Wrestling 1956

The disciplines at Melbourne :
total
comp prev
Freestyle 110 28
Greco-Roman 85 20
Doublers -22 -2
Switchers 4
Total 173 50

Doublers:

  1. (4862=4712+150) André Zoéte (FRA/WRF-WRG/1956-64)
  2. (2700=1500+1200) Fred Kämmerer (GER/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  3. (6242=3840+2402) Tóth Gyula (HUN/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  4. (7884=7500+384) Tommy Evans (USA/WRF-WRG/1952-56)
  5. (618.0=384+234) Roger Bielle (FRA/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  6. (468.2=384.2+84) Juan Rolón (ARG/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  7. (15788=9638+6150) Olle Anderberg (SWE/WRF-WRG/1948-56) (*)
  8. (12240=8400+3840) Per Berlin (SWE/WRF-WRG/1952-56)
  9. (984.0=600+384) Mitko Petkov (BUL/WRF-WRG/1956)
  10. (336.0=240+96) Ernst Wandaller (AUT/WRG-WRF/1956)
  11. (2424=2400+24.38) Veikko Rantanen (FIN/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  12. (13884=12000+1884) İsmet Atlı (TUR/WRF-WRG/1952-60)
  13. (3900=2400+1500) Hans Sterr (GER/WRG-WRF/1956)
  14. (5724=5340+384) Adil Atan (TUR/WRF-WRG/1952-56)
  15. (2684=2400+284.4) Bob Steckle (CAN/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  16. (26850=24300+2550) Hamit Kaplan (TUR/WRF-WRG/1956-64)
  17. (6384=6000+384) Yusein Mekhmedov (BUL/WRF-WRG/1956)
  18. (8602=4800+3802) Taisto Kangasniemi (FIN/WRF-WRG/1948-56,64) (*)
  19. (1344=960+384) Adolfo Díaz (ARG/WRG-WRF/1956)
  20. (156.0=96+60) Omer Vercauteren (BEL/WRF-WRG/1956)
  21. (1620=1500+120) Viljo Punkari (FIN/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  22. (1710=1500+210) Veikko Lahti (FIN/WRG-WRF/1952-56)
(*) also doubled before

Switchers:

  1. (10815=8400+2415) Edvin Vesterby (SWE/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  2. (10564=9604+960) Rauno Mäkinen (FIN/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  3. (5724=4224+1500) Gurics György (HUN/WRF-WRG/1952-60)
  4. (14100=12600+1500) Bertil Antonsson (SWE/WRF-WRG/1948-60)

Previous Doublers:

  1. (7980=6480+1500) Ken Richmond (GBR/WRF-WRG/1948-60)
  2. (3846=3750+96) Maurice Mewis (BEL/WRG-WRF/1952-64)

Later Doublers:

  1. (37259=19175+18084) Wilfried Dietrich (frg-GER/WRF-WRG/1956-72)
  2. (835.7=834+1.74) Mario Tovar (MEX/WRF-WRG/1952-68)
  3. (1740=1500+240) Adil Güngör (TUR/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  4. (480.0=384+96) Lee Allen (USA/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  5. (8484=7524+960) Jef Mewis (BEL/WRF-WRG/1952-64)

Full List:

