Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's freestyle flyweight
|games = 1956 Summer
|image = Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour, Mirian Tsalkalamanidze, Hüseyin Akbaş 1956.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = The final podium
|venue = Royal Exhibition Building
|dates = 28 November–1 December 1956
|competitors = 11
|nations = 11
|gold = Mirian Tsalkalamanidze
|goldNOC = URS
|silver = Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour
|silverNOC = IRI
|bronze = Hüseyin Akbaş
|bronzeNOC = TUR
|prev = 1952
|next = 1960
}}
{{WrestlingAt1956SummerOlympics}}
The men's freestyle flyweight 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WRE/mens-flyweight-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132138/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/WRE/mens-flyweight-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Flyweight |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=13 March 2019}} Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to {{convert|52|kg|lbs|1}}.{{sfn|Official Report|1958|p=658}}
Competition format
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.{{sfn|Official Report|1958|p=658}}
Results
=Round 1=
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Hüseyin Akbaş | {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Luigi Chinazzo | {{flagIOC|ITA|1956 Summer}} |
| André Zoete | {{flagIOC|FRA|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Fred Flannery | {{flagIOC|AUS|1956 Summer}} |
| Lee Jeong-gyu | {{flagIOC|KOR|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Abdul Aziz | {{flagIOC|PAK|1956 Summer}} |
| Tadashi Asai | {{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Baban Daware | {{flagIOC|IND|1956 Summer}} |
| Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Dick Delgado | {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} |
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | {{flagIOC|IRI|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|Tadashi|Asai}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Mohamed Ali|Khojastehpour}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| Lee Jeong-gyu | align=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|André|Zoete}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 5 | align=left| {{sortname|Hüseyin|Akbaş}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 5 | align=left| {{sortname|Mirian|Tsalkalamanidze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Abdul|Aziz|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|PAK|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Luigi|Chinazzo}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Baban|Daware}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IND|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Dick|Delgado}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Fred|Flannery}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
=Round 2=
Lee withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Luigi Chinazzo | {{flagIOC|ITA|1956 Summer}} |
| Hüseyin Akbaş | {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | Fall | André Zoete | {{flagIOC|FRA|1956 Summer}} |
| Abdul Aziz | {{flagIOC|PAK|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Fred Flannery | {{flagIOC|AUS|1956 Summer}} |
| Baban Daware | {{flagIOC|IND|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Lee Jeong-gyu | {{flagIOC|KOR|1956 Summer}} |
| Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Tadashi Asai | {{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer}} |
| Dick Delgado | {{flagIOC|USA|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|Hüseyin|Akbaş}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Mohamed Ali|Khojastehpour}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|Mirian|Tsalkalamanidze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Tadashi|Asai}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Dick|Delgado}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|André|Zoete}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Abdul|Aziz|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|PAK|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Baban|Daware}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IND|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | align=left| Lee Jeong-gyu | align=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3* |
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Luigi|Chinazzo}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Fred|Flannery}} | 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 |
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Dick Delgado | {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} |
| Hüseyin Akbaş | {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Abdul Aziz | {{flagIOC|PAK|1956 Summer}} |
| Tadashi Asai | {{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | André Zoete | {{flagIOC|FRA|1956 Summer}} |
| Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Baban Daware | {{flagIOC|IND|1956 Summer}} |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Hüseyin|Akbaş}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|Mohamed Ali|Khojastehpour}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|Mirian|Tsalkalamanidze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Tadashi|Asai}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | align=left| {{sortname|Dick|Delgado}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | align=left| {{sortname|André|Zoete}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1956 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Abdul|Aziz|dab=wrestler}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|PAK|1956 Summer}} | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Baban|Daware}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IND|1956 Summer}} | 4 | 3 | 7 |
=Round 4=
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Tadashi Asai | {{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer}} |
| Hüseyin Akbaş | {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Hüseyin|Akbaş}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|Mohamed Ali|Khojastehpour}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|Mirian|Tsalkalamanidze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Tadashi|Asai}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1956 Summer}} | 4 | 3 | 7 |
=Medal rounds=
Akbaş's victory over Tsalkalamanidze in round 4 counted for the medal rounds. Each wrestler went 1–1 against the other medalists, but Tsalkalamanidze received the gold medal since he had the only win by fall. Of the remaining two competitors, Khojastehpour had defeated Akbaş head-to-head and so took silver.
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Hüseyin Akbaş | {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} |
| Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | Fall | Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Points |
| {{gold01}} | align=left| {{sortname|Mirian|Tsalkalamanidze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| {{silver02}} | align=left| {{sortname|Mohamed Ali|Khojastehpour}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| {{bronze03}} | align=left| {{sortname|Hüseyin|Akbaş}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1956 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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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