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Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Men's Featherweight, Freestyle Round Four

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: December 1, 1956
Date Finished: December 1, 1956

Gold: JPN Shozo Sasahara
Silver: BEL Jef Mewis
Bronze: FIN Erkki Penttilä

Round Four

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 Jef Mewis 25 Belgium BEL 3
2T Erkki Penttilä 24 Finland FIN 4
2T Shozo Sasahara 27 Japan JPN 4
4T Bayram Şit Turkey TUR 5 eliminated
4T Myron Roderick 22 United States USA 5 eliminated
6T Nasser Givehchi 24 Iran IRI 6 eliminated
6T Linar Salimullin 24 Soviet Union URS 6 eliminated

Round Four

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1956-12-01 Mewis (BEL) decision (3-0), Salimullin (URS)
Match #2 1956-12-01 Sasahara (JPN) decision (3-0), Roderick (USA)
Match #3 1956-12-01 Şit (TUR) decision (3-0), Givehchi (IRI)
Match #4 1956-12-01 Penttilä (FIN)