Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Coenraad de Villiers South Africa 0 0 0
1 Mitko Petkov Bulgaria 0 0 0
1 Nabi Sorouri Iran 0 0 0
1 İbrahim Zengin Turkey 0 0 0
5 Vakhtang Balavadze Soviet Union 0 1 1
5 Per Berlin Sweden 0 1 1
5 Mitsuo Ikeda Japan 0 1 1
5 Alfred Tischendorf United Team of Germany 0 1 1
9 Ernie Fischer United States 0 3 3
9 Noel Granger Australia 0 3 3
9 Muhammad Latif Pakistan 0 3 3
9 Devi Singh India 0 3 3
9 Ernst Wandaller Austria 0 3 3
14 Bruno Ochman Canada 0 3 3*
14 Veikko Rantanen Finland 0 3 3*
Results -- Round 1
Ochman and Rantanen withdrew after their bouts . Bouts Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Mitko Petkov Bulgaria Fall Bruno Ochman Canada Nabi Sorouri Iran Fall Devi Singh India Mitsuo Ikeda Japan Decision , 3–0 Ernie Fischer United States İbrahim Zengin Turkey Fall Ernst Wandaller Austria Per Berlin Sweden Decision , 3–0 Noel Granger Australia Vakhtang Balavadze Soviet Union Decision , 3–0 Veikko Rantanen Finland Alfred Tischendorf United Team of Germany Decision , 3–0 Muhammad Latif Pakistan Coenraad de Villiers South Africa Bye N/A N/A Points
The men's freestyle welterweight 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.