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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤62 kg), 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	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	121	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	–	–	Gold
2	123	Imre Polyák	HUN	–	–	Silver
3	170	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	–	–	Bronze
4	190	Müzahir Sille	TUR	–	–
5	126	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	–	–
6	124	Umberto Trippa	ITA	–	–
AC	125	Ion Popescu	ROU	eliminated r3/6	7
AC	122	Roger Bielle	FRA	eliminated r2/6	5
AC	120	Norman Ickeringill	AUS	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	127	Alan Rice	USA	eliminated r2/6	6
DNS	27	Jef Mewis	BEL	–	–
DNS	28	Enyu Valchev	BUL	–	–
DNS	34	Shigeru Kasahara	JPN	–	–

Round One

Date	3 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	121	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	0
=1	190	Müzahir Sille	TUR	0
=3	123	Imre Polyák	HUN	1
=3	125	Ion Popescu	ROU	1
=3	126	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	1
6	124	Umberto Trippa	ITA	2
=7	120	Norman Ickeringill	AUS	3
=7	122	Roger Bielle	FRA	3
=7	170	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	3
=7	127	Alan Rice	USA	3

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	03 Dec	Ion Popescu	ROU	Decision (3-0)	Alan Rice	USA
Match #2	03 Dec	Imre Polyák	HUN	Decision (2-1)	Umberto Trippa	ITA
Match #3	03 Dec	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Roger Bielle	FRA
Match #4	03 Dec	Müzahir Sille	TUR	Fall (8:02)	Roman Dzeneladze	URS
Match #5	03 Dec	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	Fall (4:12)	Norman Ickeringill	AUS

Round Two

Date	4 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	190	Müzahir Sille	TUR	0	–
2	121	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	1	–
3	123	Imre Polyák	HUN	2	–
=4	124	Umberto Trippa	ITA	3	–
=4	170	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	3	–
=6	125	Ion Popescu	ROU	4	–
=6	126	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	4	–
8	122	Roger Bielle	FRA	5	eliminated
=9	120	Norman Ickeringill	AUS	6	eliminated
=9	127	Alan Rice	USA	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	04 Dec	Umberto Trippa	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Ion Popescu	ROU
Match #2	04 Dec	Imre Polyák	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Alan Rice	USA
Match #3	04 Dec	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	Fall (5:00)	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE
Match #4	04 Dec	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	Decision (2-1)	Roger Bielle	FRA
Match #5	04 Dec	Müzahir Sille	TUR	Fall (5:47)	Norman Ickeringill	AUS

Round Three

Date	5 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	121	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	1	–
=2	123	Imre Polyák	HUN	3	–
=2	190	Müzahir Sille	TUR	3	–
=2	170	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	3	–
5	126	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	5	eliminated
6	124	Umberto Trippa	ITA	6	eliminated
7	125	Ion Popescu	ROU	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Dec	Imre Polyák	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Ion Popescu	ROU
Match #2	05 Dec	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	Fall (10:06)	Umberto Trippa	ITA
Match #3	05 Dec	Gunnar Håkansson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Müzahir Sille	TUR
Match #4	05 Dec	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN

Round Four

Date	6 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	121	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	3	–
=1	123	Imre Polyák	HUN	3	–
3	170	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	4	–
4	190	Müzahir Sille	TUR	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	Decision (2-1)	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN
Match #2	06 Dec	Imre Polyák	HUN	Fall (4:38)	Müzahir Sille	TUR

Round Five

Date	6 December 1956 — -

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	121	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	4	–
=1	170	Roman Dzeneladze	URS	4	–
3	123	Imre Polyák	HUN	5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Rauno Mäkinen	FIN	Decision (2-1)	Imre Polyák	HUN
Match #2	06 Dec	Roman Dzeneladze	URS

Final Round

Date	6 December 1956

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Imre Polyák	HUN	Decision (2-1)	Roman Dzeneladze	URS