Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
{{short description|Wrestling at the Olympics}}
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
|games = 1956 Summer
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|venue = Royal Exhibition Building
|dates = 3–6 December 1956
|competitors = 10
|nations = 10
|gold = Givi Kartozia
|goldNOC = URS
|silver = Dimitar Dobrev
|silverNOC = BUL
|bronze = Rune Jansson
|bronzeNOC = SWE
|prev = 1952
|next = 1960
}}
{{WrestlingAt1956SummerOlympics}}
The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WRE/mens-middleweight-greco-roman.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132012/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WRE/mens-middleweight-greco-roman.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=13 March 2019}} Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing {{convert|73|to|79|kg|lbs|1}}.{{sfn|Official Report|1958|p=684}}
Competition format
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.{{sfn|Official Report|1958|p=684}}
Results
=Round 1=
Simić withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Viljo Punkari | {{FlagIOC|FIN|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Wally Paterson | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1956 Summer}} |
| Givi Kartozia | {{FlagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Rune Jansson | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} |
| György Gurics | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Jim Peckham | {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} |
| Hans Sterr | {{FlagIOC|EUA|1956 Summer}} | Fall | İsmet Atlı | {{FlagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} |
| Dimitar Dobrev | {{FlagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Branislav Simić | {{FlagIOC|YUG|1956 Summer}} |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Dimitar|Dobrev|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Viljo|Punkari}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Hans|Sterr}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|György|Gurics}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Givi|Kartozia}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|İsmet|Atlı}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|Rune|Jansson}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|William|Paterson|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|Jim|Peckham}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Branislav|Simić}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|YUG|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3* |
=Round 2=
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Rune Jansson | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Viljo Punkari | {{FlagIOC|FIN|1956 Summer}} |
| Givi Kartozia | {{FlagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Wally Paterson | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1956 Summer}} |
| Jim Peckham | {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Hans Sterr | {{FlagIOC|EUA|1956 Summer}} |
| György Gurics | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | İsmet Atlı | {{FlagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} |
| Dimitar Dobrev | {{FlagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Dimitar|Dobrev|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|Givi|Kartozia}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|György|Gurics}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Rune|Jansson}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Viljo|Punkari}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Hans|Sterr}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Jim|Peckham}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | align=left| {{sortname|İsmet|Atlı}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | align=left| {{sortname|William|Paterson|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
=Round 3=
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Dimitar Dobrev | {{FlagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Viljo Punkari | {{FlagIOC|FIN|1956 Summer}} |
| Rune Jansson | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Jim Peckham | {{FlagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} |
| Givi Kartozia | {{FlagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | György Gurics | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1956 Summer}} |
| Hans Sterr | {{FlagIOC|EUA|1956 Summer}} | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Dimitar|Dobrev|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|Givi|Kartozia}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|Hans|Sterr}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Rune|Jansson}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | align=left| {{sortname|György|Gurics}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1956 Summer}} | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|Viljo|Punkari}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Jim|Peckham}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} | 4 | 3 | 7 |
=Round 4=
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Rune Jansson | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Hans Sterr | {{FlagIOC|EUA|1956 Summer}} |
| Givi Kartozia | {{FlagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Dimitar Dobrev | {{FlagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Givi|Kartozia}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|Dimitar|Dobrev|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|Rune|Jansson}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Hans|Sterr}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|EUA|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
=Medal rounds=
Kartozia's victories over Jansson in round 1 and over Dobrev in round 4 counted for the medal round, giving him the gold medal with a 2–0 record against the other medalists. Dobrev defeated Jansson in a de facto silver medal bout.
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Dimitar Dobrev | {{FlagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Rune Jansson | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
| {{gold01}} | align=left| {{sortname|Givi|Kartozia}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 2 | 0 |
| {{silver02}} | align=left| {{sortname|Dimitar|Dobrev|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|BUL|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 1 |
| {{bronze03}} | align=left| {{sortname|Rune|Jansson}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 2 |
References
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General
- {{Cite book |title=The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 |year=1956 |publisher=W. M. Houston |location=Melbourne |publication-date=1958 |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/16475/rec/23 |ref={{sfnref|Official Report|1958}} }}
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