Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight
The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.
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. 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
Kouyos and Trimpont withdrew after their bouts.; Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Rashid Mammadbeyov | Fall | Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | ||
| Bill Borders | Decision, 3–0 | Paul Hänni | ||
| Sayed Hafez Shehata | Fall | Oswaldo Johnston | ||
| Eigil Johansen | Decision, 2–1 | Joseph Trimpont | ||
| Cemil Sarıbacak | Fall | Lajos Bencze | ||
| Shohachi Ishii | Decision, 3–0 | Tauno Jaskari | ||
| Ken Irvine | Decision, 3–0 | Omar Blebel | ||
| Edvin Vesterby | Decision, 2–1 | Charles Kouyos | ||
| Ferdinand Schmitz | Fall | Leonardo Basurto | ||
| Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav | Fall | Adrien Poliquin |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 0 | 3 | 3* | ||
| 19 | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Rashid Mammadbeyov | Walkover | Paul Hänni | ||
| Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Decision, 3–0 | Bill Borders | ||
| Eigil Johansen | Decision, 3–0 | Sayed Hafez Shehata | ||
| Lajos Bencze | Fall | Oswaldo Johnston | ||
| Cemil Sarıbacak | Decision, 2–1 | Tauno Jaskari | ||
| Shohachi Ishii | Fall | Ken Irvine | ||
| Edvin Vesterby | Fall | Omar Blebel | ||
| Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav | Fall | Leonardo Basurto | ||
| Ferdinand Schmitz | Fall | Adrien Poliquin |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Rashid Mammadbeyov | Fall | Bill Borders | ||
| Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi | Decision, 3–0 | Sayed Hafez Shehata | ||
| Lajos Bencze | Decision, 3–0 | Eigil Johansen | ||
| Shohachi Ishii | Decision, 3–0 | Cemil Sarıbacak | ||
| Edvin Vesterby | Fall | Ken Irvine | ||
| Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav | Decision, 3–0 | Ferdinand Schmitz |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Lajos Bencze | Decision, 2–1 | Rashid Mammadbeyov | ||
| Cemil Sarıbacak | Decision, 3–0 | Edvin Vesterby | ||
| Shohachi Ishii | Decision, 2–1 | Ferdinand Schmitz | ||
| Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 5
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Rashid Mammadbeyov | Decision, 3–0 | Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav | ||
| Shohachi Ishii | Decision, 3–0 | Edvin Vesterby |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
Mammadbeyov's victory over Jadhav in round 5 counted for the medal rounds.; Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Shohachi Ishii | Decision, 3–0 | Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav | ||
| Shohachi Ishii | Decision, 3–0 | Rashid Mammadbeyov |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |