Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle featherweight


The men's freestyle featherweight 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

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Armand BernardFallIgnacio Lugo
Risaburo TominagaFallMarco Antonio Girón
Rauno MäkinenDecision, 3–0Rolf Ellerbrock
Géza HoffmannDecision, 3–0Jef Mewis
Próspero MammanaDecision, 3–0John Elliott
Antonio RandiFallJoe Henson
Henry HolmbergDecision, 3–0Gonzalo Monte-Manibog
Bayram ŞitFallRoger Bielle
Ibrahim DadashovFallAbdel Fattah Essawi
Nasser GivehchiDecision, 3–0Herbie Hall
Keshav MangaveByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
7011
7011
7011
7011
7011
12033
12033
12033
12033
12033
12033
12033
12033
12033
12033

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Keshav MangaveWalkoverIgnacio Lugo
Armand BernardFallMarco Antonio Girón
Rauno MäkinenFallRisaburo Tominaga
Jef MewisDecision, 3–0Rolf Ellerbrock
Géza HoffmannFallPróspero Mammana
Joe HensonFallJohn Elliott
Henry HolmbergDecision, 3–0Antonio Randi
Roger BielleDecision, 3–0Gonzalo Monte-Manibog
Bayram ŞitDecision, 3–0Ibrahim Dadashov
Abdel Fattah EssawiFallHerbie Hall
Nasser GivehchiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
3101
3101
3101
3011
7112
8033
8303
8303
8033
8033
13314
13134
13314
16336
16336
16336
16336
16336
16336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Nasser GivehchiDecision, 3–0Keshav Mangave
Risaburo TominagaFallArmand Bernard
Rauno MäkinenDecision, 3–0Jef Mewis
Joe HensonFallGéza Hoffmann
Próspero MammanaDecision, 2–1Antonio Randi
Bayram ŞitDecision, 3–0Henry Holmberg
Ibrahim DadashovDecision, 3–0Roger Bielle
Abdel Fattah EssawiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1112
1112
1112
4033
4303
4303
4033
4303
9314
9134
11235
11415
13336
14437
14437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Nasser GivehchiDecision, 2–1Abdel Fattah Essawi
Keshav MangaveFallArmand Bernard
Risaburo TominagaDecision, 3–0Géza Hoffmann
Bayram ŞitFallRauno Mäkinen
Joe HensonDecision, 2–1Ibrahim Dadashov

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
2213
2303
4314
4314
6235
7336
7336
9437
9437

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Nasser GivehchiDecision, 2–1Risaburo Tominaga
Joe HensonDecision, 3–0Keshav Mangave
Bayram ŞitByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
2314
3415
4336
5437

Medal rounds

None of the three wrestlers that made it to the medal rounds had faced each other previously, so each wrestled the other two. Şit defeated each of the other two wrestlers to take the gold medal; Givehchi prevailed over Henson to take silver.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Bayram ŞitDecision, 3–0Nasser Givehchi
Bayram ŞitFallJoe Henson
Nasser GivehchiDecision, 2–1Joe Henson

; Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
20213
11448
025611