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


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

Simić withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Viljo PunkariFallWilliam Paterson
Givi KartoziaDecision, 3–0Rune Jansson
György GuricsDecision, 2–1Jim Peckham
Hans SterrFallİsmet Atlı
Dimitar DobrevFallBranislav Simić

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
4011
4011
6033
6033
6033
6033
10033*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Rune JanssonFallViljo Punkari
Givi KartoziaFallWilliam Paterson
Jim PeckhamDecision, 2–1Hans Sterr
György GuricsDecision, 3–0İsmet Atlı
Dimitar DobrevByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2101
3112
4303
4033
4033
7314
8336
8336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dimitar DobrevDecision, 2–1Viljo Punkari
Rune JanssonDecision, 2–1Jim Peckham
Givi KartoziaDecision, 3–0György Gurics
Hans SterrByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1011
2112
3303
4314
5235
6336
7437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Rune JanssonDecision, 3–0Hans Sterr
Givi KartoziaDecision, 2–1Dimitar Dobrev

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1213
2134
3415
4336

Medal rounds

Kartozia's victories over Jansson in round 1 and over Dobrev in round 4 counted for the medal round, giving him the gold medal with a 2–0 record against the other medalists. Dobrev defeated Jansson in a de facto silver medal bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dimitar DobrevDecision, 3–0Rune Jansson

; Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
20
11
02