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


The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight 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

Hassan and Panagiotopoulos withdrew after their matches.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Norbert KohlerFallOswaldo Johnston
Pietro LombardiDecision, 2–1Hubert Persson
Artem TeryanFallRudolf Toboła
Kemal DemirsürenFallLeo Cortsen
Zakaria ChihabDecision, 3–0Ion Popescu
Arvo KyllönenFallMaurice Faure
Imre HódosDecision, 3–0Mahmoud Hassan
Reidar MerliDecision, 3–0Sotirios Panagiotopoulos
Ferdinand SchmitzByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
6011
6011
6011
6011
10033
10033
10033
10033
10033
10033
16033*
16033*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ferdinand SchmitzFallNorbert Kohler
Hubert PerssonFallOswaldo Johnston
Pietro LombardiDecision, 3–0Rudolf Toboła
Artem TeryanDecision, 3–0Kemal Demirsüren
Ion PopescuDecision, 2–1Leo Cortsen
Zakaria ChihabDecision, 2–1Maurice Faure
Imre HódosDecision, 2–1Arvo Kyllönen
Reidar MerliByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2101
2011
4112
4112
4112
7033
7033
7033
7303
11314
12336
12336
12336
12336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Reidar MerliDecision, 3–0Ferdinand Schmitz
Hubert PerssonDecision, 3–0Norbert Kohler
Artem TeryanDecision, 3–0Pietro Lombardi
Ion PopescuFallKemal Demirsüren
Zakaria ChihabDecision, 3–0Arvo Kyllönen
Imre HódosByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
1112
1112
4213
4033
6314
6404
8235
9336
9336
9336

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Imre HódosDecision, 3–0Reidar Merli
Hubert PerssonFallFerdinand Schmitz
Artem TeryanDecision, 3–0Ion Popescu
Zakaria ChihabByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1303
1213
1213
4404
5235
6336
7437

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Imre HódosDecision, 2–1Zakaria Chihab
Artem TeryanDecision, 3–0Hubert Persson

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1314
1314
3336
4437

Medal rounds

Chihab and Hódos had met in round 5 and did not wrestle each other again. The tie between Chihab and Hódos in the standings was resolved by head-to-head.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Zakaria ChihabDecision, 2–1Artem Teryan
Artem TeryanDecision, 3–0Imre Hódos

; Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
11437
11617
11448