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

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Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shazam Safin  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gustav Freij  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia
← 1948
1956 →

The men's Greco-Roman lightweight 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] Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms (136.7 to 147.7 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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Akbulut withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Jan Cools  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Metty Scheitler  Luxembourg
Kamal Hussain  Egypt Decision, 3–0 Erich Schmidt  Saar
Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia Decision, 3–0 Georgios Petmezas  Greece
André Verdaine  France Decision, 3–0 Zbigniew Szajewski  Poland
Franco Benedetti  Italy Fall Arístides Pérez  Guatemala
Dumitru Cuc  Romania Fall Aage Eriksen  Norway
Shazam Safin  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Raif Akbulut  Turkey
Gustav Freij  Sweden Fall Jack Rasmussen  Denmark
Kalle Haapasalmi  Finland Decision, 3–0 Heini Nettesheim  Germany
Gyula Tarr  Hungary Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Franco Benedetti  Italy 0 0 0
1 Dumitru Cuc  Romania 0 0 0
1 Gustav Freij  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Gyula Tarr  Hungary 0 0 0
5 Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia 0 1 1
5 Jan Cools  Belgium 0 1 1
5 Kalle Haapasalmi  Finland 0 1 1
5 Kamal Hussain  Egypt 0 1 1
5 Shazam Safin  Soviet Union 0 1 1
5 André Verdaine  France 0 1 1
11 Aage Eriksen  Norway 0 3 3
11 Heini Nettesheim  Germany 0 3 3
11 Arístides Pérez  Guatemala 0 3 3
11 Georgios Petmezas  Greece 0 3 3
11 Jack Rasmussen  Denmark 0 3 3
11 Metty Scheitler  Luxembourg 0 3 3
11 Erich Schmidt  Saar 0 3 3
11 Zbigniew Szajewski  Poland 0 3 3
19 Raif Akbulut  Turkey 0 3 3*

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Tarr  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Jan Cools  Belgium
Kamal Hussain  Egypt Decision, 3–0 Metty Scheitler  Luxembourg
Erich Schmidt  Saar Decision, 2–1 Georgios Petmezas  Greece
Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia Decision, 2–1 André Verdaine  France
Zbigniew Szajewski  Poland Fall Arístides Pérez  Guatemala
Dumitru Cuc  Romania Decision, 3–0 Franco Benedetti  Italy
Shazam Safin  Soviet Union Fall Aage Eriksen  Norway
Gustav Freij  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Kalle Haapasalmi  Finland
Jack Rasmussen  Denmark Fall Heini Nettesheim  Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Dumitru Cuc  Romania 0 1 1
1 Gustav Freij  Sweden 0 1 1
1 Shazam Safin  Soviet Union 1 0 1
1 Gyula Tarr  Hungary 0 1 1
5 Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia 1 1 2
5 Kamal Hussain  Egypt 1 1 2
7 Franco Benedetti  Italy 0 3 3
7 Jack Rasmussen  Denmark 3 0 3
7 Zbigniew Szajewski  Poland 3 0 3
10 Jan Cools  Belgium 1 3 4
10 Kalle Haapasalmi  Finland 1 3 4
10 Erich Schmidt  Saar 3 1 4
10 André Verdaine  France 1 3 4
14 Aage Eriksen  Norway 3 3 6
14 Heini Nettesheim  Germany 3 3 6
14 Arístides Pérez  Guatemala 3 3 6
14 Georgios Petmezas  Greece 3 3 6
14 Metty Scheitler  Luxembourg 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Tarr  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Kamal Hussain  Egypt
Erich Schmidt  Saar Decision, 3–0 Jan Cools  Belgium
Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia Walkover Zbigniew Szajewski  Poland
Franco Benedetti  Italy Decision, 2–1 André Verdaine  France
Gustav Freij  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Cuc  Romania
Shazam Safin  Soviet Union Fall Jack Rasmussen  Denmark
Kalle Haapasalmi  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shazam Safin  Soviet Union 1 0 1
2 Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia 2 0 2
2 Gustav Freij  Sweden 1 1 2
2 Gyula Tarr  Hungary 1 1 2
5 Franco Benedetti  Italy 3 1 4
5 Dumitru Cuc  Romania 1 3 4
5 Kalle Haapasalmi  Finland 4 0 4
8 Kamal Hussain  Egypt 2 3 5
8 Erich Schmidt  Saar 4 1 5
10 Jack Rasmussen  Denmark 3 3 6
10 Zbigniew Szajewski  Poland 3 3 6
12 Jan Cools  Belgium 4 3 7
12 André Verdaine  France 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Tarr  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Kalle Haapasalmi  Finland
Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia Fall Franco Benedetti  Italy
Shazam Safin  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Cuc  Romania
Gustav Freij  Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia 2 0 2
1 Gustav Freij  Sweden 2 0 2
1 Shazam Safin  Soviet Union 1 1 2
4 Gyula Tarr  Hungary 2 1 3
5 Franco Benedetti  Italy 4 3 7
5 Dumitru Cuc  Romania 4 3 7
5 Kalle Haapasalmi  Finland 4 3 7

Round 5

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gustav Freij  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Gyula Tarr  Hungary
Shazam Safin  Soviet Union Fall Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shazam Safin  Soviet Union 2 0 2
2 Gustav Freij  Sweden 2 1 3
3 Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia 2 3 5
4 Gyula Tarr  Hungary 3 3 6

Medal rounds

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Safin's victory over Athanasov in round 5 counted for the medal rounds.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gustav Freij  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia
Shazam Safin  Soviet Union Fall Gustav Freij  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shazam Safin  Soviet Union 2 0 2 0 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gustav Freij  Sweden 1 1 3 4 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia 0 2 5 3 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 372.

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