# Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman featherweight

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms (125.7 to 136.7 lb).

## Competition format

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, as modified in 1952 (adding medal rounds and making all losses worth 3 points—from 1936 to 1948 losses by split decision only cost 2). Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when 3 wrestlers remained. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin medal round (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.

## Results
### Round 1
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Ion Popescu | Romania | Decision, 3–0 | Alan Rice | United States |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Umberto Trippa | Italy |
| Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Roger Bielle | France |
| Müzahir Sille | Turkey | Fall | Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union |
| Rauno Mäkinen | Finland | Fall | Norman Ickeringill | Australia |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Rauno Mäkinen | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Müzahir Sille | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Imre Polyák | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Ion Popescu | Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Roger Bielle | France | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Norman Ickeringill | Australia | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Alan Rice | United States | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Umberto Trippa | Italy | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Umberto Trippa | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Ion Popescu | Romania |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Alan Rice | United States |
| Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union | Fall | Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden |
| Rauno Mäkinen | Finland | Decision, 2–1 | Roger Bielle | France |
| Müzahir Sille | Turkey | Fall | Norman Ickeringill | Australia |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Müzahir Sille | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rauno Mäkinen | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Imre Polyák | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Ion Popescu | Romania | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Umberto Trippa | Italy | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Roger Bielle | France | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Norman Ickeringill | Australia | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Alan Rice | United States | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3

Trippa had defeated Popescu head-to-head, earning the tie-breaker for 6th place.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Ion Popescu | Romania |
| Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union | Fall | Umberto Trippa | Italy |
| Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden | Decision, 2–1 | Müzahir Sille | Turkey |
| Rauno Mäkinen | Finland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Rauno Mäkinen | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Imre Polyák | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Müzahir Sille | Turkey | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Umberto Trippa | Italy | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Ion Popescu | Romania | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union | Decision, 2–1 | Rauno Mäkinen | Finland |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | Fall | Müzahir Sille | Turkey |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Imre Polyák | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Rauno Mäkinen | Finland | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Müzahir Sille | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Medal rounds

Dzeneladze's victory over Mäkinen in round 4 counted for the medal rounds. Each wrestler finished 1–1 against the other medalists, with all of the victories by split decision. Mäkinen and Polyák tied for fewest points overall, at 5, with Mäkinen the victor among the two by head-to-head. Polyák took silver, having defeated Dzeneladze head-to-head.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Rauno Mäkinen | Finland | Decision, 2–1 | Imre Polyák | Hungary |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Points | Start | Earned | Total |
| Rauno Mäkinen | Finland | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Roman Dzeneladze | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |