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 SolovyovSoviet Union (URS) |
 Ignazio FabraItaly (ITA) |
 Dursun Ali EgribasTurkey (TUR) |
| Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
Konstantin Vyrupayev Soviet Union (URS) |
 Edvin VesterbySweden (SWE) |
 Francisc HorvatRomania (ROM) |
| Featherweight (57 - 62 kg) |
 Rauno MäkinenFinland (FIN) |
 Imre PolyákHungary (HUN) |
Roman Dzeneladze Soviet Union (URS) |
| Lightweight (62 - 67 kg) |
Kyösti Lehtonen Finland (FIN) |
Riza Dogan Turkey (TUR) |
Gyula Tóth Hungary (HUN) |
| Welterweight (67 - 73 kg) |
Mithat Bayrak Turkey (TUR) |
Vladimir Maneyev Soviet Union (URS) |
Per Gunnar Berlin Sweden (SWE) |
| Middleweight (73 - 79 kg) |
Givi Kartoziya Soviet Union (URS) |
 Dimitar DobrevBulgaria (BUL) |
Rune Jansson Sweden (SWE) |
| Light Heavyweight (79 - 87 kg) |
Valentin Nikolayev Soviet Union (URS) |
Petko Sirakov Bulgaria (BUL) |
Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden (SWE) |
| Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) |
Anatoli Parfenov Soviet Union (URS) |
 Wilfried DietrichUnited Team of Germany (EUA) |
Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy (ITA) |
[edit] Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (- 52 kg) |
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Soviet Union (URS) |
 Mohammad Ali KhojastépourIran (IRI) |
Hüseyin Akbas Turkey (TUR) |
| Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
Mustafa Dagistanli Turkey (TUR) |
Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi Iran (IRI) |
Mikhail Shakhov Soviet Union (URS) |
| Featherweight (57 - 62 kg) |
 Shozo SasaharaJapan (JPN) |
 Joseph MewisBelgium (BEL) |
Erkki Penttilä Finland (FIN) |
| Lightweight (62 - 67 kg) |
Emamali Habibi Goudarzi Iran (IRI) |
Shigeru Kasahara Japan (JPN) |
Alimberg Bestayev Soviet Union (URS) |
| Welterweight (67 - 73 kg) |
Mitsuo Ikeda Japan (JPN) |
Ibrahim Zengin Turkey (TUR) |
Vakhtang Balavadze Soviet Union (URS) |
| Middleweight (73 - 79 kg) |
Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria (BUL) |
 Daniel HodgeUnited States (USA) |
Georgi Skhirtladze Soviet Union (URS) |
| Light heavyweight (79 - 87 kg) |
Gholam Reza Takhti Iran (IRI) |
Boris Kulayev Soviet Union (URS) |
Peter Blair United States (USA) |
| Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) |
Hamit Kaplan Turkey (TUR) |
Hussein Mehmedov Bulgaria (BUL) |
Taisto Kangasniemi Finland (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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| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in wrestling |
