# Worstelen op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956

Worstelen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 in Melbourne.

## Heren
### Grieks-Romeins
#### vlieggewicht (tot 52 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Nikolai Solovjov | URS |
| 2 | Ignazio Fabra | ITA |
| 3 | Dursun Ali Eğribaş | TUR |
| 4 | Dumitru Pîrvulescu | ROU |
| 5 | István Baranya | HUN |
| 6 | Borivoje Vukov | YUG |
| 7 | Maurice Mewis | BEL |
| 8 | Bengt Johansson | SWE |

#### bantamgewicht (tot 57 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Konstantin Vyroepajev | URS |
| 2 | Edvin Vesterby | SWE |
| 3 | Francisc Horvath | ROU |
| 4 | Imre Hódos | HUN |
| 5 | Fred Kämmerer | EUA |
| 6 | Dinko Petrov | BUL |
| 7 | Adolfo Díaz | ARG |
| 8 | Kent Townley | USA |

#### vedergewicht (tot 62 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Rauno Mäkinen | FIN |
| 2 | Imre Polyák | HUN |
| 3 | Roman Dzneladze | URS |
| 4 | Müzahir Sille | TUR |
| 5 | Gunnar Håkansson | SWE |
| 6 | Umberto Trippa | ITA |
| 7 | Ion Popescu | ROU |
| 8 | Roger Bielle | FRA |

#### lichtgewicht (tot 67 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Kyösti Lehtonen | FIN |
| 2 | Rıza Doğan | TUR |
| 3 | Gyula Tóth | HUN |
| 4 | Bartholomäus Brötzner | AUT |
| 5 | Dimitar Jantsjev | BUL |
| 6 | Dumitru Gheorghe | ROU |
| 7 | Vladimir Rosin | URS |
| 8 | Juan Angel Rolon | ARG |

#### weltergewicht (tot 73 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Mithat Bayrak | TUR |
| 2 | Vladimir Manejev | URS |
| 3 | Per Berlin | SWE |
| 4 | Veikko Rantanen | FIN |
| 5 | James Holt | USA |
| 5 | Siegfried Schäfer | EUA |
| 7 | Miklós Szilvási | HUN |
| 8 | Mitiou Gospodinov Petkov | BUL |

#### middengewicht (tot 79 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Givi Kartozija | URS |
| 2 | Dimitar Dobrev | BUL |
| 3 | Rune Jansson | SWE |
| 4 | Johann Sterr | EUA |
| 5 | György Gurics | HUN |
| 6 | Viljo Punkari | FIN |
| 7 | James Peckham | USA |
| 8 | Ismet Atli | TUR |

#### halfzwaargewicht (tot 87 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Valentin Nikolajev | URS |
| 2 | Petko Sirakov | BUL |
| 3 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | SWE |
| 4 | Robert Steckle | CAN |
| 5 | Dale Thomas | USA |
| 6 | Eugen Wiesberger | AUT |
| 7 | Veikko Lahti | FIN |
| 8 | Adil Atan | TUR |

#### zwaargewicht (boven 87 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Anatoli Parfenov | URS |
| 2 | Wilfried Dietrich | EUA |
| 3 | Adelmo Bulgarelli | ITA |
| 4 | Hamit Kaplan | TUR |
| 5 | Bertil Antonsson | SWE |
| 6 | Taisto Kangasniemi | FIN |
| 7 | Antonios Georgoulis | GRE |
| 7 | Joessein Mehmedov | BUL |

### Vrije stijl
#### vlieggewicht (tot 52 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Mirian Tsakalamanidze | URS |
| 2 | Mohammad Ali Khojastepour | IRI |
| 3 | Hüseyin Akbaş | TUR |
| 4 | Tadashi Asai | JPN |
| 5 | Richard Delgado | USA |
| 5 | André Zoete | FRA |
| 7 | Abdul Aziz | PAK |
| 7 | Baban Dharamaji Daware | IND |

#### bantamgewicht (tot 57 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Mustafa Dağıstanlı | TUR |
| 2 | Mohamad Mehdi Yaghoubi | IRI |
| 3 | Mikhail Sjakhov | URS |
| 4 | Lee Sang-kyoon | KOR |
| 5 | Minoru lizuka | JPN |
| 6 | Fred Kämmerer | EUA |
| 7 | Din Zahur | PAK |
| 8 | Adolfo Díaz | ARG |
| 8 | Tarakeshwar Pandey | IND |

#### vedergewicht (tot 62 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Shozo Sasahara | JPN |
| 2 | Joseph Mewis | BEL |
| 3 | Erkki Penttilä | FIN |
| 4 | Myron Roderick | USA |
| 4 | Bayram Şit | TUR |
| 6 | Nasser Guivegtchi | IRI |
| 6 | Linar Salimoellin | URS |
| 8 | Ram Sarup | IND |

#### lichtgewicht (tot 67 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Imam-Ali Habibi | IRI |
| 2 | Shigeru Kasahara | JPN |
| 3 | Alimbeg Bestajev | URS |
| 4 | Gyula Tóth | HUN |
| 5 | Jay Thomas Evans | USA |
| 6 | Garibaldo Nizzola | ITA |
| 6 | Mario Tovar González | MEX |
| 8 | Muhammad Ashraf | PAK |

#### weltergewicht (tot 73 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Mitsuo Ikeda | JPN |
| 2 | İbrahim Zengin | TUR |
| 3 | Vakhtang Balavadze | URS |
| 4 | Per Berlin | SWE |
| 4 | Nabi Sorouri | IRI |
| 4 | Coenraad de Villiers | RSA |
| 7 | Mitiou Gospodinov Petkov | BUL |
| 8 | Ernest Fischer | USA |

#### middengewicht (tot 79 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Nikola Stantsjev | BUL |
| 2 | Daniel Hodge | USA |
| 3 | Georgi Sjirtladze | URS |
| 4 | Ismet Atli | TUR |
| 5 | Kazuo Katsuramoto | JPN |
| 5 | Johann Sterr | EUA |
| 7 | Bengt Lindblad | SWE |
| 7 | Abbas Zandi | IRI |

#### halfzwaargewicht (tot 87 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | IRI |
| 2 | Boris Koelajev | URS |
| 3 | Peter Blair | USA |
| 4 | Gerald Martina | IRL |
| 5 | Adil Atan | TUR |
| 5 | Kevin Coote | AUS |
| 7 | Mitsuhiro Ohira | JPN |
| 7 | Viking Palm | SWE |
| 7 | Jacob Theron | RSA |

#### zwaargewicht (boven 87 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Hamit Kaplan | TUR |
| 2 | Joessein Mehmedov | BUL |
| 3 | Taisto Kangasniemi | FIN |
| 4 | Ray Mitchell | AUS |
| 4 | Kenneth Richmond | GBR |
| 6 | Ivan Vykhristjoek | URS |
| 7 | William Kerslake | USA |
| 8 | Saburo Nakao | EUA |

## Medaillespiegel

| rang | land | 1 goud | 2 zilver | 3 brons | totaal |
| 1 | Sovjet-Unie | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Turkije | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Bulgarije | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Zweden | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Hongarije | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Italië | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Verenigde Staten | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | België | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Duits eenheidsteam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Roemenië | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| totaal | totaal | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |