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

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Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gösta Andersson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Khalil Taha  Lebanon
← 1948
1956 →

The men's Greco-Roman welterweight 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]

Competition format

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

Round 1

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Osvaldo Riva  Italy Decision, 2–1 Bela Čuzdi  Yugoslavia
Veikko Männikkö  Finland Decision, 3–0
Marin Beluşica
 Romania
Semyon Marushkin  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia
Ahmet Şenol  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Antoni Gołaś  Poland
Khalil Taha  Lebanon Decision, 3–0 Heng Freylinger  Luxembourg
René Chesneau  France Decision, 3–0 Gottfried Anglberger  Austria
Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt Fall Jos De Jong  Belgium
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary Fall Håkon Olsen  Norway
Gösta Andersson  Sweden Fall Anton Mackowiak  Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gösta Andersson  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt 0 0 0
1
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary 0 0 0
4 René Chesneau  France 0 1 1
4 Veikko Männikkö  Finland 0 1 1
4 Semyon Marushkin  Soviet Union 0 1 1
4 Osvaldo Riva  Italy 0 1 1
4 Ahmet Şenol  Turkey 0 1 1
4 Khalil Taha  Lebanon 0 1 1
10 Gottfried Anglberger  Austria 0 3 3
10
Marin Beluşica
 Romania 0 3 3
10 Bela Čuzdi  Yugoslavia 0 3 3
10 Jos De Jong  Belgium 0 3 3
10 Heng Freylinger  Luxembourg 0 3 3
10 Antoni Gołaś  Poland 0 3 3
10 Anton Mackowiak  Germany 0 3 3
10 Håkon Olsen  Norway 0 3 3
10 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia 0 3 3

Round 2

Männikkö withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Marin Beluşica
 Romania Decision, 3–0 Bela Čuzdi  Yugoslavia
Osvaldo Riva  Italy Decision, 2–1 Veikko Männikkö  Finland
Semyon Marushkin  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Antoni Gołaś  Poland
Ahmet Şenol  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia
Gottfried Anglberger  Austria Decision, 3–0 Heng Freylinger  Luxembourg
Khalil Taha  Lebanon Fall René Chesneau  France
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary Fall Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt
Anton Mackowiak  Germany Fall Jos De Jong  Belgium
Gösta Andersson  Sweden Fall Håkon Olsen  Norway
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gösta Andersson  Sweden 0 0 0
1
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary 0 0 0
3 Khalil Taha  Lebanon 1 0 1
4 Semyon Marushkin  Soviet Union 1 1 2
4 Osvaldo Riva  Italy 1 1 2
4 Ahmet Şenol  Turkey 1 1 2
7 Anton Mackowiak  Germany 3 0 3
7 Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt 0 3 3
9 Gottfried Anglberger  Austria 3 1 4
9
Marin Beluşica
 Romania 3 1 4
9 René Chesneau  France 1 3 4
12 Veikko Männikkö  Finland 1 3 4*
13 Bela Čuzdi  Yugoslavia 3 3 6
13 Jos De Jong  Belgium 3 3 6
13 Heng Freylinger  Luxembourg 3 3 6
13 Antoni Gołaś  Poland 3 3 6
13 Håkon Olsen  Norway 3 3 6
13 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia 3 3 6

Round 3

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Marin Beluşica
 Romania Decision, 3–0 Osvaldo Riva  Italy
Semyon Marushkin  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Ahmet Şenol  Turkey
Khalil Taha  Lebanon Decision, 3–0 Gottfried Anglberger  Austria
René Chesneau  France Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary Decision, 3–0 Anton Mackowiak  Germany
Gösta Andersson  Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gösta Andersson  Sweden 0 0 0
2
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary 0 1 1
3 Khalil Taha  Lebanon 1 1 2
4 Semyon Marushkin  Soviet Union 2 1 3
5
Marin Beluşica
 Romania 4 1 5
5 René Chesneau  France 4 1 5
5 Osvaldo Riva  Italy 2 3 5
5 Ahmet Şenol  Turkey 2 3 5
9 Anton Mackowiak  Germany 3 3 6
9 Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt 3 3 6
11 Gottfried Anglberger  Austria 4 3 7

Round 4

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gösta Andersson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Semyon Marushkin  Soviet Union
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary Fall Khalil Taha  Lebanon
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gösta Andersson  Sweden 0 1 1
1
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary 1 0 1
3 Khalil Taha  Lebanon 2 3 5
4 Semyon Marushkin  Soviet Union 3 3 6

Medal rounds

Szilvásy's victory over Taha in round 4 counted for the medal rounds.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gösta Andersson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Khalil Taha  Lebanon
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary Decision, 2–1 Gösta Andersson  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary 2 0 1 1 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gösta Andersson  Sweden 1 1 1 4 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Khalil Taha  Lebanon 0 2 5 3 8

References

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 374.