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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67 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.

The favorite was Finland’s Kyösti Lehtonen, who had been runner-up at the 1953 and 1955 World Championships. Sweden’s Gustav Freij had been silver medalist in 1952 at Helsinki and was the 1953 World Champion, and placed third at the 1955 Worlds, but he did not compete in Melbourne. Lehtonen won the gold medal fairly easily, although he had an unusual draw, with byes in rounds two, four, and five, and the first round of the final. Silver went to Turkey’s Rıza Doğan, who had lost to Lehtonen by split decision, but won his final round match over Hungary’s Gyula Tóth by fall.

Doğan would win the 1958 World Championships as a welterweight, in which Tóth again placed third. Tóth also wrestled freestyle in Melbourne, placing fourth in lightweight. Lehtonen competed again at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics but never won another Olympic medal. Freij would compete again at the 1960 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in this class.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	130	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	–	–	Gold
2	191	Rıza Doğan	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	47	Gyula Tóth	HUN	–	–	Bronze
4	42	Bartl Brötzner	AUT	–	–
5	129	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL	–	–
6	132	Dumitru Gheorghe	ROU	–	–
AC	173	Vladimir Rosin	URS	eliminated r2/8	5
AC	40	Juan Rolón	ARG	eliminated r2/8	6
AC	133	Tommy Evans	USA	eliminated r2/8	6
AC	154	Olle Anderberg	SWE	withdrew r2/8	3
DNS	128	Dick Garrard	AUS	–	–
DNS	45	R. Bielle	FRA	–	–
DNS	131	Alfred Tischendorf	GER	–	–
DNS	51	Shigeru Kasahara	JPN	–	–
DNS	154	Gustav Freij	SWE	–	–

Round One

Date	3 December 1956 — -

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	130	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	0
=1	47	Gyula Tóth	HUN	0
=3	42	Bartl Brötzner	AUT	1
=3	129	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL	1
=3	191	Rıza Doğan	TUR	1
=6	40	Juan Rolón	ARG	3
=6	132	Dumitru Gheorghe	ROU	3
=6	154	Olle Anderberg	SWE	3
=6	173	Vladimir Rosin	URS	3
=6	133	Tommy Evans	USA	3

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	03 Dec	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL	Decision (3-0)	Olle Anderberg	SWE
Match #2	03 Dec	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	Fall (4:10)	Tommy Evans	USA
Match #3	03 Dec	Bartl Brötzner	AUT	Decision (3-0)	Vladimir Rosin	URS
Match #4	03 Dec	Rıza Doğan	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Juan Rolón	ARG
Match #5	03 Dec	Gyula Tóth	HUN	Fall (11:55)	Dumitru Gheorghe	ROU

Round Two

Date	4 December 1956 — -

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	130	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	0	–
2	47	Gyula Tóth	HUN	1	–
=3	42	Bartl Brötzner	AUT	2	–
=3	129	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL	2	–
5	191	Rıza Doğan	TUR	3	–
6	132	Dumitru Gheorghe	ROU	4	–
7	173	Vladimir Rosin	URS	5	eliminated
=8	40	Juan Rolón	ARG	6	eliminated
=8	133	Tommy Evans	USA	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	04 Dec	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN
Match #2	04 Dec	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL	Decision (3-0)	Tommy Evans	USA
Match #3	04 Dec	Bartl Brötzner	AUT	Decision (2-1)	Rıza Doğan	TUR
Match #4	04 Dec	Gyula Tóth	HUN	Decision (2-1)	Vladimir Rosin	URS
Match #5	04 Dec	Dumitru Gheorghe	ROU	Decision (3-0)	Juan Rolón	ARG

Round Three

Date	5 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	130	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	1
2	47	Gyula Tóth	HUN	2
3	191	Rıza Doğan	TUR	4	1
=4	42	Bartl Brötzner	AUT	5	2
=4	129	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL	5	3
6	132	Dumitru Gheorghe	ROU	7	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Dec	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	Decision (3-0)	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL
Match #2	05 Dec	Gyula Tóth	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Bartl Brötzner	AUT
Match #3	05 Dec	Rıza Doğan	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Dumitru Gheorghe	ROU

Round Four

Date	6 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	130	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	1	–
2	47	Gyula Tóth	HUN	2	–
3	191	Rıza Doğan	TUR	4	–
4	129	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL	6	–
5	42	Bartl Brötzner	AUT	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL	Decision (3-0)	Bartl Brötzner	AUT
Match #2	06 Dec	Rıza Doğan	TUR
Match #3	06 Dec	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN
Match #4	06 Dec	Gyula Tóth	HUN

Round Five

Date	6 December 1956

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	130	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	1	–
2	47	Gyula Tóth	HUN	2	–
3	191	Rıza Doğan	TUR	5	–
4	129	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Rıza Doğan	TUR	Decision (2-1)	Dimitar Stoyanov	BUL
Match #2	06 Dec	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN
Match #3	06 Dec	Gyula Tóth	HUN

Round Six

Date	6 December 1956 — -

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	130	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	2
=1	47	Gyula Tóth	HUN	2
3	191	Rıza Doğan	TUR	7

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	Decision (2-1)	Rıza Doğan	TUR
Match #2	06 Dec	Gyula Tóth	HUN

Round Seven

Date	6 December 1956 — -

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	130	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	2	–
2	47	Gyula Tóth	HUN	5	eliminated
3	191	Rıza Doğan	TUR	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Rıza Doğan	TUR	Fall (7:15)	Gyula Tóth	HUN
Match #2	06 Dec	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN

Final Round

Date	6 December 1956

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Dec	Kyösti Lehtonen	FIN	Fall (8:06)	Gyula Tóth	HUN