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


The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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.

Competition format

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. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout. 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 ; record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.

Results

Round 1

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Hamit KaplanDecision, 3–0Adelmo Bulgarelli
Antonios GeorgoulisDecision, 3–0Joseph Zammit
Yusein MekhmedovDecision, 3–0Taisto Kangasniemi
Bertil AntonssonFallDale Lewis
Anatoly ParfyonovDecision, 2–1Wilfried Dietrich

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2011
2011
2011
2011
6033
6033
6033
6033
6033

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adelmo BulgarelliFallJoseph Zammit
Hamit KaplanDecision, 3–0Antonios Georgoulis
Taisto KangasniemiFallDale Lewis
Wilfried DietrichFallYusein Mekhmedov
Bertil AntonssonDecision, 3–0Anatoly Parfyonov

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1011
2112
3303
3303
3303
6134
6134
6134
9336
9336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adelmo BulgarelliFallAntonios Georgoulis
Hamit KaplanDecision, 2–1Taisto Kangasniemi
Anatoly ParfyonovForfeitYusein Mekhmedov
Wilfried DietrichDecision, 3–0Bertil Antonsson

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1213
1303
3134
3314
3404
6336
7437
7437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adelmo BulgarelliFallBertil Antonsson
Wilfried DietrichDecision, 3–0Hamit Kaplan
Anatoly ParfyonovByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1303
2404
3415
4336
5437

Medal rounds

Parfyonov's victory over Dietrich in round 1 counted for the medal rounds. Parfyonov faced Bulgarelli in the medal rounds, winning the bout to secure the gold medal at 2–0 against the other medalists. Dietrich then also defeated Bulgarelli to earn silver at 1–1, with Bulgarelli earning the bronze at 0–2 against the other medalists.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Anatoly ParfyonovDecision, 3–0Adelmo Bulgarelli
Wilfried DietrichDecision, 3–0Adelmo Bulgarelli

; Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
20
11
02