  1. (37259) Wilfried Dietrich (frg-GER/WRF-WRG/1956-72)
  2. (34500) Polyák Imre (HUN/WRG/1952-64)
  3. (30000) Gholam Reza Takhti (IRI/WRF/1952-64)
  4. (26850) Hamit Kaplan (TUR/WRF-WRG/1956-64)
  5. (21600) Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE/WRG/1948-56)
  6. (20700) Szilvásy Miklós (HUN/WRG/1948-56)
  7. (20100) Dumitru Pîrvulescu (ROU/WRG/1952-64)
  8. (19296) Mithat Bayrak (TUR/WRG/1956-64)
  9. (19200) Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR/WRF/1956-60)
  10. (17490) Ignazio Fabra (ITA/WRG/1952-64)
  11. (15788) Olle Anderberg (SWE/WRF-WRG/1948-56)
  12. (15750) Viking Palm (SWE/WRF/1952-60)
  13. (15600) Dimitar Dobrev (BUL/WRG/1956-60)
  14. (14100) Bertil Antonsson (SWE/WRF-WRG/1948-60)
  15. (13884) İsmet Atlı (TUR/WRF-WRG/1952-60)
  16. (13780) Branislav Simic (yug-SRB/WRG/1956,64-68)
  17. (13440) Givi K'art'ozia (urs-GEO/WRG/1956-60)
  18. (13440) Konstantin Vyrupayev (urs-RUS/WRG/1956-60)
  19. (12240) Per Berlin (SWE/WRF-WRG/1952-56)
  20. (12096) Hódos Imre (HUN/WRG/1952-60)
  21. (12002) Müzahir Sille (TUR/WRG/1956-64)
  22. (12000) Bayram Şit (TUR/WRF/1952-56)
  23. (12000) Emam Ali Habibi (IRI/WRF/1956-60)
  24. (11115) Kyösti Lehtonen (FIN/WRG/1956-64)
  25. (10850) Hüseyin Akbas (TUR/WRF/1956-64)
  26. (10815) Edvin Vesterby (SWE/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  27. (10564) Rauno Mäkinen (FIN/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  28. (9840) Giorgi Skhirt'ladze (urs-GEO/WRF/1956-60)
  29. (9600) Anatoly Parfyonov (urs-RUS/WRG/1956)
  30. (9600) Ikeda Mitsuo (JPN/WRF/1956)
  31. (9600) Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (urs-GEO/WRF/1956)
  32. (9600) Nikola Stanchev (BUL/WRF/1956)
  33. (9600) Nikolay Solovyov (urs-RUS/WRG/1956)
  34. (9600) Sasahara Shozo (JPN/WRF/1956)
  35. (9600) Valentin Nikolayev (urs-RUS/WRG/1956)
  36. (8602) Taisto Kangasniemi (FIN/WRF-WRG/1948-56,64)
  37. (8484) Jef Mewis (BEL/WRF-WRG/1952-64)
  38. (7980) Ken Richmond (GBR/WRF-WRG/1948-60)
  39. (7884) Tommy Evans (USA/WRF-WRG/1952-56)
  40. (6984) Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi (IRI/WRF/1952-60)
  41. (6960) Nasser Givehchi (IRI/WRF/1952-56)
  42. (6384) Yusein Mekhmedov (BUL/WRF-WRG/1956)
  43. (6336) Umberto Trippa (ITA/WRG/1952-60)
  44. (6242) Tóth Gyula (HUN/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  45. (6240) Dan Hodge (USA/WRF/1952-56)
  46. (6000) Boris Kulayev (urs-RUS/WRF/1956)
  47. (6000) İbrahim Zengin (TUR/WRF/1956)
  48. (6000) Kasahara Shigeru (JPN/WRF/1956)
  49. (6000) Mohamed Ali Khojastehpour (IRI/WRF/1956)
  50. (6000) Petko Sirakov (BUL/WRG/1956)
  51. (6000) Rıza Doğan (TUR/WRG/1956)
  52. (6000) Vladimir Maneyev (urs-RUS/WRG/1956)
  53. (5724) Gurics György (HUN/WRF-WRG/1952-60)
