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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date28 November – 1 December 1956
StatusOlympic
LocationRoyal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants14 from 14 countries
FormatElimination by bad points. Win by fall = 0 points; win by decision = 1 point; loss by 2-1 decision = 2 points; loss by 3-0 decision = 3 points; loss by fall = 3 points. Three judges gave decisions, thus all decisions were either 2-1 or 3-0. Five bad points eliminated a wrestler.

Turkey’s Mustafa Dağıstanlı came in as the favorite after winning the 1954 World Championship. He did not disappoint, winning five straight matches, four by decision, to win the gold medal. He would return in 1960 and win another gold medal, then in the featherweight freestyle class, after winning featherweight World titles in 1957 and 1959. The final round had four wrestlers, including Iran’s Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi. Both Dağıstanlı and Yaghoubi won their final round matches, eliminating Soviet Mykhailo Shakhov and Korean Lee Sang-Gyun. This gave the gold medal to Dağıstanlı based on his split decision victory over Yaghoubi in round four.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Mustafa DağıstanlıTURGold
2Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRISilver
3Mikhail ShakhovURSBronze
4Lee Sang-GyunKOR
5Minoru IizukaJPN
6Fred KämmererGER
ACDin ZahurPAKEliminated r3/56
ACAdolfo DíazARGEliminated r3/57
ACTarashkeswar PandeyINDEliminated r3/57
ACTauno JaskariFINWithdrew r3/54
ACGeoffrey JamesonAUSEliminated r2/56
ACOmer VercauterenBELEliminated r2/56
ACErnesto RamelPHIEliminated r2/56
ACLee AllenUSAEliminated r2/56

Round One (28 November 1956)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Lee Sang-GyunKOR0
=2Adolfo DíazARG1
=2Tauno JaskariFIN1
=2Fred KämmererGER1
=2Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI1
=2Din ZahurPAK1
=2Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR1
=8Geoffrey JamesonAUS3
=8Omer VercauterenBEL3
=8Tarashkeswar PandeyIND3
=8Minoru IizukaJPN3
=8Ernesto RamelPHI3
=8Mikhail ShakhovURS3
=8Lee AllenUSA3

Match #1 Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR
decision (3-0)
Minoru IizukaJPN
Match #2 Tauno JaskariFIN
decision (3-0)
Lee AllenUSA
Match #3 Adolfo DíazARG
decision (3-0)
Omer VercauterenBEL
Match #4 Fred KämmererGER
decision (3-0)
Tarashkeswar PandeyIND
Match #5 Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI
decision (3-0)
Mikhail ShakhovURS
Match #6 Din ZahurPAK
decision (3-0)
Geoffrey JamesonAUS
Match #7 Lee Sang-GyunKOR
fall (3:50)
Ernesto RamelPHI

Round Two (29 November 1956)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI1
=1Lee Sang-GyunKOR1
=1Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR1
4Fred KämmererGER2
=5Din ZahurPAK3
=5Mikhail ShakhovURS3
=7Adolfo DíazARG4
=7Tauno JaskariFIN4
=7Tarashkeswar PandeyIND4
=7Minoru IizukaJPN4
=11Geoffrey JamesonAUS6eliminated
=11Omer VercauterenBEL6eliminated
=11Ernesto RamelPHI6eliminated
=11Lee AllenUSA6eliminated

Match #1 Minoru IizukaJPN
decision (3-0)
Tauno JaskariFIN
Match #2 Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR
fall (5:30)
Lee AllenUSA
Match #3 Fred KämmererGER
decision (3-0)
Adolfo DíazARG
Match #4 Tarashkeswar PandeyIND
decision (3-0)
Omer VercauterenBEL
Match #5 Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI
fall (6:30)
Geoffrey JamesonAUS
Match #6 Mikhail ShakhovURS
fall (3:30)
Ernesto RamelPHI
Match #7 Lee Sang-GyunKOR
decision (2-1)
Din ZahurPAK

Round Three (30 November 1956)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI1
=1Lee Sang-GyunKOR1
3Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR2
4Mikhail ShakhovURS3
5Minoru IizukaJPN4
6Fred KämmererGER5eliminated
7Din ZahurPAK6eliminated
=8Adolfo DíazARG7eliminated
=8Tarashkeswar PandeyIND7eliminated

Match #1 Minoru IizukaJPN
fall (5:00)
Adolfo DíazARG
Match #2 Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR
decision (3-0)
Fred KämmererGER
Match #3 Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI
fall (2:36)
Tarashkeswar PandeyIND
Match #4 Mikhail ShakhovURS
fall (6:00)
Din ZahurPAK
Match #5 Lee Sang-GyunKOR bye

Round Four (1 December 1956)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI3
=1Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR3
=1Mikhail ShakhovURS3
4Lee Sang-GyunKOR4
5Minoru IizukaJPN5eliminated

Match #1 Minoru IizukaJPN
decision (3-0)
Lee Sang-GyunKOR
Match #2 Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR
decision (2-1)
Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI
Match #3 Mikhail ShakhovURS bye

Final Round (1 December 1956)

Match #1 Mustafa DağıstanlıTUR
decision (3-0)
Mikhail ShakhovURS
Match #2 Mohamed Mehdi YaghoubiIRI
decision (3-0)
Lee Sang-GyunKOR