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

Event:Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Games:1952 Summer
Venue:Messuhalli
Dates:24–27 July
Competitors:19
Nations:19
Gold:Shazam Safin
Goldnoc:URS
Silver:Gustav Freij
Silvernoc:SWE
Bronze:Mikuláš Athanasov
Bronzenoc:TCH
Prev:1948
Next: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 62to.

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.[1]

Results

Round 1

Akbulut withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Fall
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Decision, 3–0
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
5 0 1 1
5 0 1 1
5 0 1 1
5 0 1 1
5 0 1 1
5 0 1 1
11 0 3 3
11 0 3 3
11 0 3 3
11 0 3 3
11 0 3 3
11 0 3 3
11 0 3 3
11 0 3 3
19 0 3 3*

Round 2

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 2–1
Decision, 2–1
Fall
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 0 1 1
1 0 1 1
1 1 0 1
1 0 1 1
5 1 1 2
5 1 1 2
7 0 3 3
7 3 0 3
7 3 0 3
10 1 3 4
10 1 3 4
10 3 1 4
10 1 3 4
14 3 3 6
14 3 3 6
14 3 3 6
14 3 3 6
14 3 3 6

Round 3

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Walkover
Decision, 2–1
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 1 0 1
2 2 0 2
2 1 1 2
2 1 1 2
5 3 1 4
5 1 3 4
5 4 0 4
8 2 3 5
8 4 1 5
10 3 3 6
10 3 3 6
12 4 3 7
12 4 3 7

Round 4

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Decision, 3–0
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 2 0 2
1 2 0 2
1 1 1 2
4 2 1 3
5 4 3 7
5 4 3 7
5 4 3 7

Round 5

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 2 0 2
2 2 1 3
3 2 3 5
4 3 3 6

Medal rounds

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

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
2 0 2 0 2
1 1 3 4 7
0 2 5 3 8

References

General

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132327/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WRE/mens-lightweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 March 2019.