1952 Summer Olympics / wrestling
| Wrestling at the XV. Summer Olympics |
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| venue |
 Helsinki
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| Competition venue | Messuhalli |
| Nations | 37 |
| Athletes | 244 (244 men) |
| date | 20.-27. July 1952 |
| decisions | 16 |
| ← London 1948 | |
At the XV. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , 16 wrestling competitions were held, eight each in freestyle and eight in Greco-Roman style. The venue was the Messuhalli (exhibition hall) in the Töölö district .
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country |
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total |
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| 1 |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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6th | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 |
 Sweden
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3 | 4th | 1 | 8th |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
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2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
| 4th |
 Turkey
|
2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |
 United States
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
| 6th |
Finland
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
| 7th |
 Japan
|
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 8th |
.svg){kind=small} Iran
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- | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 |
 Lebanon
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Czechoslovakia
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |
 Italy
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 12 |
.svg){kind=small} Egypt
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
 India
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
Results freestyle
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
|
Hasan Gemici |
| 2 |
JPN
|
Yushu Kitano |
| 3 |
IRN
|
Mahmoud Mollaghassemi |
| 4th |
URS
|
Georgi Sayadov |
| 5 |
 GER
|
Heinrich Weber |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} RSA
|
Louis Baise |
| 7th |
ITA
|
Giordano De Giorgi |
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United States
|
Hugh Peery |
Date: July 20-23, 1952
16 participants from 16 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
|
Shōhachi Ishii |
| 2 |
URS
|
Rəşid Məmmədbəyov |
| 3 |
IND
|
Khashaba Jadhav |
| 4th |
SWE
|
Edvin Vesterby |
| 5 |
DOOR
|
Cemil Sarıbacak |
| 6th |
HUN
|
Lajos Bencze |
| 7th |
GER
|
Ferdinand Schmitz |
| 8th |
IRN
|
Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi |
| 13 |
 SUI
|
Paul Hänni |
Date: July 20-23, 1952
20 participants from 20 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
|
Bayram Şit |
| 2 |
IRN
|
Wet Givehchi |
| 3 |
 United States
|
Josiah Henson |
| 4th |
IND
|
Keshav Mangave |
| 5 |
JPN
|
Risaburo Tominaga |
| 6th |
FIN
|
Rauno Mäkinen |
| 7th |
EGY
|
Abdel Fattah Essawi |
| 8th |
.svg){kind=small} CAN
|
Armand Bernard |
| 13 |
GER
|
Rolf Ellerbrock |
Date: July 20-23, 1952
21 participants from 21 countries
Lightweight (up to 67 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SWE
|
Olle Anderberg |
| 2 |
United States
|
Jay Thomas Evans |
| 3 |
IRN
|
Jahanbakht Tofigh |
| 4th |
URS
|
Armenak Yaltyrjan |
| 5 |
FIN
|
Risto Talosela |
| 6th |
GER
|
Heinrich Nettesheim |
| 7th |
JPN
|
Takeo Shimotori |
| 8th |
 BEL
|
Jan Cools |
| 13 |
SUI
|
Paul Besson |
Date: July
20-23 , 1952 23 participants from 23 countries
Welter weight (up to 73 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
William Smith |
| 2 |
SWE
|
Per Berlin |
| 3 |
IRN
|
Abdollah Mojtabavi |
| 4th |
 ARG
|
Alberto Longarella |
| 5 |
EGY
|
Mohamed Hassan Moussa |
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TCH
|
Vladislav Sekal | |
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JPN
|
Tsugio Yamazaki | |
| 8th |
FIN
|
Aleksanteri Keisala |
| 10 |
GER
|
Anton Mackowiak |
| 16 |
SUI
|
Daniel Hauser |
Date: July
20-23 , 1952 23 participants from 23 countries
Middle weight (up to 79 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Dawit Chimakuridze |
| 2 |
IRN
|
Gholamreza Takhti |
| 3 |
HUN
|
György Gurics |
| 4th |
GER
|
Gustav Gocke |
| 5 |
DOOR
|
Haydar Zafer |
| 6th |
ARG
|
León Genuth |
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RSA
|
Calie Reitz | |
| 8th |
SWE
|
Bengt Lindblad |
