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

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Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates3–6 December
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edvin Vesterby  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Francisc Horvath  Romania
← 1952
1960 →

The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight 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] Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52 to 57 kilograms (114.6 to 125.7 lb).[2]

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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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Imre Hódos  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Reijo Nykänen  Finland
Adolfo Díaz  Argentina Fall Joe Sweeney  Australia
Francisc Horvath  Romania Decision, 2–1 Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union
Yaşar Yılmaz  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Omer Vercouteren  Belgium
Dinko Petrov  Bulgaria Decision, 2–1 Edvin Vesterby  Sweden
Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany Decision, 2–1 Franz Brunner  Austria
Kent Townley  United States Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Adolfo Díaz  Argentina 0 0 0
1 Kent Townley  United States 0 0 0
3 Imre Hódos  Hungary 0 1 1
3 Francisc Horvath  Romania 0 1 1
3 Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany 0 1 1
3 Dinko Petrov  Bulgaria 0 1 1
3 Yaşar Yılmaz  Turkey 0 1 1
8 Franz Brunner  Austria 0 3 3
8 Reijo Nykänen  Finland 0 3 3
8 Joe Sweeney  Australia 0 3 3
8 Omer Vercouteren  Belgium 0 3 3
8 Edvin Vesterby  Sweden 0 3 3
8 Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union 0 3 3

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Imre Hódos  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Kent Townley  United States
Reijo Nykänen  Finland Decision, 2–1 Adolfo Díaz  Argentina
Francisc Horvath  Romania Decision, 3–0 Joe Sweeney  Australia
Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Yaşar Yılmaz  Turkey
Dinko Petrov  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Omer Vercouteren  Belgium
Edvin Vesterby  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Franz Brunner  Austria
Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany 1 0 1
2 Imre Hódos  Hungary 1 1 2
2 Francisc Horvath  Romania 1 1 2
2 Dinko Petrov  Bulgaria 1 1 2
5 Adolfo Díaz  Argentina 0 3 3
5 Kent Townley  United States 0 3 3
7 Edvin Vesterby  Sweden 3 1 4
7 Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union 3 1 4
7 Reijo Nykänen  Finland 3 1 4
7 Yaşar Yılmaz  Turkey 1 3 4
11 Franz Brunner  Austria 3 3 6
11 Joe Sweeney  Australia 3 3 6
11 Omer Vercouteren  Belgium 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany Decision, 3–0 Kent Townley  United States
Imre Hódos  Hungary Fall Adolfo Díaz  Argentina
Francisc Horvath  Romania Decision, 2–1 Reijo Nykänen  Finland
Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union Fall Dinko Petrov  Bulgaria
Edvin Vesterby  Sweden Walkover Yaşar Yılmaz  Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Imre Hódos  Hungary 2 0 2
1 Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany 1 1 2
3 Francisc Horvath  Romania 2 1 3
4 Edvin Vesterby  Sweden 4 0 4
4 Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union 4 0 4
6 Dinko Petrov  Bulgaria 2 3 5
7 Adolfo Díaz  Argentina 3 3 6
8 Kent Townley  United States 3 3 6
9 Reijo Nykänen  Finland 4 3 7
9 Yaşar Yılmaz  Turkey 4 3 7

Round 4

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Vyrupayev had defeated Hódos; Kammerer had a bye while neither of the other two wrestlers tied at 5 points had one.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Francisc Horvath  Romania Decision, 3–0 Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany
Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Imre Hódos  Hungary
Edvin Vesterby  Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Edvin Vesterby  Sweden 4 0 4
1 Francisc Horvath  Romania 3 1 4
3 Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union 4 1 5
4 Imre Hódos  Hungary 2 3 5
5 Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany 2 3 5

Medal rounds

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Horvath's victory over Vyrupayev in round 1 counted for the medal rounds. The three medalists all finished 1–1 against each other. Vyrupayev had the best result within the group, with his win coming by unanimous decision as opposed to the split-decision wins of the other two medalists; he took gold. Of the two remaining wrestlers, Vesterby had defeated Horvath head-to-head and took silver. Horvath earned bronze.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Edvin Vesterby  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Francisc Horvath  Romania
Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Edvin Vesterby  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Konstantin Vyrupayev  Soviet Union 1 1 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edvin Vesterby  Sweden 1 1 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Francisc Horvath  Romania 1 1 4

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1958, p. 676.

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