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

The men's Greco-Roman flyweight 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. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 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 |
| István Baranya | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Borivoj Vukov | Yugoslavia |
| Maurice Mewis | Belgium | Fall | Monty Hakansson | Australia |
| Ignazio Fabra | Italy | Decision, 2–1 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Turkey |
| Dick Wilson | United States | Decision, 3–0 | André Zoete | France |
| Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union | Decision, 2–1 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Romania |
| Bengt Johansson | Sweden | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Bengt Johansson | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Maurice Mewis | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | István Baranya | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Ignazio Fabra | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Dick Wilson | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Turkey | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Monty Hakansson | Australia | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Romania | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Borivoj Vukov | Yugoslavia | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | André Zoete | France | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Borivoj Vukov | Yugoslavia | Decision, 3–0 | Bengt Johansson | Sweden |
| István Baranya | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | Belgium |
| Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Turkey | Fall | Monty Hakansson | Australia |
| Ignazio Fabra | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Dick Wilson | United States |
| Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union | Fall | André Zoete | France |
| Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Romania | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | István Baranya | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Ignazio Fabra | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Bengt Johansson | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Maurice Mewis | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Borivoj Vukov | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Dick Wilson | United States | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Monty Hakansson | Australia | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | André Zoete | France | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Romania | Decision, 3–0 | Bengt Johansson | Sweden |
| Borivoj Vukov | Yugoslavia | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | Belgium |
| Ignazio Fabra | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | István Baranya | Hungary |
| Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Turkey | Fall | Dick Wilson | United States |
| Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Ignazio Fabra | Italy | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Romania | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | István Baranya | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Borivoj Vukov | Yugoslavia | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Bengt Johansson | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Maurice Mewis | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Dick Wilson | United States | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union |
| Ignazio Fabra | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Romania |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Ignazio Fabra | Italy | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | Romania | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Medal rounds

Fabra's victory over Eğribaş in round 1 and Eğribaş's victory over Solovyov in round 4 counted for the medal round. Solovyov defeated Fabra in the medal round. Solovyov won gold due to his best score within the medal rounds (a win by fall and a loss for 3 points, compared to a win by decision and a loss for 4 points for each of the other two wrestlers). Between the two remaining wrestlers, Fabra had won head-to-head, so took silver. Eğribaş finished with bronze.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union | Fall | Ignazio Fabra | Italy |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Points in round |
| Nikolay Solovyov | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ignazio Fabra | Italy | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Dursun Ali Eğribaş | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 4 |