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

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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
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Wrestling at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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Heavymen

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolay Solovyov  Soviet Union 1 1 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ignazio Fabra  Italy 1 1 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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