  54. (5724) Adil Atan (TUR/WRF-WRG/1952-56)
  55. (5357) Garibaldo Nizzola (ITA/WRF/1948-60)
  56. (5040) Kovács Gyula (HUN/WRG/1948-56)
  57. (4862) André Zoéte (FRA/WRF-WRG/1956-64)
  58. (4804) Dinko Petrov (BUL/WRG/1956-64)
  59. (4800) Asai Tadashi (JPN/WRF/1956-60)
  60. (4800) Mykhailo Shakhov (urs-UKR/WRF/1956-60)
  61. (4590) Adelmo Bulgarelli (ITA/WRG/1956-64)
  62. (3936) Vakht'ang Balavadze (urs-GEO/WRF/1956-60)
  63. (3900) Francisc Horvath (ROU/WRG/1952-56)
  64. (3900) Hans Sterr (GER/WRG-WRF/1956)
  65. (3855) Erkki Penttilä (FIN/WRF/1956-60)
  66. (3850) Rune Jansson (SWE/WRG/1956-60)
  67. (3846) Maurice Mewis (BEL/WRG-WRF/1952-64)
  68. (3840) Alimbeg Bestayev (urs-RUS/WRF/1956)
  69. (3840) Dursan Ali Eğribaş (TUR/WRG/1956)
  70. (3840) Pete Blair (USA/WRF/1956)
  71. (3840) Roman Dzeneladze (urs-GEO/WRG/1956)
  72. (3060) Bartl Brötzner (AUT/WRG/1952-60)
  73. (3000) Coenraad de Villiers (RSA/WRF/1956-60)
  74. (2880) Dick Wilson (USA/WRG/1956-64)
  75. (2844) Bill Kerslake (USA/WRF/1952-60)
  76. (2700) Abbas Zandi (IRI/WRF/1948-56)
  77. (2700) Borivoj Vukov (yug-SRB/WRG/1952-60)
  78. (2700) Fred Kämmerer (GER/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  79. (2684) Bob Steckle (CAN/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  80. (2460) Dumitru Gheorghe (ROU/WRG/1956-60)
  81. (2438) Ray Mitchell (AUS/WRF/1956-60)
  82. (2424) Veikko Rantanen (FIN/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  83. (2402) Gerry Martina (IRL/WRF/1956-60)
  84. (2400) Dimitar Stoyanov (BUL/WRG/1956-60)
  85. (2400) Lee Sang-Gyun (KOR/WRF/1956)
  86. (2400) Myron Roderick (USA/WRF/1956)
  87. (2400) Nabi Sorouri (IRI/WRF/1956)
  88. (2400) Siegfried Schäfer (GER/WRG/1956)
  89. (2268) Eugen Wiesberger, Jr. (AUT/WRG/1956-64)
  90. (2100) Bengt Johansson (SWE/WRG/1952-56)
  91. (1928) Tauno Jaskari (FIN/WRF/1952-64)
  92. (1740) Adil Güngör (TUR/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  93. (1710) Veikko Lahti (FIN/WRG-WRF/1952-56)
  94. (1650) Gunnar Håkansson (SWE/WRG/1952-56)
  95. (1650) Kevin Coote (AUS/WRF/1952-56)
  96. (1650) Yaşar Yılmaz (TUR/WRG/1956-60)
  97. (1620) Viljo Punkari (FIN/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  98. (1560) Antonios Georgoulis (GRE/WRG/1952-56)
  99. (1500) Baranya István (HUN/WRG/1956)
  100. (1500) Dale Thomas (USA/WRG/1956)
  101. (1500) Dick Delgado (USA/WRF/1956)
  102. (1500) Iizuka Minoru (JPN/WRF/1956)
  103. (1500) Jim Peckham (USA/WRG/1956)
  104. (1500) Katsuramoto Kazuo (JPN/WRF/1956)
  105. (1344) Adolfo Díaz (ARG/WRG-WRF/1956)
  106. (1344) Jan Theron (RSA/WRF/1952-56)
  107. (1200) Ion Popescu (ROU/WRG/1952-56)
  108. (1200) Manie van Zyl (RSA/WRF/1956-60)
  109. (984.0) Bengt Lindblad (SWE/WRF/1952-56)
