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Turkey 3 1 4
1 Ignazio Fabra   Italy 3 1 4
1 Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union 1 3 4
4 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania 4 3 7

Medal rounds

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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
Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union Fall Ignazio Fabra   Italy
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Points in round
  Nikolay Solovyov   Soviet Union 1 1 3
  Ignazio Fabra   Italy 1 1 4
  Dursun Ali Eğribaş   Turkey 1 1 4

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1958, p. 674.

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