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] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 lb).[2]
Men's Greco-Roman middleweight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | 3–6 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Competition format
editThis 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
editRound 1
editSimić withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Viljo Punkari | Finland | Fall | Wally Paterson | Australia |
Givi Kartozia | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Rune Jansson | Sweden |
György Gurics | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Jim Peckham | United States |
Hans Sterr | United Team of Germany | Fall | İsmet Atlı | Turkey |
Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | Fall | Branislav Simić | Yugoslavia |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Viljo Punkari | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Hans Sterr | United Team of Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | György Gurics | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Givi Kartozia | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | İsmet Atlı | Turkey | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Rune Jansson | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | William Paterson | Australia | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Jim Peckham | United States | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | Branislav Simić | Yugoslavia | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
edit- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Rune Jansson | Sweden | Fall | Viljo Punkari | Finland |
Givi Kartozia | Soviet Union | Fall | Wally Paterson | Australia |
Jim Peckham | United States | Decision, 2–1 | Hans Sterr | United Team of Germany |
György Gurics | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | İsmet Atlı | Turkey |
Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Givi Kartozia | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | György Gurics | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Rune Jansson | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Viljo Punkari | Finland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
4 | Hans Sterr | United Team of Germany | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Jim Peckham | United States | 3 | 1 | 4 |
8 | İsmet Atlı | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 6 |
8 | William Paterson | Australia | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
edit- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | Decision, 2–1 | Viljo Punkari | Finland |
Rune Jansson | Sweden | Decision, 2–1 | Jim Peckham | United States |
Givi Kartozia | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | György Gurics | Hungary |
Hans Sterr | United Team of Germany | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Givi Kartozia | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Hans Sterr | United Team of Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Rune Jansson | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 4 |
5 | György Gurics | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Viljo Punkari | Finland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Jim Peckham | United States | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
edit- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Rune Jansson | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Hans Sterr | United Team of Germany |
Givi Kartozia | Soviet Union | Decision, 2–1 | Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Givi Kartozia | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | 1 | 3 | 4 |
3 | Rune Jansson | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Hans Sterr | United Team of Germany | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Medal rounds
editKartozia's victories over Jansson in round 1 and over Dobrev in round 4 counted for the medal round, giving him the gold medal with a 2–0 record against the other medalists. Dobrev defeated Jansson in a de facto silver medal bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | Decision, 3–0 | Rune Jansson | Sweden |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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Givi Kartozia | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | |
Dimitar Dobrev | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | |
Rune Jansson | Sweden | 0 | 2 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ a b Official Report 1958, p. 684.
General
- The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956. Melbourne: W. M. Houston (published 1958). 1956.