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Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

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The men's freestyle light heavyweight 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]

Men's freestyle light heavyweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates28 November–1 December
Competitors12 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Boris Kulayev  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pete Blair  United States
← 1952
1960 →

Competition format edit

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 edit

Round 1 edit

Defteraios withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Kevin Coote   Australia Decision, 3–0 Bob Steckle   Canada
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Jan Theron   South Africa
Peter Blair   United States Fall Veikko Lahti   Finland
Adil Atan   Turkey Fall Mitsuhiro Ohira   Japan
Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Viking Palm   Sweden
Gerry Martina   Ireland Fall Spyros Defteraios   Greece
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Adil Atan   Turkey 0 0 0
1 Peter Blair   United States 0 0 0
1 Gerry Martina   Ireland 0 0 0
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
5 Kevin Coote   Australia 0 1 1
5 Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union 0 1 1
7 Veikko Lahti   Finland 0 3 3
7 Mitsuhiro Ohira   Japan 0 3 3
7 Viking Palm   Sweden 0 3 3
7 Bob Steckle   Canada 0 3 3
7 Jan Theron   South Africa 0 3 3
12 Spyros Defteraios   Greece 0 3 3*

Round 2 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Jan Theron   South Africa Decision, 3–0 Kevin Coote   Australia
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Bob Steckle   Canada
Mitsuhiro Ohira   Japan Decision, 2–1 Veikko Lahti   Finland
Viking Palm   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Peter Blair   United States
Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Adil Atan   Turkey
Gerry Martina   Ireland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gerry Martina   Ireland 0 0 0
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
3 Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union 1 1 2
4 Adil Atan   Turkey 0 3 3
4 Peter Blair   United States 0 3 3
6 Kevin Coote   Australia 1 3 4
6 Mitsuhiro Ohira   Japan 3 1 4
6 Viking Palm   Sweden 3 1 4
6 Jan Theron   South Africa 3 1 4
10 Veikko Lahti   Finland 3 3 6
10 Bob Steckle   Canada 3 3 6

Round 3 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Kevin Coote   Australia Fall Gerry Martina   Ireland
Peter Blair   United States Fall Jan Theron   South Africa
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Mitsuhiro Ohira   Japan
Adil Atan   Turkey Decision, 2–1 Viking Palm   Sweden
Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
2 Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union 2 0 2
3 Peter Blair   United States 3 0 3
3 Gerry Martina   Ireland 0 3 3
5 Adil Atan   Turkey 3 1 4
5 Kevin Coote   Australia 4 0 4
7 Mitsuhiro Ohira   Japan 4 3 7
7 Viking Palm   Sweden 4 3 7
7 Jan Theron   South Africa 4 3 7

Round 4 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union Fall Gerry Martina   Ireland
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Kevin Coote   Australia
Peter Blair   United States Decision, 3–0 Adil Atan   Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
2 Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union 2 0 2
3 Peter Blair   United States 3 1 4
4 Gerry Martina   Ireland 3 3 6
5 Adil Atan   Turkey 4 3 7
5 Kevin Coote   Australia 4 3 7

Medal rounds edit

None of the medalists had faced each other yet, so a full round-robin was held. Takhti beat each of the other two medalists to win the gold medal, with Kulayev earning silver by beating Blair.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union
Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union Fall Peter Blair   United States
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Decision, 3–0 Peter Blair   United States
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses
  Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 2 0
  Boris Kulayev   Soviet Union 1 1
  Peter Blair   United States 0 2

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 670.
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