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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤62 kilograms), Men

Date	3 – 6 December 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	10 from 10 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.

Hungary’s Imre Polyák was favored, having won the 1955 World Championship, and a silver medal in this class at Helsinki. He made the final along with Finland’s Raino Mäkinen and Soviet Georgian Roman Dzeneladze, but he lost his first match in the final to Mäkinen. Polyák then defeated Dzeneladze which gave the gold medal to the Finn. All three finalists had four bad points in the final, and a 1-1 record, but the tiebreaker was total bad points, which placed Mäkinen first, Polyák second and Dzeneladze third.

Polyák would compete in 1960 at Roma, where he would win his third consecutive silver medal in this class. In 1964 he finally broke through and won a gold medal, also as a featherweight, which made him only the second wrestler, after Finland’s Eino Leino, to win four Olympic wrestling medals. Mäkinen also competed at the 1952 and 1960 Olympics, but this was his only medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	–	–	Gold
2	Imre Polyák	HUN	–	–	Silver
3	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	–	–	Bronze
4	Müzahir Sille	TUR	–	–
5	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	–	–
6	Umberto Trippa	ITA	–	–
AC	Ion Popescu	ROU	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Roger Bielle	FRA	Eliminated r2/6	5
AC	Norman Ickeringill	AUS	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Alan Rice	USA	Eliminated r2/6	6

Round One (3 December 1956)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	0
=1	Müzahir Sille	TUR	0
=3	Imre Polyák	HUN	1
=3	Ion Popescu	ROU	1
=3	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	1
6	Umberto Trippa	ITA	2
=7	Norman Ickeringill	AUS	3
=7	Roger Bielle	FRA	3
=7	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	3
=7	Alan Rice	USA	3

Match #1	Ion Popescu	ROU	decision (3-0)	Alan Rice	USA
Match #2	Imre Polyák	HUN	decision (2-1)	Umberto Trippa	ITA
Match #3	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Roger Bielle	FRA
Match #4	Müzahir Sille	TUR	fall (8:02)	Roman Dzeneladze	URS
Match #5	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	fall (4:12)	Norman Ickeringill	AUS

Round Two (4 December 1956)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Müzahir Sille	TUR	0
2	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	1
3	Imre Polyák	HUN	2
=4	Umberto Trippa	ITA	3
=4	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	3
=6	Ion Popescu	ROU	4
=6	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	4
8	Roger Bielle	FRA	5	eliminated
=9	Norman Ickeringill	AUS	6	eliminated
=9	Alan Rice	USA	6	eliminated

Match #1	Umberto Trippa	ITA	decision (3-0)	Ion Popescu	ROU
Match #2	Imre Polyák	HUN	decision (3-0)	Alan Rice	USA
Match #3	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	fall (5:00)	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE
Match #4	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	decision (2-1)	Roger Bielle	FRA
Match #5	Müzahir Sille	TUR	fall (5:47)	Norman Ickeringill	AUS

Round Three (5 December 1956)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	1
=2	Imre Polyák	HUN	3
=2	Müzahir Sille	TUR	3
=2	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	3
5	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	5	eliminated
6	Umberto Trippa	ITA	6	eliminated
7	Ion Popescu	ROU	7	eliminated

Match #1	Imre Polyák	HUN	decision (3-0)	Ion Popescu	ROU
Match #2	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	fall (10:06)	Umberto Trippa	ITA
Match #3	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Müzahir Sille	TUR
Match #4	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	bye

Round Four (5 December 1956)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	3
=1	Imre Polyák	HUN	3
3	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	4
4	Müzahir Sille	TUR	6	eliminated

Match #1	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	decision (2-1)	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN
Match #2	Imre Polyák	HUN	fall (4:38)	Müzahir Sille	TUR

Round Five (6 December 1956 — -)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	4
=1	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	4
3	Imre Polyák	HUN	5	eliminated

Match #1	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	decision (2-1)	Imre Polyák	HUN
Match #2	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	bye

Final Round (6 December 1956)

Match #1	Imre Polyák	HUN	decision (2-1)	Roman Dzeneladze	URS