Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
The men's Greco-Roman lightweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]
Men's Greco-Roman lightweight at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Messuhalli | ||||||||||||
Dates | 24–27 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1952 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 |
Competition format
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, removing the slight modification introduced in 1936 and used until 1948 (which had a reduced penalty for a loss by 2–1 decision). Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when 3 wrestlers remained. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin medal round (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.[2][1]
Results
Round 1
Akbulut withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Jan Cools | Decision, 3–0 | Metty Scheitler | ||
Kamal Hussain | Decision, 3–0 | Erich Schmidt | ||
Mikuláš Athanasov | Decision, 3–0 | Georgios Petmezas | ||
André Verdaine | Decision, 3–0 | Zbigniew Szajewski | ||
Franco Benedetti | Fall | Arístides Pérez | ||
Dumitru Cuc | Fall | Aage Eriksen | ||
Shazam Safin | Decision, 3–0 | Raif Akbulut | ||
Gustav Freij | Fall | Jack Rasmussen | ||
Kalle Haapasalmi | Decision, 3–0 | Heini Nettesheim | ||
Gyula Tarr | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Franco Benedetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Dumitru Cuc | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Gustav Freij | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Gyula Tarr | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Mikuláš Athanasov | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Jan Cools | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Kalle Haapasalmi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Kamal Hussain | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Shazam Safin | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | André Verdaine | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
11 | Aage Eriksen | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
11 | Heini Nettesheim | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
11 | Arístides Pérez | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
11 | Georgios Petmezas | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
11 | Jack Rasmussen | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
11 | Metty Scheitler | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
11 | Erich Schmidt | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
11 | Zbigniew Szajewski | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
19 | Raif Akbulut | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gyula Tarr | Decision, 3–0 | Jan Cools | ||
Kamal Hussain | Decision, 3–0 | Metty Scheitler | ||
Erich Schmidt | Decision, 2–1 | Georgios Petmezas | ||
Mikuláš Athanasov | Decision, 2–1 | André Verdaine | ||
Zbigniew Szajewski | Fall | Arístides Pérez | ||
Dumitru Cuc | Decision, 3–0 | Franco Benedetti | ||
Shazam Safin | Fall | Aage Eriksen | ||
Gustav Freij | Decision, 3–0 | Kalle Haapasalmi | ||
Jack Rasmussen | Fall | Heini Nettesheim |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Dumitru Cuc | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | Gustav Freij | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | Shazam Safin | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | Gyula Tarr | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | Mikuláš Athanasov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Kamal Hussain | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | Franco Benedetti | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Jack Rasmussen | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
7 | Zbigniew Szajewski | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
10 | Jan Cools | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
10 | Kalle Haapasalmi | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
10 | Erich Schmidt | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
10 | André Verdaine | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
14 | Aage Eriksen | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
14 | Heini Nettesheim | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
14 | Arístides Pérez | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
14 | Georgios Petmezas | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
14 | Metty Scheitler | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gyula Tarr | Decision, 3–0 | Kamal Hussain | ||
Erich Schmidt | Decision, 3–0 | Jan Cools | ||
Mikuláš Athanasov | Walkover | Zbigniew Szajewski | ||
Franco Benedetti | Decision, 2–1 | André Verdaine | ||
Gustav Freij | Decision, 3–0 | Dumitru Cuc | ||
Shazam Safin | Fall | Jack Rasmussen | ||
Kalle Haapasalmi | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Shazam Safin | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | Mikuláš Athanasov | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | Gustav Freij | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2 | Gyula Tarr | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Franco Benedetti | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | Dumitru Cuc | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
5 | Kalle Haapasalmi | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | Kamal Hussain | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
8 | Erich Schmidt | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
10 | Jack Rasmussen | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
10 | Zbigniew Szajewski | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
12 | Jan Cools | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
12 | André Verdaine | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gyula Tarr | Decision, 3–0 | Kalle Haapasalmi | ||
Mikuláš Athanasov | Fall | Franco Benedetti | ||
Shazam Safin | Decision, 3–0 | Dumitru Cuc | ||
Gustav Freij | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mikuláš Athanasov | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | Gustav Freij | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | Shazam Safin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | Gyula Tarr | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
5 | Franco Benedetti | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
5 | Dumitru Cuc | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
5 | Kalle Haapasalmi | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gustav Freij | Decision, 3–0 | Gyula Tarr | ||
Shazam Safin | Fall | Mikuláš Athanasov |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Shazam Safin | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | Gustav Freij | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
3 | Mikuláš Athanasov | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
4 | Gyula Tarr | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Medal rounds
Safin's victory over Athanasov in round 5 counted for the medal rounds.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gustav Freij | Decision, 3–0 | Mikuláš Athanasov | ||
Shazam Safin | Fall | Gustav Freij |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
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Shazam Safin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Gustav Freij | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
Mikuláš Athanasov | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 372.