  110. (984.0) Mitko Petkov (BUL/WRF-WRG/1956)
  111. (960.0) Ivan Vykhristyuk (urs-RUS/WRF/1956)
  112. (960.0) Jay Holt (USA/WRG/1956)
  113. (960.0) Linar Salimullin (urs-RUS/WRF/1956)
  114. (960.0) Nakao Saburo (JPN/WRF/1956)
  115. (840.0) Abe Geldenhuys (RSA/WRF/1956-60)
  116. (835.7) Mario Tovar (MEX/WRF-WRG/1952-68)
  117. (734.4) Muhammad Faiz (PAK/WRF/1956-64)
  118. (660.0) Spyros Defteraios (GRE/WRF/1948,56)
  119. (618.0) Roger Bielle (FRA/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  120. (600.0) Abdul Aziz (PAK/WRF/1956)
  121. (600.0) Baban Daware (IND/WRF/1956)
  122. (600.0) Din Zahur (PAK/WRF/1956)
  123. (600.0) Muhammad Ashraf (PAK/WRF/1956)
  124. (600.0) Muhammad Latif (PAK/WRF/1956)
  125. (600.0) Vladimir Rosin (urs-RUS/WRG/1956)
  126. (534.0) Luigi Chinazzo (ITA/WRF/1956-60)
  127. (480.0) Lee Allen (USA/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  128. (468.2) Juan Rolón (ARG/WRG-WRF/1956-60)
  129. (384.0) Kent Townley (USA/WRG/1956)
  130. (384.0) Ohira Mitsuhiro (JPN/WRF/1956)
  131. (384.0) Ram Sarup (IND/WRF/1956)
  132. (384.0) Reijo Nykänen (FIN/WRG/1956)
  133. (384.0) Tarashkeswar Pandey (IND/WRF/1956)
  134. (384.0) William Paterson (AUS/WRG/1956)
  135. (336.0) Dale Lewis (USA/WRG/1956-60)
  136. (336.0) Ernst Wandaller (AUT/WRG-WRF/1956)
  137. (240.0) Alan Rice (USA/WRG/1956)
  138. (240.0) Alfred Tischendorf (GER/WRF/1956)
  139. (240.0) Bakshish Singh (IND/WRF/1956)
  140. (240.0) Ernie Fischer (USA/WRF/1956)
  141. (240.0) Fred Murphy (AUS/WRG/1956)
  142. (240.0) Hussain Noori (IRI/WRF/1956)
  143. (240.0) Joseph Zammit (AUS/WRG/1956)
  144. (240.0) Lee Jeong-Gyu (KOR/WRF/1956)
  145. (240.0) Norman Ickeringill (AUS/WRG/1956)
  146. (240.0) Victor Macha (AUS/WRG/1956)
  147. (240.0) William Davies (AUS/WRF/1956)
  148. (194.4) Franz Brunner (AUT/WRG/1952-60)
  149. (156.0) Omer Vercauteren (BEL/WRF-WRG/1956)
  150. (150.0) Fred Flannery (AUS/WRF/1956)
  151. (150.0) Georgi Zaychev (BUL/WRF/1956)
  152. (150.0) John Da Silva (NZL/WRF/1956)
  153. (150.0) Lila Ram (IND/WRF/1956)
  154. (150.0) Monty Hakansson (AUS/WRG/1956)
  155. (150.0) Muhammad Nazir (PAK/WRF/1956)
  156. (105.6) Geoffrey Jameson (AUS/WRF/1956-60)
  157. (105.6) Herbie Hall (GBR/WRF/1952-56)
  158. (105.6) John Elliott (AUS/WRF/1952-56)
  159. (96.00) Devi Singh (IND/WRF/1956)
  160. (96.00) Ernesto Ramel (PHI/WRF/1956)
  161. (96.00) Galántai Bálint (HUN/WRF/1956)
  162. (96.00) Noel Granger (AUS/WRF/1956)
  163. (96.00) Oddvar Vargset (NOR/WRG/1956)
  164. (60.00) Jack Taylor (GBR/WRF/1956)
  165. (60.00) Joe Sweeney (AUS/WRG/1956)
  166. (38.40) George Farquhar (GBR/WRF/1956)
  167. (38.40) Nicolas Arcales (PHI/WRF/1956)
  168. (38.40) Väinö Hakkarainen (FIN/WRF/1956)
  169. (24.00) Bruno Ochman (CAN/WRF/1956)
