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
Dates 28 November–1 December
Competitors 13 from 13 nations
Medalists
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1st Shozo Sasahara  Japan
2nd Jef Mewis  Belgium
3rd Erkki Penttilä  Finland
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Wrestling at the
1956 Summer Olympics
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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]

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
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Shozo Sasahara  Japan Decision, 3–0 Muhammad Nazir  Pakistan
Bayram Şit  Turkey Fall John Elliott  Australia
Myron Roderick  United States Decision, 3–0 Bálint Galántai  Hungary
Nasser Givehchi  Iran Decision, 3–0 Abe Geldenhuys 23x15px South Africa
Erkki Penttilä  Finland Fall Herbie Hall  Great Britain
Jef Mewis  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Ram Sarup  India
Linar Salimullin  Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Erkki Penttilä  Finland 0 0 0
1 Linar Salimullin  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Bayram Şit  Turkey 0 0 0
4 Nasser Givehchi  Iran 0 1 1
4 Jef Mewis  Belgium 0 1 1
4 Myron Roderick  United States 0 1 1
4 Shozo Sasahara  Japan 0 1 1
8 John Elliott  Australia 0 3 3
8 Bálint Galántai  Hungary 0 3 3
8 Abe Geldenhuys 23x15px South Africa 0 3 3
8 Herbie Hall  Great Britain 0 3 3
8 Muhammad Nazir  Pakistan 0 3 3
8 Ram Sarup  India 0 3 3

Round 2

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Shozo Sasahara  Japan Decision, 2–1 Linar Salimullin  Soviet Union
Bayram Şit  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Muhammad Nazir  Pakistan
Myron Roderick  United States Fall John Elliott  Australia
Abe Geldenhuys 23x15px South Africa Decision, 3–0 Bálint Galántai  Hungary
Nasser Givehchi  Iran Fall Herbie Hall  Great Britain
Jef Mewis  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Erkki Penttilä  Finland
Ram Sarup  India Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nasser Givehchi  Iran 1 0 1
1 Myron Roderick  United States 1 0 1
1 Bayram Şit  Turkey 0 1 1
4 Jef Mewis  Belgium 1 1 2
4 Shozo Sasahara  Japan 1 1 2
6 Erkki Penttilä  Finland 0 3 3
6 Linar Salimullin  Soviet Union 0 3 3
6 Ram Sarup  India 3 0 3
9 Abe Geldenhuys 23x15px South Africa 3 1 4
10 John Elliott  Australia 3 3 6
10 Bálint Galántai  Hungary 3 3 6
10 Herbie Hall  Great Britain 3 3 6
10 Muhammad Nazir  Pakistan 3 3 6

Round 3

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Linar Salimullin  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Ram Sarup  India
Shozo Sasahara  Japan Decision, 3–0 Bayram Şit  Turkey
Myron Roderick  United States Decision, 3–0 Abe Geldenhuys 23x15px South Africa
Erkki Penttilä  Finland Decision, 2–1 Nasser Givehchi  Iran
Jef Mewis  Belgium Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Jef Mewis  Belgium 2 0 2
1 Myron Roderick  United States 1 1 2
3 Shozo Sasahara  Japan 2 1 3
4 Nasser Givehchi  Iran 1 3 4
4 Erkki Penttilä  Finland 3 1 4
4 Linar Salimullin  Soviet Union 3 1 4
4 Bayram Şit  Turkey 1 3 4
8 Ram Sarup  India 3 3 6
9 Abe Geldenhuys 23x15px South Africa 4 3 7

Round 4

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Jef Mewis  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Linar Salimullin  Soviet Union
Shozo Sasahara  Japan Decision, 3–0 Myron Roderick  United States
Bayram Şit  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Nasser Givehchi  Iran
Erkki Penttilä  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Jef Mewis  Belgium 2 1 3
2 Erkki Penttilä  Finland 4 0 4
2 Shozo Sasahara  Japan 3 1 4
4 Myron Roderick  United States 2 3 5
4 Bayram Şit  Turkey 4 1 5
6 Nasser Givehchi  Iran 4 3 7
6 Linar Salimullin  Soviet Union 4 3 7

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
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Shozo Sasahara  Japan Walkover Erkki Penttilä  Finland
Shozo Sasahara  Japan Decision Jef Mewis  Belgium
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses
1st Shozo Sasahara  Japan 2 0
2nd Jef Mewis  Belgium 1 1
3rd Erkki Penttilä  Finland 0 2

References

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  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 660.
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