[1] Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52 to 57 kilograms (114.6 to 125.7 lb).

[2] This Greco-Roman 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 (adding medal rounds and making all losses worth 3 points—from 1936 to 1948 losses by split decision only cost 2).

This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when 3 wrestlers remained.

[2][1] Vyrupayev had defeated Hódos; Kammerer had a bye while neither of the other two wrestlers tied at 5 points had one.

Of the two remaining wrestlers, Vesterby had defeated Horvath head-to-head and took silver.