Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Messuhalli
Dates 20 – 27 July
Competitors 244 from 37 nations

At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The events were held at Messuhalli.

Medal summary

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
  Boris Gurevich (URS)  Ignazio Fabra (ITA)  Leo Honkala (FIN)
Bantamweight
  Imre Hódos (HUN)  Zakaria Chibab (LIB)  Artem Teryan (URS)
Featherweight
  Yakov Punkin (URS)  Imre Polyák (HUN)  Abdel Aaal Rashed (EGY)
Lightweight
  Shazam Safin (URS)  Gustav Freij (SWE)  Mikuláš Athanasov (TCH)
Welterweight
  Miklós Szilvásy (HUN)  Gösta Andersson (SWE)  Khalil Taha (LIB)
Middleweight
  Axel Grönberg (SWE)  Kalervo Rauhala (FIN)  Nikolay Belov (URS)
Light heavyweight
  Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN)  Shalva Chikhladze (URS)  Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)
Heavyweight
  Johannes Kotkas (URS)  Josef Růžička (TCH)  Tauno Kovanen (FIN)

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
  Hasan Gemici (TUR)  Yushu Kitano (JPN)  Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (IRI)
Bantamweight
  Shohachi Ishii (JPN)  Rashid Mammadbeyov (URS)  Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (IND)
Featherweight
  Bayram Sit (TUR)  Nasser Givehchi (IRI)  Josiah Henson (USA)
Lightweight
  Olle Anderberg (SWE)  Jay Thomas Evans (USA)  Jahanbakht Tofigh (IRI)
Welterweight
  William Smith (USA)  Per Berlin (SWE)  Abdollah Mojtabavi (IRI)
Middleweight
  David Tsimakuridze (URS)  Gholamreza Takhti (IRI)  György Gurics (HUN)
Light heavyweight
  Viking Palm (SWE)  Henry Wittenberg (USA)  Adil Atan (TUR)
Heavyweight
  Arsen Mekokishvili (URS)  Bertil Antonsson (SWE)  Kenneth Richmond (GBR)

Participating nations

A total of 215 wrestlers from 36 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XV OLYMPIAD HELSINKI 1952". I. 1952: 353–384. Retrieved 23 September 2015.


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