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

Event:Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
Games:1952 Summer
Venue:Messuhalli
Dates:24–27 July
Competitors:18
Nations:18
Gold:Miklós Szilvásy
Goldnoc:HUN
Silver:Gösta Andersson
Silvernoc:SWE
Bronze:Khalil Taha
Bronzenoc:LIB
Prev:1948
Next: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] Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67to.

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

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

Round 2

Männikkö withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 2–1
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Fall
Fall
Fall
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
3 1 0 1
4 1 1 2
4 1 1 2
4 1 1 2
7 3 0 3
7 0 3 3
9 3 1 4
9 3 1 4
9 1 3 4
12 1 3 4*
13 3 3 6
13 3 3 6
13 3 3 6
13 3 3 6
13 3 3 6
13 3 3 6

Round 3

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 0 0 0
2 0 1 1
3 1 1 2
4 2 1 3
5 4 1 5
5 4 1 5
5 2 3 5
5 2 3 5
9 3 3 6
9 3 3 6
11 4 3 7

Round 4

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

References

General

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132120/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WRE/mens-welterweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 March 2019.