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Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight

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Men's freestyle bantamweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates28 November–1 December
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union
← 1952
1960 →

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] 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 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

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Minoru Iizuka  Japan
Tauno Jaskari  Finland Decision, 3–0 Lee Allen  United States
Adolfo Díaz  Argentina Decision, 3–0 Omer Vercouteren  Belgium
Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany Decision, 3–0 Tarashkeswar Pandey  India
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran Decision, 3–0 Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union
Din Zahur  Pakistan Decision, 3–0 Geoffrey Jameson  Australia
Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea Fall Ernesto Ramel  Philippines
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea 0 0 0
2 Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey 0 1 1
2 Adolfo Díaz  Argentina 0 1 1
2 Tauno Jaskari  Finland 0 1 1
2 Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany 0 1 1
2 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran 0 1 1
2 Din Zahur  Pakistan 0 1 1
8 Lee Allen  United States 0 3 3
8 Minoru Iizuka  Japan 0 3 3
8 Geoffrey Jameson  Australia 0 3 3
8 Tarashkeswar Pandey  India 0 3 3
8 Ernesto Ramel  Philippines 0 3 3
8 Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union 0 3 3
8 Omer Vercouteren  Belgium 0 3 3

Round 2

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Jaskari withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Minoru Iizuka  Japan Decision, 3–0 Tauno Jaskari  Finland
Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey Fall Lee Allen  United States
Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany Decision, 3–0 Adolfo Díaz  Argentina
Tarashkeswar Pandey  India Decision, 3–0 Omer Vercouteren  Belgium
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran Fall Geoffrey Jameson  Australia
Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union Fall Ernesto Ramel  Philippines
Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea Decision, 3–0 Din Zahur  Pakistan
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey 1 0 1
1 Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea 0 1 1
1 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran 1 0 1
4 Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany 1 1 2
5 Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union 3 0 3
6 Adolfo Díaz  Argentina 1 3 4
6 Minoru Iizuka  Japan 3 1 4
6 Tarashkeswar Pandey  India 3 1 4
6 Din Zahur  Pakistan 1 3 4
10 Tauno Jaskari  Finland 1 3 4*
11 Lee Allen  United States 3 3 6
11 Geoffrey Jameson  Australia 3 3 6
11 Ernesto Ramel  Philippines 3 3 6
11 Omer Vercouteren  Belgium 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Minoru Iizuka  Japan Fall Adolfo Díaz  Argentina
Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran Fall Tarashkeswar Pandey  India
Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union Fall Din Zahur  Pakistan
Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea 1 0 1
1 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran 1 0 1
3 Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey 1 1 2
4 Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union 3 0 3
5 Minoru Iizuka  Japan 4 0 4
6 Fred Kämmerer  United Team of Germany 2 3 5
7 Adolfo Díaz  Argentina 4 3 7
7 Tarashkeswar Pandey  India 4 3 7
7 Din Zahur  Pakistan 4 3 4

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Minoru Iizuka  Japan Decision, 3–0 Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea
Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran
Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey 2 1 3
1 Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union 3 0 3
3 Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea 1 3 4
3 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran 1 3 4
5 Minoru Iizuka  Japan 4 1 5

Round 5

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran Decision, 3–0 Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey 3 1 4
2 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran 4 1 5
3 Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union 3 3 6
4 Lee Sang-gyun  South Korea 4 3 7

Medal rounds

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mustafa Dağıstanlı  Turkey 2 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi  Iran 1 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mykhailo Shakhov  Soviet Union 0 2

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1958, p. 660.

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