Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle featherweight

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Men's freestyle featherweight
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue Royal Exhibition Building
Dates28 November–1 December
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze medal icon.svg Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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The men's freestyle featherweight 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. [1]

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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. [2] [1]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Decision, 3–0 Muhammad Nazir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Bayram Şit Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall John Elliott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Myron Roderick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Decision, 3–0 Bálint Galántai Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Nasser Givehchi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Decision, 3–0 Abe Geldenhuys Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Herbie Hall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Ram Sarup Flag of India.svg  India
Linar Salimullin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000
1 Linar Salimullin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 000
1 Bayram Şit Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 000
4 Nasser Givehchi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 011
4 Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 011
4 Myron Roderick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 011
4 Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 011
8 John Elliott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 033
8 Bálint Galántai Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 033
8 Abe Geldenhuys Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 033
8 Herbie Hall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 033
8 Muhammad Nazir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 033
8 Ram Sarup Flag of India.svg  India 033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Decision, 2–1 Linar Salimullin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Bayram Şit Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Muhammad Nazir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Myron Roderick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall John Elliott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Abe Geldenhuys Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa Decision, 3–0 Bálint Galántai Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Nasser Givehchi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Fall Herbie Hall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Ram Sarup Flag of India.svg  India ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Nasser Givehchi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 101
1 Myron Roderick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 101
1 Bayram Şit Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
4 Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 112
4 Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 112
6 Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 033
6 Linar Salimullin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 033
6 Ram Sarup Flag of India.svg  India 303
9 Abe Geldenhuys Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 314
10 John Elliott Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 336
10 Bálint Galántai Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 336
10 Herbie Hall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 336
10 Muhammad Nazir Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Linar Salimullin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Ram Sarup Flag of India.svg  India
Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Decision, 3–0 Bayram Şit Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Myron Roderick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Decision, 3–0 Abe Geldenhuys Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 2–1 Nasser Givehchi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 202
1 Myron Roderick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 112
3 Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 213
4 Nasser Givehchi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 134
4 Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 314
4 Linar Salimullin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 314
4 Bayram Şit Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 134
8 Ram Sarup Flag of India.svg  India 336
9 Abe Geldenhuys Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Linar Salimullin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Decision, 3–0 Myron Roderick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bayram Şit Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Nasser Givehchi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 213
2 Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 404
2 Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 314
4 Myron Roderick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 235
4 Bayram Şit Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 415
6 Nasser Givehchi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 437
6 Linar Salimullin Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union 437

Medal rounds

Mewis's round 2 victory over Penttilä counted for the medal rounds. Sasahara received a walkover victory over Penttilä, then defeated Mewis by decision to go 2–0 against the other medalists and win the gold medal. Mewis's 1–1 record against Sasahara and Penttilä gave the Belgian silver. Penttilä finished with bronze, 0–2 against the other two medalists.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Walkover Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Decision Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLosses
Gold medal icon.svg Shozo Sasahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 20
Silver medal icon.svg Jef Mewis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Erkki Penttilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 02

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Freestyle Featherweight". Sports Reference. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 660.
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