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Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman Round Two

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: December 4, 1956
Date Finished: December 4, 1956

Gold: FIN Kyösti Lehtonen
Silver: TUR Rıza Doğan
Bronze: HUN Gyula Tóth

Round Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 Kyösti Lehtonen 25 Finland FIN 0
2 Gyula Tóth 29 Hungary HUN 1
3T Bartl Brötzner 28 Austria AUT 2
3T Dimitar Stoyanov 25 Bulgaria BUL 2
5 Rıza Doğan Turkey TUR 3
6 Dumitru Gheorghe 20 Romania ROU 4
7 Vladimir Rosin 24 Soviet Union URS 5 eliminated
8T Juan Rolón 26 Argentina ARG 6 eliminated
8T Tommy Evans 25 United States USA 6 eliminated

Round Two

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1956-12-04 Lehtonen (FIN) walkover
Match #2 1956-12-04 Stoyanov (BUL) decision (3-0), Evans (USA)
Match #3 1956-12-04 Brötzner (AUT) decision (2-1), Doğan (TUR)
Match #4 1956-12-04 Tóth (HUN) decision (2-1), Rosin (URS)
Match #5 1956-12-04 Gheorghe (ROU) decision (3-0), Rolón (ARG)