Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight
The men's freestyle flyweight 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
Timonen withdrew after his bout.; Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Decision, 3–0 | Rolf Johansson | ||
| Hugh Peery | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | ||
| Georgy Sayadov | Decision, 3–0 | Marcel Sigiran | ||
| Giordano De Giorgi | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | ||
| Hasan Gemici | Decision, 3–0 | Oiva Timonen | ||
| Heini Weber | Fall | Leslie Cheetham | ||
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Fall | Niranjan Das | ||
| Louis Baise | Decision, 3–0 | Rodolfo Dávila |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Fall | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | ||
| Hugh Peery | Decision, 3–0 | Rolf Johansson | ||
| Georgy Sayadov | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | ||
| Giordano De Giorgi | Decision, 3–0 | Marcel Sigiran | ||
| Hasan Gemici | Fall | Leslie Cheetham | ||
| Heini Weber | Fall | Niranjan Das | ||
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Fall | Louis Baise | ||
| Rodolfo Dávila | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Fall | Rodolfo Dávila | ||
| Georgy Sayadov | Decision, 3–0 | Hugh Peery | ||
| Hasan Gemici | Fall | Giordano De Giorgi | ||
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Decision, 3–0 | Heini Weber | ||
| Louis Baise | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 4
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Fall | Louis Baise | ||
| Georgy Sayadov | Decision, 3–0 | Heini Weber | ||
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Decision, 2–1 | Hasan Gemici |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Hasan Gemici | Decision, 3–0 | Yushu Kitano | ||
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Decision, 2–1 | Georgy Sayadov |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
Gemici's victory over Kitano in round 4 and Mollaghasemi's victory over Gemici counted for the medal round. Kitano defeated Mollaghasemi in the medal round, leaving each wrestler at a record of 1–1 against the other medalists. Bad points were used to break this tie, leaving Mollaghasemi with the bronze medal but Gemici and Kitano still tied. Head-to-head results were the next tie-breaker, with Gemici taking the gold medal due to his round 4 win.; Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Decision, 3–0 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |