Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling.
[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (- 52 kg) |
 Nikolai Solovyov (URS) |
 Ignazio Fabra (ITA) |
 Dursun Ali Egribas (TUR) |
| Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
Konstantin Vyrupayev (URS) |
 Edvin Vesterby (SWE) |
 Francisc Horvat (ROM) |
| Featherweight (57 - 62 kg) |
 Rauno Mäkinen (FIN) |
 Imre Polyák (HUN) |
Roman Dzeneladze (URS) |
| Lightweight (62 - 67 kg) |
Kyösti Lehtonen (FIN) |
Riza Dogan (TUR) |
Gyula Tóth (HUN) |
| Welterweight (67 - 73 kg) |
Mithat Bayrak (TUR) |
Vladimir Maneyev (URS) |
Per Gunnar Berlin (SWE) |
| Middleweight (73 - 79 kg) |
Givi Kartoziya (URS) |
 Dimitar Dobrev (BUL) |
Rune Jansson (SWE) |
| Light Heavyweight (79 - 87 kg) |
Valentin Nikolayev (URS) |
Petko Sirakov (BUL) |
Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE) |
| Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) |
Anatoli Parfenov (URS) |
 Wilfried Dietrich (EUA) |
Adelmo Bulgarelli (ITA) |
[edit] Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (- 52 kg) |
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (URS) |
 Mohammad Ali Khojastépour (IRI) |
Hüseyin Akbas (TUR) |
| Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
Mustafa Dagistanli (TUR) |
Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi (IRI) |
Mikhail Shakhov (URS) |
| Featherweight (57 - 62 kg) |
 Shozo Sasahara (JPN) |
 Joseph Mewis (BEL) |
Erkki Penttilä (FIN) |
| Lightweight (62 - 67 kg) |
Emamali Habibi Goudarzi (IRI) |
Shigeru Kasahara (JPN) |
Alimberg Bestayev (URS) |
| Welterweight (67 - 73 kg) |
Mitsuo Ikeda (JPN) |
Ibrahim Zengin (TUR) |
Vakhtang Balavadze (URS) |
| Middleweight (73 - 79 kg) |
Nikola Stanchev (BUL) |
 Daniel Hodge (USA) |
Georgi Skhirtladze (URS) |
| Light heavyweight (79 - 87 kg) |
Gholam Reza Takhti (IRI) |
Boris Kulayev (URS) |
Peter Blair (USA) |
| Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) |
Hamit Kaplan (TUR) |
Hussein Mehmedov (BUL) |
Taisto Kangasniemi (FIN) |
| Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne/Stockholm) |
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| Athletics • Australian football (demonstration) • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
| Wrestling at the Summer Olympics |  |
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