Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight
The men's freestyle bantamweight 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 bantamweight at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Royal Exhibition Building | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 November–1 December | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Competition format
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
Round 1
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Minoru Iizuka | ![]() |
Tauno Jaskari | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Lee Allen | ![]() |
Adolfo Díaz | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Omer Vercouteren | ![]() |
Fred Kämmerer | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Tarashkeswar Pandey | ![]() |
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() |
Din Zahur | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Geoffrey Jameson | ![]() |
Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() | Fall | Ernesto Ramel | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Adolfo Díaz | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Tauno Jaskari | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Fred Kämmerer | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Din Zahur | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
8 | Lee Allen | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Minoru Iizuka | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Geoffrey Jameson | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Tarashkeswar Pandey | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Ernesto Ramel | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Omer Vercouteren | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
Jaskari withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Minoru Iizuka | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Tauno Jaskari | ![]() |
Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | Fall | Lee Allen | ![]() |
Fred Kämmerer | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Adolfo Díaz | ![]() |
Tarashkeswar Pandey | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Omer Vercouteren | ![]() |
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | Fall | Geoffrey Jameson | ![]() |
Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() | Fall | Ernesto Ramel | ![]() |
Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Din Zahur | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1 | Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Fred Kämmerer | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Adolfo Díaz | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6 | Minoru Iizuka | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Tarashkeswar Pandey | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Din Zahur | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
10 | Tauno Jaskari | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4* |
11 | Lee Allen | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Geoffrey Jameson | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Ernesto Ramel | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Omer Vercouteren | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Minoru Iizuka | ![]() | Fall | Adolfo Díaz | ![]() |
Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Fred Kämmerer | ![]() |
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | Fall | Tarashkeswar Pandey | ![]() |
Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() | Fall | Din Zahur | ![]() |
Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Minoru Iizuka | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
6 | Fred Kämmerer | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Adolfo Díaz | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
7 | Tarashkeswar Pandey | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
7 | Din Zahur | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Minoru Iizuka | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() |
Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() |
Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1 | Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
3 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Minoru Iizuka | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Round 5
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() |
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
4 | Lee Sang-gyun | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
All three of the medalists had already faced each both of the others already, so no additional bouts were used. The results consisted of Dağıstanlı's victories over Yaghoubi in round 4 and Shakhov in round 5 and Yaghoubi's victory over Shakhov in round 1. This gave Dağıstanlı a 2–0 record against the other medalists and therefore the gold medal; Yaghoubi a 1–1 record and the silver medal, and Shakhov a 0–2 record and the bronze medal.
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
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![]() | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | ![]() | 2 | 0 |
![]() | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ![]() | 1 | 1 |
![]() | Mykhailo Shakhov | ![]() | 0 | 2 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 660.