Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
| Wrestling at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Royal Exhibition Building |
| Dates | 28 November – 6 December |
| Competitors | 173 from 30 nations |
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling.[1]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 |  Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
Medal summary
Greco-Roman
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight details | Nikolai Solovyov Soviet Union | Ignazio Fabra Italy | Dursun Ali Egribas Turkey |
| Bantamweight details | Konstantin Vyrupayev Soviet Union | Edvin Vesterby Sweden | Francisc Horvat Romania |
| Featherweight details | Rauno Mäkinen Finland | Imre Polyák Hungary | Roman Dzeneladze Soviet Union |
| Lightweight details | Kyösti Lehtonen Finland | Riza Dogan Turkey | Gyula Tóth Hungary |
| Welterweight details | Mithat Bayrak Turkey | Vladimir Maneyev Soviet Union | Per Gunnar Berlin Sweden |
| Middleweight details | Givi Kartozia Soviet Union | Dimitar Dobrev Bulgaria | Rune Jansson Sweden |
| Light Heavyweight details | Valentin Nikolayev Soviet Union | Petko Sirakov Bulgaria | Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden |
| Heavyweight details | Anatoli Parfenov Soviet Union | Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany | Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy |
Freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight details | Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Soviet Union | M. Ali Khojastehpour Iran | Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey |
| Bantamweight details | Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey | Mehdi Yaghoubi Iran | Mikhail Shakhov Soviet Union |
| Featherweight details | Shozo Sasahara Japan | Joseph Mewis Belgium | Erkki Penttilä Finland |
| Lightweight details | Emam-Ali Habibi Iran | Shigeru Kasahara Japan | Alimbeg Bestayev Soviet Union |
| Welterweight details | Mitsuo Ikeda Japan | Ibrahim Zengin Turkey | Vakhtang Balavadze Soviet Union |
| Middleweight details | Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria | Danny Hodge United States | Georgi Skhirtladze Soviet Union |
| Light heavyweight details | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | Boris Kulayev Soviet Union | Peter Blair United States |
| Heavyweight details | Hamit Kaplan Turkey | Hussein Mehmedov Bulgaria | Taisto Kangasniemi Finland |
Participating nations
A total of 173 wrestlers from 30 nations competed at the Melbourne Games:[1]
Argentina (2)
Australia (15)
Austria (4)
Belgium (3)
Bulgaria (8)
Canada (2)
Finland (10)
France (2)
United Team of Germany (5)
Great Britain (4)
Greece (2)
Hungary (8)
India (7)
Iran (8)
Ireland (1)
Italy (5)
Japan (8)
South Korea (3)
Mexico (1)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (1)
Pakistan (6)
Philippines (3)
Romania (4)
South Africa (4)
Soviet Union (16)
Sweden (10)
Turkey (13)
United States (15)
Yugoslavia (2)[2]
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XVI OLYMPIAD MELBOURNE 1956". I. 1958: 650–691. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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External links
- Official Olympic Report