| 10 |
SUI
|
Felix Neuhaus |
Date: July 20-23, 1952
17 participants from 17 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SWE
|
Viking palm |
| 2 |
United States
|
Henry Wittenberg |
| 3 |
DOOR
|
Adil Atan |
| 4th |
URS
|
August Englas |
| 5 |
IRN
|
Abbas Zandi |
| 6th |
RSA
|
Jacob Louis Theron |
| 7th |
FIN
|
Paavo Sepponen |
| 8th |
GER
|
Max Lighter |
| 9 |
SUI
|
Willy Lardon |
Date: July 20-23, 1952
13 participants from 13 countries
Heavy weight (over 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Arsen Mekokishvili |
| 2 |
SWE
|
Bertil Antonsson |
| 3 |
GBR
|
Kenneth Richmond |
| 4th |
DOOR
|
İrfan Atan |
| 5 |
United States
|
William Kerslake |
| 6th |
FIN
|
Taisto Kangasniemi |
| 7th |
ITA
|
Natale Vecchi |
| 8th |
GER
|
Willi Waltner |
Date: July 20-23, 1952
13 participants from 13 countries
Results Greco-Roman style
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Boris Gurevich |
| 2 |
ITA
|
Ignazio Fabra |
| 3 |
FIN
|
Leo Honkala |
| 4th |
GER
|
Heinrich Weber |
| 5 |
EGY
|
Mahmoud Omar Fawzy |
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SWE
|
Bengt Johansson | |
| 7th |
BEL
|
Maurice Mewis |
.svg){kind=small} YUG
|
Borivoje Vukov | |
| 12 |
 AUT
|
Franz Brunner |
.svg){kind=small} SAA
|
Werner Zimmer |
Date: July 24-27, 1952
17 participants from 17 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HUN
|
Imre Hódos |
| 2 |
LIB
|
Zakaria Chihab |
| 3 |
URS
|
Artyom Terjan |
| 4th |
SWE
|
Hubert Persson |
| 5 |
 NOR
|
Reidar Merli |
| 6th |
DEU
|
Ferdinand Schmitz |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} ROME
|
Ion Popescu |
| 8th |
ITA
|
Pietro Lombardi |
| 10 |
SAA
|
Norbert Kohler |
Date: July 24-27, 1952
17 participants from 17 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Yakov Punkin |
| 2 |
HUN
|
Imre Polyák |
| 3 |
EGY
|
Abdel Ahmed Al-Rashid |
| 4th |
ITA
|
Umberto Trippa |
| 5 |
AUT
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Bartholomäus Brötzner |
| 6th |
DOOR
|
Hasan Bozbey |
| 7th |
LIB
|
Safi Taha |
| 8th |
FIN
|
Erkki Talosela |
| 10 |
GER
|
Rolf Ellerbrock |
Date: July 24-27, 1952
17 participants from 17 countries
Lightweight (up to 67 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Shazam Safin |
| 2 |
SWE
|
Gustav Freij |
| 3 |
TCH
|
Mikuláš Athanasov |
| 4th |
HUN
|
Gyula Tarr |
| 5 |
ITA
|
Franco Benedetti |
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ROME
|
Dumitru Cuc | |
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FIN
|
Kalle Haapasalmi | |
| 8th |
SAA
|
Erich Schmidt |
| 15th |
GER
|
Heinrich Nettesheim |
 LUX
|
Mathias Scheitler |
Date: July 24-27, 1952
19 participants from 19 countries
Welter weight (up to 73 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HUN
|
Miklós Szilvási |
| 2 |
SWE
|
Gosta Andersson |
| 3 |
LIB
|
Khalil Taha |
| 4th |
URS
|
Semyon Marushkin |
| 5 |
ROME
|
Marin Belușica |
 FRA
|
René Chesneau | |
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ITA
|
Osvaldo Riva | |
|
DOOR
|
Ahmet Senol | |
| 9 |
GER
|
Anton Mackowiak |
| 11 |
AUT
|
Gottfried Anglberger |
| 14th |
LUX
|
Henri Freylinger |
Date: July 24th to 27th, 1952
18 participants from 18 countries
Middle weight (up to 79 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SWE
|
Axel Groenberg |
| 2 |
FIN
|
Kalervo Rauhala |
| 3 |
URS
|
Nikolai Below |
| 4th |
HUN
|
Gyula Németi |
| 5 |
DOOR
|
Ali Ozdemir |
| 6th |
ITA
|
Ercole Gallegati |
| 7th |
BEL
|
Émile Courtois |
| 8th |
DEU
|
Gustav Gocke |
Date: July 24-27, 1952
11 participants from 11 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FIN
|
Kelpo Grondahl |
| 2 |
URS
|
Shalva Chikladze |
| 3 |
SWE
|
Karl-Erik Nilsson |
| 4th |
HUN
|
Gyula Kovács |
| 5 |
DOOR
|
İsmet Atlı |
| 6th |
ITA
|
Umberto Silvestri |
| 7th |
LIB
|
Michel Skaff |
| 8th |
ROME
|
Ovidiu Forai |
| 9 |
GER
|
Max Lighter |
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LUX
|
Josef Schummer |
Date: July 24-27, 1952
10 participants from 10 countries
Heavy weight (over 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Johannes Kotkas |
| 2 |
TCH
|
Josef Růžička |
| 3 |
FIN
|
Tauno Kovanen |
| 4th |
GER
|
Willi Waltner |
| 5 |
ROME
|
Alexandru Șuli |
| 6th |
SWE
|
Bengt Fahlkvist |
.svg){kind=small} GRE
|
Antonios Georgoulis | |
| 8th |
ITA
|
Guido Fantoni |
Date: July 24-27, 1952
12 participants from 12 countries
Web links
- Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1952 Summer Games (PDF, 29.7 MB)
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