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

The men's Greco-Roman lightweight 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. Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms (136.7 to 147.7 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 |
| Dimitar Stoyanov | Bulgaria | Decision, 3–0 | Olle Anderberg | Sweden |
| Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | Fall | Tommy Evans | United States |
| Bartl Brötzner | Austria | Decision, 3–0 | Vladimir Rosin | Soviet Union |
| Rıza Doğan | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Juan Rolón | Argentina |
| Gyula Tóth | Hungary | Fall | Dumitru Gheorghe | Romania |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gyula Tóth | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Rıza Doğan | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Dimitar Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Olle Anderberg | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Tommy Evans | United States | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Dumitru Gheorghe | Romania | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Juan Rolón | Argentina | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Vladimir Rosin | Soviet Union | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | Walkover | Olle Anderberg | Sweden |
| Dimitar Stoyanov | Bulgaria | Decision, 3–0 | Tommy Evans | United States |
| Bartl Brötzner | Austria | Decision, 2–1 | Rıza Doğan | Turkey |
| Gyula Tóth | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Vladimir Rosin | Soviet Union |
| Dumitru Gheorghe | Romania | Decision, 3–0 | Juan Rolón | Argentina |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Gyula Tóth | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Dimitar Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Rıza Doğan | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Dumitru Gheorghe | Romania | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Olle Anderberg | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Tommy Evans | United States | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Juan Rolón | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Vladimir Rosin | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3

Brötzner, Stoyanov, and Doğan went to a round-robin.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Dimitar Stoyanov | Bulgaria |
| Gyula Tóth | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria |
| Rıza Doğan | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Dumitru Gheorghe | Romania |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Gyula Tóth | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Rıza Doğan | Turkey | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Dimitar Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Dumitru Gheorghe | Romania | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Elimination rounds

Stoyanov defeated Brötzner, while Doğan defeated Stoyanov. Doğan and Brötzner had already wrestled and did not face each other again.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Dimitar Stoyanov | Bulgaria | Decision, 3–0 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria |
| Rıza Doğan | Turkey | Decision, 2–1 | Dimitar Stoyanov | Bulgaria |
| Gyula Tóth | Hungary | Bye | N/A | N/A |
| Rıza Doğan | Turkey | Bye | N/A | N/A |
| Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Gyula Tóth | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Rıza Doğan | Turkey | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Dimitar Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 5 | 4 | 9 |

### Medal rounds

Lehtonen won the round robin among the medalists, 2–0; Doğan took silver at 1–1 and Tóth received bronze after being defeated by both of the other medalists.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | Decision, 2–1 | Rıza Doğan | Turkey |
| Rıza Doğan | Turkey | Fall | Gyula Tóth | Hungary |
| Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | Fall | Gyula Tóth | Hungary |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses |
| Kyösti Lehtonen | Finland | 2 | 0 |
| Rıza Doğan | Turkey | 1 | 1 |
| Gyula Tóth | Hungary | 0 | 2 |