Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight
The men's freestyle middleweight 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
Everaerts withdrew after his bout.; Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Callie Reitz | Fall | Pio Chirinos | ||
| Gustav Gocke | Decision, 3–0 | Eduardo Assam | ||
| Haydar Zafer | Decision, 3–0 | Adalberto Lepri | ||
| León Genuth | Decision, 2–1 | Veikko Lahti | ||
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Fall | André Brunaud | ||
| Dan Hodge | Fall | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | ||
| Bengt Lindblad | Decision, 2–1 | David Tsimakuridze | ||
| György Gurics | Fall | Augustus Everaerts | ||
| Felix Neuhaus | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; 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 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 17 | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Callie Reitz | Decision, 3–0 | Felix Neuhaus | ||
| Gustav Gocke | Fall | Pio Chirinos | ||
| Haydar Zafer | Fall | Eduardo Assam | ||
| León Genuth | Fall | Adalberto Lepri | ||
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Fall | Veikko Lahti | ||
| Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | Decision, 3–0 | André Brunaud | ||
| David Tsimakuridze | Fall | Dan Hodge | ||
| György Gurics | Decision, 2–1 | Bengt Lindblad |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gustav Gocke | Decision, 3–0 | Felix Neuhaus | ||
| Haydar Zafer | Decision, 3–0 | Callie Reitz | ||
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Fall | León Genuth | ||
| David Tsimakuridze | Fall | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | ||
| Bengt Lindblad | Decision, 2–1 | Dan Hodge | ||
| György Gurics | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| György Gurics | Decision, 2–1 | Callie Reitz | ||
| Gustav Gocke | Decision, 3–0 | León Genuth | ||
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Decision, 3–0 | Haydar Zafer | ||
| David Tsimakuridze | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| David Tsimakuridze | Decision, 3–0 | György Gurics | ||
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Decision, 3–0 | Gustav Gocke |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Medal rounds
Tsimakuridze's victory over Gurics in round 5 counted for the medal rounds. The Soviet wrestler defeated Takhti to finish 2–0 against the other medalists and earn the gold medal. Gurics was injured after the round 5 bout and was unable to face Takhti for the silver medal.; Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| David Tsimakuridze | Decision, 2–1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ||
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Walkover | György Gurics |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 |