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

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Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ignazio Fabra  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Honkala  Finland
← 1948
1956 →

The men's Greco-Roman flyweight 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] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 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.[1][3]

Results

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Heini Weber  Germany Fall Werner Zimmer  Saar
Béla Kenéz  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Fahrettin Akbaş  Turkey
Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia
Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark Decision, 3–0 Josef Zeman  Czechoslovakia
Maurice Mewis  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania
Bengt Johansson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Franz Brunner  Austria
Ignazio Fabra  Italy Decision, 3–0 Edmond Faure  France
Mahmoud Omar Fawzy  Egypt Fall Frithjof Clausen  Norway
Leo Honkala  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy  Egypt 0 0 0
1 Leo Honkala  Finland 0 0 0
1 Heini Weber  Germany 0 0 0
4 Ignazio Fabra  Italy 0 1 1
4 Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union 0 1 1
4 Bengt Johansson  Sweden 0 1 1
4 Béla Kenéz  Hungary 0 1 1
4 Maurice Mewis  Belgium 0 1 1
4 Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark 0 1 1
10 Fahrettin Akbaş  Turkey 0 3 3
10 Franz Brunner  Austria 0 3 3
10 Frithjof Clausen  Norway 0 3 3
10 Edmond Faure  France 0 3 3
10 Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania 0 3 3
10 Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia 0 3 3
10 Josef Zeman  Czechoslovakia 0 3 3
10 Werner Zimmer  Saar 0 3 3

Round 2

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Clausen withdrew.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Leo Honkala  Finland Fall Werner Zimmer  Saar
Heini Weber  Germany Decision, 3–0 Fahrettin Akbaş  Turkey
Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia Fall Béla Kenéz  Hungary
Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union Fall Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark
Maurice Mewis  Belgium Fall Josef Zeman  Czechoslovakia
Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania Decision, 3–0 Franz Brunner  Austria
Bengt Johansson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Edmond Faure  France
Ignazio Fabra  Italy Fall Mahmoud Omar Fawzy  Egypt
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Leo Honkala  Finland 0 0 0
2 Ignazio Fabra  Italy 1 0 1
2 Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union 1 0 1
2 Maurice Mewis  Belgium 1 0 1
2 Heini Weber  Germany 0 1 1
6 Bengt Johansson  Sweden 1 1 2
7 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy  Egypt 0 3 3
7 Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia 3 0 3
9 Béla Kenéz  Hungary 1 3 4
9 Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania 3 1 4
9 Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark 1 3 4
12 Frithjof Clausen  Norway 3 0 3*
13 Fahrettin Akbaş  Turkey 3 3 6
13 Franz Brunner  Austria 3 3 6
13 Edmond Faure  France 3 3 6
13 Josef Zeman  Czechoslovakia 3 3 6
13 Werner Zimmer  Saar 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Leo Honkala  Finland Decision, 2–1 Heini Weber  Germany
Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Béla Kenéz  Hungary
Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia Decision, 3–0 Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark
Bengt Johansson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis  Belgium
Ignazio Fabra  Italy Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania
Mahmoud Omar Fawzy  Egypt Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Leo Honkala  Finland 0 1 1
2 Ignazio Fabra  Italy 1 1 2
2 Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union 1 1 2
4 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy  Egypt 3 0 3
4 Bengt Johansson  Sweden 2 1 3
6 Maurice Mewis  Belgium 1 3 4
6 Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia 3 1 4
6 Heini Weber  Germany 1 3 4
9 Béla Kenéz  Hungary 4 3 7
9 Dumitru Pîrvulescu  Romania 4 3 7
9 Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Leo Honkala  Finland Decision, 3–0 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy  Egypt
Heini Weber  Germany Decision, 3–0 Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia
Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis  Belgium
Ignazio Fabra  Italy Decision, 3–0 Bengt Johansson  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Leo Honkala  Finland 1 1 2
2 Ignazio Fabra  Italy 2 1 3
2 Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union 2 1 3
4 Heini Weber  Germany 4 1 5
5 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy  Egypt 3 3 6
5 Bengt Johansson  Sweden 3 3 6
7 Maurice Mewis  Belgium 4 3 7
7 Borivoj Vukov  Yugoslavia 4 3 7

Medal rounds

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Leo Honkala  Finland
Ignazio Fabra  Italy Decision, 3–0 Leo Honkala  Finland
Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Ignazio Fabra  Italy
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union 2 0 3 2 5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ignazio Fabra  Italy 1 1 3 4 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Honkala  Finland 0 2 2 6 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report 1955, p. 366.
  3. ^ Official Report 1955, p. 370.

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