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Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

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Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden
← 1948
1956 →

The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] 79 to 87 kilograms (174.2 to 191.8 lb).[2]

Competition format

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This Greco-Roman 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 (which had a reduced penalty for a loss by 2–1 decision). Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). 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 (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.[2][1]

Results

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Michel Skaff  Lebanon Decision, 2–1 Ovidiu Forai  Romania
Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Gyula Kovács  Hungary
Umberto Silvestri  Italy Decision, 2–1 İsmet Atlı  Turkey
Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland Fall Jos Schummer  Luxembourg
Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union Fall Max Leichter  Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland 0 0 0
3 Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden 0 1 1
3 Umberto Silvestri  Italy 0 1 1
3 Michel Skaff  Lebanon 0 1 1
6 İsmet Atlı  Turkey 0 3 3
6 Ovidiu Forai  Romania 0 3 3
6 Gyula Kovács  Hungary 0 3 3
6 Max Leichter  Germany 0 3 3
6 Jos Schummer  Luxembourg 0 3 3

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Kovács  Hungary Fall Michel Skaff  Lebanon
Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Ovidiu Forai  Romania
İsmet Atlı  Turkey Fall Jos Schummer  Luxembourg
Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Umberto Silvestri  Italy
Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland Decision, 3–0 Max Leichter  Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union 0 1 1
1 Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland 0 1 1
3 Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden 1 1 2
4 İsmet Atlı  Turkey 3 0 3
4 Gyula Kovács  Hungary 3 0 3
6 Umberto Silvestri  Italy 1 3 4
6 Michel Skaff  Lebanon 1 3 4
8 Ovidiu Forai  Romania 3 3 6
8 Max Leichter  Germany 3 3 6
8 Jos Schummer  Luxembourg 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden Fall Michel Skaff  Lebanon
Gyula Kovács  Hungary Decision, 3–0 İsmet Atlı  Turkey
Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland Fall Umberto Silvestri  Italy
Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union 1 0 1
1 Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland 1 0 1
3 Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden 2 0 2
4 Gyula Kovács  Hungary 3 1 4
5 İsmet Atlı  Turkey 3 3 6
6 Umberto Silvestri  Italy 4 3 7
6 Michel Skaff  Lebanon 4 3 7

Round 4

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Nilsson's victory over Kovács in round 1 was the tie-breaker for third place and entry into the medal rounds.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Kovács  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union
Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland Decision, 2–1 Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland 1 1 2
2 Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union 1 3 4
3 Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden 2 3 5
4 Gyula Kovács  Hungary 4 1 5

Medal rounds

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Gröndahl's victory over Nilsson in round 4 was counted for the medal rounds.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden
Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland Decision, 2–1 Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland 2 0 2 1 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union 1 1 4 4 8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden 0 2 5 3 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 378.

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