Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman welterweight


The men's Greco-Roman welterweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.

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. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout. 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 ; record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.

Results

Round 1

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Osvaldo RivaDecision, 2–1Bela Čuzdi
Veikko MännikköDecision, 3–0Marin Beluşica
Semyon MarushkinDecision, 3–0Vladislav Sekal
Ahmet ŞenolDecision, 3–0Antoni Gołaś
Khalil TahaDecision, 3–0Heng Freylinger
René ChesneauDecision, 3–0Gottfried Anglberger
Mohamed Ahmed OsmanFallJos De Jong
Miklós SzilvásyFallHåkon Olsen
Gösta AnderssonFallAnton Mackowiak

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
4011
4011
4011
4011
4011
4011
10033
10033
10033
10033
10033
10033
10033
10033
10033

Round 2

Männikkö withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Marin BeluşicaDecision, 3–0Bela Čuzdi
Osvaldo RivaDecision, 2–1Veikko Männikkö
Semyon MarushkinDecision, 3–0Antoni Gołaś
Ahmet ŞenolDecision, 3–0Vladislav Sekal
Gottfried AnglbergerDecision, 3–0Heng Freylinger
Khalil TahaFallRené Chesneau
Miklós SzilvásyFallMohamed Ahmed Osman
Anton MackowiakFallJos De Jong
Gösta AnderssonFallHåkon Olsen

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
3101
4112
4112
4112
7303
7033
9314
9314
9134
12134*
13336
13336
13336
13336
13336
13336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Marin BeluşicaDecision, 3–0Osvaldo Riva
Semyon MarushkinDecision, 3–0Ahmet Şenol
Khalil TahaDecision, 3–0Gottfried Anglberger
René ChesneauDecision, 3–0Mohamed Ahmed Osman
Miklós SzilvásyDecision, 3–0Anton Mackowiak
Gösta AnderssonByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2011
3112
4213
5415
5415
5235
5235
9336
9336
11437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gösta AnderssonDecision, 3–0Semyon Marushkin
Miklós SzilvásyFallKhalil Taha

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1011
1101
3235
4336

Medal rounds

Szilvásy's victory over Taha in round 4 counted for the medal rounds.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gösta AnderssonDecision, 3–0Khalil Taha
Miklós SzilvásyDecision, 2–1Gösta Andersson

; Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
20112
11145
02538