Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics ? Men's Greco-Roman lightweight

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Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Messuhalli
Dates 24?27 July
Competitors 19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shazam Safin   Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gustav Freij   Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia
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Wrestling at the
1952 Summer Olympics
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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]

Competition format [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

Round 1 [ edit ]

Akbulut withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Jan Cools   Belgium Decision, 3?0 Metty Scheitler   Luxembourg
Kamal Hussain   Egypt Decision, 3?0 Erich Schmidt   Saar
Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia Decision, 3?0 Georgios Petmezas   Greece
Andre Verdaine   France Decision, 3?0 Zbigniew Szajewski   Poland
Franco Benedetti   Italy Fall Aristides Perez   Guatemala
Dumitru Cuc   Romania Fall Aage Eriksen   Norway
Shazam Safin   Soviet Union Decision, 3?0 Raif Akbulut   Turkey
Gustav Freij   Sweden Fall Jack Rasmussen   Denmark
Kalle Haapasalmi   Finland Decision, 3?0 Heini Nettesheim   Germany
Gyula Tarr   Hungary Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Franco Benedetti   Italy 0 0 0
1 Dumitru Cuc   Romania 0 0 0
1 Gustav Freij   Sweden 0 0 0
1 Gyula Tarr   Hungary 0 0 0
5 Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia 0 1 1
5 Jan Cools   Belgium 0 1 1
5 Kalle Haapasalmi   Finland 0 1 1
5 Kamal Hussain   Egypt 0 1 1
5 Shazam Safin   Soviet Union 0 1 1
5 Andre Verdaine   France 0 1 1
11 Aage Eriksen   Norway 0 3 3
11 Heini Nettesheim   Germany 0 3 3
11 Aristides Perez   Guatemala 0 3 3
11 Georgios Petmezas   Greece 0 3 3
11 Jack Rasmussen   Denmark 0 3 3
11 Metty Scheitler   Luxembourg 0 3 3
11 Erich Schmidt   Saar 0 3 3
11 Zbigniew Szajewski   Poland 0 3 3
19 Raif Akbulut   Turkey 0 3 3*

Round 2 [ edit ]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Tarr   Hungary Decision, 3?0 Jan Cools   Belgium
Kamal Hussain   Egypt Decision, 3?0 Metty Scheitler   Luxembourg
Erich Schmidt   Saar Decision, 2?1 Georgios Petmezas   Greece
Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia Decision, 2?1 Andre Verdaine   France
Zbigniew Szajewski   Poland Fall Aristides Perez   Guatemala
Dumitru Cuc   Romania Decision, 3?0 Franco Benedetti   Italy
Shazam Safin   Soviet Union Fall Aage Eriksen   Norway
Gustav Freij   Sweden Decision, 3?0 Kalle Haapasalmi   Finland
Jack Rasmussen   Denmark Fall Heini Nettesheim   Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Dumitru Cuc   Romania 0 1 1
1 Gustav Freij   Sweden 0 1 1
1 Shazam Safin   Soviet Union 1 0 1
1 Gyula Tarr   Hungary 0 1 1
5 Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia 1 1 2
5 Kamal Hussain   Egypt 1 1 2
7 Franco Benedetti   Italy 0 3 3
7 Jack Rasmussen   Denmark 3 0 3
7 Zbigniew Szajewski   Poland 3 0 3
10 Jan Cools   Belgium 1 3 4
10 Kalle Haapasalmi   Finland 1 3 4
10 Erich Schmidt   Saar 3 1 4
10 Andre Verdaine   France 1 3 4
14 Aage Eriksen   Norway 3 3 6
14 Heini Nettesheim   Germany 3 3 6
14 Aristides Perez   Guatemala 3 3 6
14 Georgios Petmezas   Greece 3 3 6
14 Metty Scheitler   Luxembourg 3 3 6

Round 3 [ edit ]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Tarr   Hungary Decision, 3?0 Kamal Hussain   Egypt
Erich Schmidt   Saar Decision, 3?0 Jan Cools   Belgium
Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia Walkover Zbigniew Szajewski   Poland
Franco Benedetti   Italy Decision, 2?1 Andre Verdaine   France
Gustav Freij   Sweden Decision, 3?0 Dumitru Cuc   Romania
Shazam Safin   Soviet Union Fall Jack Rasmussen   Denmark
Kalle Haapasalmi   Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shazam Safin   Soviet Union 1 0 1
2 Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia 2 0 2
2 Gustav Freij   Sweden 1 1 2
2 Gyula Tarr   Hungary 1 1 2
5 Franco Benedetti   Italy 3 1 4
5 Dumitru Cuc   Romania 1 3 4
5 Kalle Haapasalmi   Finland 4 0 4
8 Kamal Hussain   Egypt 2 3 5
8 Erich Schmidt   Saar 4 1 5
10 Jack Rasmussen   Denmark 3 3 6
10 Zbigniew Szajewski   Poland 3 3 6
12 Jan Cools   Belgium 4 3 7
12 Andre Verdaine   France 4 3 7

Round 4 [ edit ]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Tarr   Hungary Decision, 3?0 Kalle Haapasalmi   Finland
Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia Fall Franco Benedetti   Italy
Shazam Safin   Soviet Union Decision, 3?0 Dumitru Cuc   Romania
Gustav Freij   Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia 2 0 2
1 Gustav Freij   Sweden 2 0 2
1 Shazam Safin   Soviet Union 1 1 2
4 Gyula Tarr   Hungary 2 1 3
5 Franco Benedetti   Italy 4 3 7
5 Dumitru Cuc   Romania 4 3 7
5 Kalle Haapasalmi   Finland 4 3 7

Round 5 [ edit ]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gustav Freij   Sweden Decision, 3?0 Gyula Tarr   Hungary
Shazam Safin   Soviet Union Fall Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shazam Safin   Soviet Union 2 0 2
2 Gustav Freij   Sweden 2 1 3
3 Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia 2 3 5
4 Gyula Tarr   Hungary 3 3 6

Medal rounds [ edit ]

Safin's victory over Athanasov in round 5 counted for the medal rounds.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gustav Freij   Sweden Decision, 3?0 Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia
Shazam Safin   Soviet Union Fall Gustav Freij   Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shazam Safin   Soviet Union 2 0 2 0 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gustav Freij   Sweden 1 1 3 4 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mikula? Athanasov   Czechoslovakia 0 2 5 3 8

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "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 .
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 372.
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