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

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Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates3–6 December
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rauno Mäkinen  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Imre Polyák  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union
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Wrestling at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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Flymen
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Weltermen
Middlemen
Light heavymen
Heavymen
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Flymen
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Heavymen

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight 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]

Competition format[edit]

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[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ion Popescu  Romania Decision, 3–0 Alan Rice  United States
Imre Polyák  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Umberto Trippa  Italy
Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Roger Bielle  France
Müzahir Sille  Turkey Fall Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union
Rauno Mäkinen  Finland Fall Norman Ickeringill  Australia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Rauno Mäkinen  Finland 0 0 0
1 Müzahir Sille  Turkey 0 0 0
3 Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden 0 1 1
3 Imre Polyák  Hungary 0 1 1
3 Ion Popescu  Romania 0 1 1
6 Roger Bielle  France 0 3 3
6 Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union 0 3 3
6 Norman Ickeringill  Australia 0 3 3
6 Alan Rice  United States 0 3 3
6 Umberto Trippa  Italy 0 3 3

Round 2[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Umberto Trippa  Italy Decision, 3–0 Ion Popescu  Romania
Imre Polyák  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Alan Rice  United States
Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union Fall Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden
Rauno Mäkinen  Finland Decision, 2–1 Roger Bielle  France
Müzahir Sille  Turkey Fall Norman Ickeringill  Australia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Müzahir Sille  Turkey 0 0 0
2 Rauno Mäkinen  Finland 0 1 1
3 Imre Polyák  Hungary 1 1 2
4 Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union 3 0 3
5 Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden 1 3 4
5 Ion Popescu  Romania 1 3 4
5 Umberto Trippa  Italy 3 1 4
8 Roger Bielle  France 3 3 6
8 Norman Ickeringill  Australia 3 3 6
8 Alan Rice  United States 3 3 6

Round 3[edit]

Trippa had defeated Popescu head-to-head, earning the tie-breaker for 6th place.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Imre Polyák  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Ion Popescu  Romania
Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union Fall Umberto Trippa  Italy
Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Müzahir Sille  Turkey
Rauno Mäkinen  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Rauno Mäkinen  Finland 1 0 1
2 Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union 3 0 3
2 Imre Polyák  Hungary 2 1 3
2 Müzahir Sille  Turkey 0 3 3
5 Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden 4 1 5
6 Umberto Trippa  Italy 4 3 7
7 Ion Popescu  Romania 4 3 7

Round 4[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Rauno Mäkinen  Finland
Imre Polyák  Hungary Fall Müzahir Sille  Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Imre Polyák  Hungary 3 0 3
2 Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union 3 1 4
2 Rauno Mäkinen  Finland 1 3 4
4 Müzahir Sille  Turkey 3 3 6

Medal rounds[edit]

Dzeneladze's victory over Mäkinen in round 4 counted for the medal rounds. Each wrestler finished 1–1 against the other medalists, with all of the victories by split decision. Mäkinen and Polyák tied for fewest points overall, at 5, with Mäkinen the victor among the two by head-to-head. Polyák took silver, having defeated Dzeneladze head-to-head.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Rauno Mäkinen  Finland Decision, 2–1 Imre Polyák  Hungary
Imre Polyák  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Points Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rauno Mäkinen  Finland 1 1 4 4 1 5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Imre Polyák  Hungary 1 1 4 3 2 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roman Dzeneladze  Soviet Union 1 1 4 4 3 7

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 678.
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