Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight explained
The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52kg (115lb).
Competition format
This freestyle 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
Timonen withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | | | 0 | 3 | 3* | |
Round 2
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Round 3
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | | | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | | | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | | | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Round 4
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 2–1 | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | | | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | | | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 5
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision, 3–0 | | |
| | Decision, 2–1 | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | | | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | | | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Medal rounds
Gemici's victory over Kitano in round 4 and Mollaghasemi's victory over Gemici counted for the medal round. Kitano defeated Mollaghasemi in the medal round, leaving each wrestler at a record of 1–1 against the other medalists. Bad points were used to break this tie, leaving Mollaghasemi with the bronze medal but Gemici and Kitano still tied. Head-to-head results were the next tie-breaker, with Gemici taking the gold medal due to his round 4 win.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision, 3–0 | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
|---|
| | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| | | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
References
General
Notes and References
- Web site: Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle flyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132402/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WRE/mens-flyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 8 March 2019.
