Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight
The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]
Men's freestyle flyweight at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Messuhalli | ||||||||||||
Dates | 20–23 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Wrestling at the 1952 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 |
Competition format
This freestyle 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
Timonen withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yushu Kitano | Decision, 3–0 | Rolf Johansson | ||
Hugh Peery | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | ||
Georgy Sayadov | Decision, 3–0 | Marcel Sigiran | ||
Giordano De Giorgi | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | ||
Hasan Gemici | Decision, 3–0 | Oiva Timonen | ||
Heini Weber | Fall | Leslie Cheetham | ||
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Fall | Niranjan Das | ||
Louis Baise | Decision, 3–0 | Rodolfo Dávila |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Heini Weber | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Louis Baise | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Giordano De Giorgi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Hasan Gemici | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Yushu Kitano | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Hugh Peery | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Georgy Sayadov | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
9 | Leslie Cheetham | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Niranjan Das | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Rodolfo Dávila | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Rolf Johansson | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Maurice Mewis | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | Marcel Sigiran | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
16 | Oiva Timonen | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yushu Kitano | Fall | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | ||
Hugh Peery | Decision, 3–0 | Rolf Johansson | ||
Georgy Sayadov | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | ||
Giordano De Giorgi | Decision, 3–0 | Marcel Sigiran | ||
Hasan Gemici | Fall | Leslie Cheetham | ||
Heini Weber | Fall | Niranjan Das | ||
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Fall | Louis Baise | ||
Rodolfo Dávila | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Heini Weber | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Hasan Gemici | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Yushu Kitano | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Giordano De Giorgi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Hugh Peery | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | Georgy Sayadov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | Rodolfo Dávila | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
9 | Louis Baise | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
10 | Leslie Cheetham | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
10 | Niranjan Das | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
10 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
10 | Maurice Mewis | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
10 | Rolf Johansson | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
10 | Marcel Sigiran | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yushu Kitano | Fall | Rodolfo Dávila | ||
Georgy Sayadov | Decision, 3–0 | Hugh Peery | ||
Hasan Gemici | Fall | Giordano De Giorgi | ||
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Decision, 3–0 | Heini Weber | ||
Louis Baise | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hasan Gemici | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | Yushu Kitano | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
4 | Georgy Sayadov | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
4 | Heini Weber | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | Louis Baise | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
7 | Giordano De Giorgi | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
7 | Hugh Peery | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
9 | Rodolfo Dávila | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yushu Kitano | Fall | Louis Baise | ||
Georgy Sayadov | Decision, 3–0 | Heini Weber | ||
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Decision, 2–1 | Hasan Gemici |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yushu Kitano | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | Hasan Gemici | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
3 | Georgy Sayadov | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | Heini Weber | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
6 | Louis Baise | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hasan Gemici | Decision, 3–0 | Yushu Kitano | ||
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Decision, 2–1 | Georgy Sayadov |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
2 | Yushu Kitano | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
3 | Hasan Gemici | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
4 | Georgy Sayadov | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
Gemici's victory over Kitano in round 4 and Mollaghasemi's victory over Gemici counted for the medal round. Kitano defeated Mollaghasemi in the medal round, leaving each wrestler at a record of 1–1 against the other medalists. Bad points were used to break this tie, leaving Mollaghasemi with the bronze medal but Gemici and Kitano still tied. Head-to-head results were the next tie-breaker, with Gemici taking the gold medal due to his round 4 win.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yushu Kitano | Decision, 3–0 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hasan Gemici | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
Yushu Kitano | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 350.