Back Lluita als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1956 Catalan Zápas na Letních olympijských hrách 1956 Czech Olympische Sommerspiele 1956/Ringen German Anexo:Lucha en los Juegos Olímpicos de Melbourne 1956 Spanish Maadlus 1956. aasta suveolümpiamängudel Estonian کشتی در بازیهای المپیک تابستانی ۱۹۵۶ Persian Paini kesäolympialaisissa 1956 Finnish Lutte aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1956 French Wrakseljen op de Olympyske Simmerspullen 1956 Frisian Birkózás az 1956. évi nyári olimpiai játékokon Hungarian
| Wrestling at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Royal Exhibition Building |
| Dates | 28 November – 6 December |
| Competitors | 173 from 30 nations |
| Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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| Greco-Roman | |
| Fly | men |
| Bantam | men |
| Feather | men |
| Light | men |
| Welter | men |
| Middle | men |
| Light heavy | men |
| Heavy | men |
| Freestyle | |
| Fly | men |
| Bantam | men |
| Feather | men |
| Light | men |
| Welter | men |
| Middle | men |
| Light heavy | men |
| Heavy | men |
At the 1956 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling.[1]
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.