Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Royal Exhibition Building
Dates	December 3–6
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Valentin Nikolayev  Soviet Union Petko Sirakov  Bulgaria Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden

Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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

The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 87 kilograms.

Results

Source: Official results

First round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Adil Atan (TUR)	Gyula Kovács (HUN)	1
0	Valentin Nikolayev (URS)	Petko Sirakov (BUL)	1
0	Dale Thomas (USA)	Eugen Wiesberger (AUT)	1
0	Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)	Veikko Lahti (FIN)	1
0	22x20px Bob Steckle (CAN)	Victor Macha (AUS)	1

Second round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
1	Petko Sirakov (BUL)	Adil Atan (TUR)	1
0	Valentin Nikolayev (URS)	Gyula Kovács (HUN)	2
1	Veikko Lahti (FIN)	Dale Thomas (USA)	1
1	Eugen Wiesberger (AUT)	Victor Macha (AUS)	2
0	Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)	22x20px Bob Steckle (CAN)	1

Third round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
1	Petko Sirakov (BUL)	Dale Thomas (USA)	2
0	Valentin Nikolayev (URS)	Veikko Lahti (FIN)	2
0	Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)	Eugen Wiesberger (AUT)	2
1	22x20px Bob Steckle (CAN)	Bye	–
–	Abandoned	Adil Atan (TUR)	–

Fourth round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
1	Petko Sirakov (BUL)	22x20px Bob Steckle (CAN)	2
0	Valentin Nikolayev (URS)	Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)	1

Fifth round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
1	Petko Sirakov (BUL)	Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)	2