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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	3 – 6 December 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	11 from 11 countries
Format	Elimination by bad points. Win by fall = 0 points; win by decision = 1 point; loss by 2-1 decision = 3 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.

The final round in flyweight Greco-Roman came down to Soviet Nikolay Solovyov, Italy’s Ignazio Fabra, the 1955 World Champion, and Turkey’s Dursun Ali Eğribaş. The three tied in the final round with four bad points and all had records of 1-1 against one another. Solovyov won the gold medal on a tiebreaker, with the silver going to Fabra. Fabra had also been silver medalist in this class at Helsinki, and would place fourth in Roma in 1960.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	–	–	Silver
3	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	–	–	Bronze
4	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	–	–
5	István Baranya	HUN	–	–
6	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	–	–
AC	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	Bengt Johansson	SWE	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	Dick Wilson	USA	Eliminated r3/5	7
AC	Monty Hakansson	AUS	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	André Zoéte	FRA	Eliminated r2/5	6

Round One (3 December 1956)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Maurice Mewis	BEL	0
=1	Bengt Johansson	SWE	0
=3	István Baranya	HUN	1
=3	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1
=3	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	1
=3	Dick Wilson	USA	1
=7	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	2
=7	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	2
=9	Monty Hakansson	AUS	3
=9	André Zoéte	FRA	3
=9	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	3

Match #1	István Baranya	HUN	decision (3-0)	Borivoj Vukov	YUG
Match #2	Maurice Mewis	BEL	fall (4:45)	Monty Hakansson	AUS
Match #3	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	decision (2-1)	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR
Match #4	Dick Wilson	USA	decision (3-0)	André Zoéte	FRA
Match #5	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	decision (2-1)	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU
Match #6	Bengt Johansson	SWE	bye

Round Two (4 December 1956)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	1
=2	István Baranya	HUN	2
=2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	2
=2	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	2
=2	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	2
=6	Maurice Mewis	BEL	3
=6	Bengt Johansson	SWE	3
=8	Dick Wilson	USA	4
=8	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	4
=10	Monty Hakansson	AUS	6	eliminated
=10	André Zoéte	FRA	6	eliminated

Match #1	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	decision (3-0)	Bengt Johansson	SWE
Match #2	István Baranya	HUN	decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #3	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	fall (1:45)	Monty Hakansson	AUS
Match #4	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	decision (3-0)	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #5	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	fall (4:45)	André Zoéte	FRA
Match #6	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	bye

Round Three (5 December 1956)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	1
2	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	2
=3	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	3
=3	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	3
=5	István Baranya	HUN	5	eliminated
=5	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	5	eliminated
=7	Maurice Mewis	BEL	6	eliminated
=7	Bengt Johansson	SWE	6	eliminated
9	Dick Wilson	USA	7	eliminated

Match #1	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	decision (3-0)	Bengt Johansson	SWE
Match #2	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #3	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	decision (3-0)	István Baranya	HUN
Match #4	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	fall (6:00)	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #5	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	bye

Round Four (6 December 1956)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	3
=2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	4
=2	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	4
4	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	6	eliminated

Match #1	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	decision (3-0)	Nikolay Solovyov	URS
Match #2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	decision (3-0)	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU

Final Round (6 December 1956)

Match #1	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	fall (11:00)	Ignazio Fabra	ITA