Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight
The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 28 November to 1 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.
Competition format
This freestyle wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, as modified in 1952. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout. The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when 3 wrestlers remained. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin medal round ; record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.Results
Round 1
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Hüseyin Akbaş | Decision, 3–0 | Luigi Chinazzo | ||
| André Zoete | Fall | Fred Flannery | ||
| Lee Jeong-gyu | Fall | Abdul Aziz | ||
| Tadashi Asai | Fall | Baban Daware | ||
| Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | Decision, 3–0 | Dick Delgado | ||
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | Lee Jeong-gyu | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
Lee withdrew after his bout.; Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | Decision, 3–0 | Luigi Chinazzo | ||
| Hüseyin Akbaş | Fall | André Zoete | ||
| Abdul Aziz | Decision, 3–0 | Fred Flannery | ||
| Baban Daware | Decision, 3–0 | Lee Jeong-gyu | ||
| Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | Decision, 2–1 | Tadashi Asai | ||
| Dick Delgado | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Lee Jeong-gyu | 0 | 3 | 3* | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | Decision, 3–0 | Dick Delgado | ||
| Hüseyin Akbaş | Fall | Abdul Aziz | ||
| Tadashi Asai | Decision, 3–0 | André Zoete | ||
| Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | Fall | Baban Daware |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | Decision, 3–0 | Tadashi Asai | ||
| Hüseyin Akbaş | Decision, 3–0 | Mirian Tsalkalamanidze |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
Akbaş's victory over Tsalkalamanidze in round 4 counted for the medal rounds. Each wrestler went 1–1 against the other medalists, but Tsalkalamanidze had the only win by fall. He received the gold medal. Of the remaining two competitors, Khojastehpour had defeated Akbaş head-to-head and so took silver.; Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour | Decision, 3–0 | Hüseyin Akbaş | ||
| Mirian Tsalkalamanidze | Fall | Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 4 |