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

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] Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms (125.7 to 136.7 lb).[2]

Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates3–6 December 1956
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
← 1952
1960 →

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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Round 2

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Round 3

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

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Imre Polyák HungaryDecision, 3–0Ion Popescu Romania
Roman Dzeneladze Soviet UnionFallUmberto Trippa Italy
Gunnar Håkansson SwedenDecision, 2–1Müzahir Sille Turkey
Rauno Mäkinen FinlandByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Rauno Mäkinen Finland101
2Roman Dzeneladze Soviet Union303
2Imre Polyák Hungary213
2Müzahir Sille Turkey033
5Gunnar Håkansson Sweden415
6Umberto Trippa Italy437
7Ion Popescu Romania437

Round 4

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Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Roman Dzeneladze Soviet UnionDecision, 2–1Rauno Mäkinen Finland
Imre Polyák HungaryFallMüzahir Sille Turkey
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Imre Polyák Hungary303
2Roman Dzeneladze Soviet Union314
2Rauno Mäkinen Finland134
4Müzahir Sille Turkey336

Medal rounds

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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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Rauno Mäkinen FinlandDecision, 2–1Imre Polyák Hungary
Imre Polyák HungaryDecision, 2–1Roman Dzeneladze Soviet Union
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesPointsStartEarnedTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)Rauno Mäkinen Finland114415
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Imre Polyák Hungary114325
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Roman Dzeneladze Soviet Union114437

References

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