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Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Men's Welterweight, Freestyle Round Two

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: November 29, 1956
Date Finished: November 29, 1956

Gold: JPN Mitsuo Ikeda
Silver: TUR İbrahim Zengin
Bronze: URS Vakht'ang Balavadze

Round Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 İbrahim Zengin Turkey TUR 0
2T Mitsuo Ikeda 21 Japan JPN 1
2T Coenraad de Villiers 23 South Africa RSA 1
2T Per Berlin 35 Sweden SWE 1
2T Vakht'ang Balavadze 29 Soviet Union URS 1
6T Mitko Petkov 30 Bulgaria BUL 3
6T Nabi Sorouri Iran IRI 3
6T Muhammad Latif 17 Pakistan PAK 3
9T Alfred Tischendorf 21 Germany GER 4
9T William Fischer 26 United States USA 4
11T Noel Granger Australia AUS 6 eliminated
11T Ernst Wandaller 22 Austria AUT 6 eliminated
11T Devi Singh India IND 6 eliminated

Round Two

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1956-11-29 de Villiers (RSA) decision (3-0), Petkov (BUL)
Match #2 1956-11-29 Fischer (USA) decision (3-0), Sorouri (IRI)
Match #3 1956-11-29 Ikeda (JPN) fall (9:50), Singh (IND)
Match #4 1956-11-29 Zengin (TUR) fall (4:00), Granger (AUS)
Match #5 1956-11-29 Berlin (SWE) fall (8:46), Wandaller (AUT)
Match #6 1956-11-29 Balavadze (URS) fall (2:50), Tischendorf (GER)
Match #7 1956-11-29 Latif (PAK)