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

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Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueRoyal Exhibition Building
Dates3–6 December
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mithat Bayrak  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Per Berlin  Sweden
← 1952
1960 →

The men's Greco-Roman welterweight 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] Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 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.[3][1]

Results

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Round 1

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Vargset withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mithat Bayrak  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Miklós Szilvásy  Hungary
Mitko Petkov  Bulgaria Decision, 3–0 Oddvar Vargset  Norway
Siegfried Schäfer  United Team of Germany Fall Fred Murphy  Australia
Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Veikko Rantanen  Finland
Per Berlin  Sweden Fall Ernst Wandaller  Austria
Jay Holt  United States Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Per Berlin  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Jay Holt  United States 0 0 0
1 Siegfried Schäfer  United Team of Germany 0 0 0
4 Mithat Bayrak  Turkey 0 1 1
4 Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union 0 1 1
4 Mitko Petkov  Bulgaria 0 1 1
7 Fred Murphy  Australia 0 3 3
7 Veikko Rantanen  Finland 0 3 3
7 Miklós Szilvásy  Hungary 0 3 3
7 Ernst Wandaller  Austria 0 3 3
11 Oddvar Vargset  Norway 0 3 3*

Round 2

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Petkov withdrew due to injury at 8:15 into his bout and was unable to continue the competition.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Miklós Szilvásy  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Jay Holt  United States
Mithat Bayrak  Turkey Forfeit Mitko Petkov  Bulgaria
Veikko Rantanen  Finland Decision, 3–0 Siegfried Schäfer  United Team of Germany
Per Berlin  Sweden Fall Fred Murphy  Australia
Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union Fall Ernst Wandaller  Austria
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Per Berlin  Sweden 0 0 0
2 Mithat Bayrak  Turkey 1 0 1
2 Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union 1 0 1
4 Jay Holt  United States 0 3 3
4 Siegfried Schäfer  United Team of Germany 0 3 3
6 Veikko Rantanen  Finland 3 1 4
6 Miklós Szilvásy  Hungary 3 1 4
8 Mitko Petkov  Bulgaria 1 3 4*
9 Fred Murphy  Australia 3 3 6
9 Ernst Wandaller  Austria 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mithat Bayrak  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Jay Holt  United States
Veikko Rantanen  Finland Decision, 3–0 Miklós Szilvásy  Hungary
Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Siegfried Schäfer  United Team of Germany
Per Berlin  Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Per Berlin  Sweden 0 0 0
2 Mithat Bayrak  Turkey 1 1 2
2 Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union 1 1 2
4 Veikko Rantanen  Finland 4 1 5
5 Siegfried Schäfer  United Team of Germany 3 3 6
5 Jay Holt  United States 3 3 6
7 Miklós Szilvásy  Hungary 4 3 7

Medal rounds

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The Official Report shows Berlin defeating Maneyev in the medal rounds while Sports-Reference shows the opposite result (Maneyev winning the bout against Berlin). The latter is consistent with the final placings, which have Maneyev as the silver medalist and Berlin the bronze. Bayrak defeated both of the other medalists to earn the gold medal.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mithat Bayrak  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Per Berlin  Sweden
Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Per Berlin  Sweden
Mithat Bayrak  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mithat Bayrak  Turkey 2 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Maneyev  Soviet Union 1 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Per Berlin  Sweden 0 2

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report 1958, p. 683.
  3. ^ Official Report 1958, p. 680.

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