  170. (21.00) O Tae-Geun (KOR/WRF/1952-56)
  171. (15.00) David Schumacher (AUS/WRF/1956)
  172. (15.00) Lakhshmi Kant Pandey (IND/WRF/1956)
  173. (15.00) Mateo Tanaquin (PHI/WRF/1956)
Competed previously:
  1. (34500) Polyák Imre (HUN/WRG/1952-64)
  2. (30000) Gholam Reza Takhti (IRI/WRF/1952-64)
  3. (21600) Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE/WRG/1948-56)
  4. (20700) Szilvásy Miklós (HUN/WRG/1948-56)
  5. (20100) Dumitru Pîrvulescu (ROU/WRG/1952-64)
  6. (17490) Ignazio Fabra (ITA/WRG/1952-64)
  7. (15788) Olle Anderberg (SWE/WRF-WRG/1948-56)
  8. (15750) Viking Palm (SWE/WRF/1952-60)
  9. (14100) Bertil Antonsson (SWE/WRF-WRG/1948-60)
  10. (13884) İsmet Atlı (TUR/WRF-WRG/1952-60)
  11. (12240) Per Berlin (SWE/WRF-WRG/1952-56)
  12. (12096) Hódos Imre (HUN/WRG/1952-60)
  13. (12000) Bayram Şit (TUR/WRF/1952-56)
  14. (10815) Edvin Vesterby (SWE/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  15. (10564) Rauno Mäkinen (FIN/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  16. (8602) Taisto Kangasniemi (FIN/WRF-WRG/1948-56,64)
  17. (8484) Jef Mewis (BEL/WRF-WRG/1952-64)
  18. (7980) Ken Richmond (GBR/WRF-WRG/1948-60)
  19. (7884) Tommy Evans (USA/WRF-WRG/1952-56)
  20. (6984) Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi (IRI/WRF/1952-60)
  21. (6960) Nasser Givehchi (IRI/WRF/1952-56)
  22. (6336) Umberto Trippa (ITA/WRG/1952-60)
  23. (6240) Dan Hodge (USA/WRF/1952-56)
  24. (5724) Gurics György (HUN/WRF-WRG/1952-60)
  25. (5724) Adil Atan (TUR/WRF-WRG/1952-56)
  26. (5357) Garibaldo Nizzola (ITA/WRF/1948-60)
  27. (5040) Kovács Gyula (HUN/WRG/1948-56)
  28. (3900) Francisc Horvath (ROU/WRG/1952-56)
  29. (3846) Maurice Mewis (BEL/WRG-WRF/1952-64)
  30. (3060) Bartl Brötzner (AUT/WRG/1952-60)
  31. (2844) Bill Kerslake (USA/WRF/1952-60)
  32. (2700) Abbas Zandi (IRI/WRF/1948-56)
  33. (2700) Borivoj Vukov (yug-SRB/WRG/1952-60)
  34. (2684) Bob Steckle (CAN/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  35. (2100) Bengt Johansson (SWE/WRG/1952-56)
  36. (1928) Tauno Jaskari (FIN/WRF/1952-64)
  37. (1710) Veikko Lahti (FIN/WRG-WRF/1952-56)
  38. (1650) Gunnar Håkansson (SWE/WRG/1952-56)
  39. (1650) Kevin Coote (AUS/WRF/1952-56)
  40. (1560) Antonios Georgoulis (GRE/WRG/1952-56)
  41. (1344) Jan Theron (RSA/WRF/1952-56)
  42. (1200) Ion Popescu (ROU/WRG/1952-56)
  43. (984.0) Bengt Lindblad (SWE/WRF/1952-56)
  44. (835.7) Mario Tovar (MEX/WRF-WRG/1952-68)
  45. (660.0) Spyros Defteraios (GRE/WRF/1948,56)
  46. (618.0) Roger Bielle (FRA/WRG-WRF/1952-60)
  47. (194.4) Franz Brunner (AUT/WRG/1952-60)
  48. (105.6) Herbie Hall (GBR/WRF/1952-56)
  49. (105.6) John Elliott (AUS/WRF/1952-56)
  50. (21.00) O Tae-Geun (KOR/WRF/1952-56)

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