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.

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

Akbulut withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Jan CoolsDecision, 3–0Metty Scheitler
Kamal HussainDecision, 3–0Erich Schmidt
Mikuláš AthanasovDecision, 3–0Georgios Petmezas
André VerdaineDecision, 3–0Zbigniew Szajewski
Franco BenedettiFallArístides Pérez
Dumitru CucFallAage Eriksen
Shazam SafinDecision, 3–0Raif Akbulut
Gustav FreijFallJack Rasmussen
Kalle HaapasalmiDecision, 3–0Heini Nettesheim
Gyula TarrByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
5011
5011
5011
5011
5011
5011
11033
11033
11033
11033
11033
11033
11033
11033
19033*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gyula TarrDecision, 3–0Jan Cools
Kamal HussainDecision, 3–0Metty Scheitler
Erich SchmidtDecision, 2–1Georgios Petmezas
Mikuláš AthanasovDecision, 2–1André Verdaine
Zbigniew SzajewskiFallArístides Pérez
Dumitru CucDecision, 3–0Franco Benedetti
Shazam SafinFallAage Eriksen
Gustav FreijDecision, 3–0Kalle Haapasalmi
Jack RasmussenFallHeini Nettesheim

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1011
1011
1101
1011
5112
5112
7033
7303
7303
10134
10134
10314
10134
14336
14336
14336
14336
14336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gyula TarrDecision, 3–0Kamal Hussain
Erich SchmidtDecision, 3–0Jan Cools
Mikuláš AthanasovWalkoverZbigniew Szajewski
Franco BenedettiDecision, 2–1André Verdaine
Gustav FreijDecision, 3–0Dumitru Cuc
Shazam SafinFallJack Rasmussen
Kalle HaapasalmiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
2202
2112
2112
5314
5134
5404
8235
8415
10336
10336
12437
12437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gyula TarrDecision, 3–0Kalle Haapasalmi
Mikuláš AthanasovFallFranco Benedetti
Shazam SafinDecision, 3–0Dumitru Cuc
Gustav FreijByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
1202
1112
4213
5437
5437
5437

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gustav FreijDecision, 3–0Gyula Tarr
Shazam SafinFallMikuláš Athanasov

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
2213
3235
4336

Medal rounds

Safin's victory over Athanasov in round 5 counted for the medal rounds.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gustav FreijDecision, 3–0Mikuláš Athanasov
Shazam SafinFallGustav Freij

; Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
20202
11347
02538