Rank
Winner
Nation
Score

Games of the 16th Olympiad, 1956
Wrestling - Freestyle
Men
79 kg
1
STANCHEV Nikola
Bulgaria
2
HODGE Daniel
USA
3
SKHIRTLADZE Georgy
USSR
87 kg
1
TAKHTI Gholam Reza
Iran
2
KULAYEV Boris
USSR
3
BLAIR Peter
USA
over 87 kg
1
KAPLAN Hamit
Turkey
2
MEHMEDOV Husein
Bulgaria
3
KANGASNIEMI Taisto
Finland