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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kg), 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	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	167	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	–	–	Gold
2	111	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	–	–	Silver
3	188	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	–	–	Bronze
4	112	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	–	–
5	110	István Baranya	HUN	–	–
6	114	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	–	–
AC	108	Maurice Mewis	BEL	eliminated r3/5	6
AC	9	Bengt Johansson	SWE	eliminated r3/5	6
AC	113	Dick Wilson	USA	eliminated r3/5	7
AC	107	Monty Hakansson	AUS	eliminated r2/5	6
AC	2	André Zoéte	FRA	eliminated r2/5	6
DNS	109	Reijo Nykänen	FIN	–	–
DNS	6	Tadashi Asai	JPN	–	–

Round One

Date	3 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	108	Maurice Mewis	BEL	0
=1	9	Bengt Johansson	SWE	0
=3	110	István Baranya	HUN	1
=3	111	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1
=3	167	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	1
=3	113	Dick Wilson	USA	1
=7	112	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	2
=7	188	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	2
=9	107	Monty Hakansson	AUS	3
=9	2	André Zoéte	FRA	3
=9	114	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	3

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	03 Dec	István Baranya	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Borivoj Vukov	YUG
Match #2	03 Dec	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Fall (4:45)	Monty Hakansson	AUS
Match #3	03 Dec	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision (2-1)	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR
Match #4	03 Dec	Dick Wilson	USA	Decision (3-0)	André Zoéte	FRA
Match #5	03 Dec	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	Decision (2-1)	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU
Match #6	03 Dec	Bengt Johansson	SWE

Round Two

Date	4 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	167	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	1	–
=2	110	István Baranya	HUN	2	–
=2	111	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	2	–
=2	112	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	2	–
=2	188	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	2	–
=6	108	Maurice Mewis	BEL	3	–
=6	9	Bengt Johansson	SWE	3	–
=8	113	Dick Wilson	USA	4	–
=8	114	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	4	–
=10	107	Monty Hakansson	AUS	6	eliminated
=10	2	André Zoéte	FRA	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	04 Dec	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	Decision (3-0)	Bengt Johansson	SWE
Match #2	04 Dec	István Baranya	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #3	04 Dec	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	Fall (1:45)	Monty Hakansson	AUS
Match #4	04 Dec	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #5	04 Dec	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	Fall (4:45)	André Zoéte	FRA
Match #6	04 Dec	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU

Round Three

Date	5 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	167	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	1	–
2	188	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	2	–
=3	111	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	3	–
=3	112	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	3	–
=5	110	István Baranya	HUN	5	eliminated
=5	114	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	5	eliminated
=7	108	Maurice Mewis	BEL	6	eliminated
=7	9	Bengt Johansson	SWE	6	eliminated
9	113	Dick Wilson	USA	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Dec	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Decision (3-0)	Bengt Johansson	SWE
Match #2	05 Dec	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	Decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #3	05 Dec	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision (3-0)	István Baranya	HUN
Match #4	05 Dec	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	Fall (6:00)	Dick Wilson	USA
Match #5	05 Dec	Nikolay Solovyov	URS

Round Four

Date	6 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	188	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	3	–
=2	111	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	4	–
=2	167	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	4	–
4	112	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Dursun Ali Eğribaş	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Nikolay Solovyov	URS
Match #2	06 Dec	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU

Final Round

Date	6 December 1956

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Nikolay Solovyov	URS	Fall (11:00)	Ignazio Fabra	ITA