Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Messuhalli |
Dates | 20 – 27 July |
Competitors | 244 from 37 nations |
Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The events were held at Messuhalli.[1]
Medal summary
[edit]Greco-Roman
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight |
Boris Gurevich![]() |
Ignazio Fabra![]() |
Leo Honkala![]() |
Bantamweight |
Imre Hódos![]() |
Zakaria Chibab![]() |
Artem Teryan![]() |
Featherweight |
Yakov Punkin![]() |
Imre Polyák![]() |
Abdel Aaal Rashed![]() |
Lightweight |
Shazam Safin![]() |
Gustav Freij![]() |
Mikuláš Athanasov![]() |
Welterweight |
Miklós Szilvásy![]() |
Gösta Andersson![]() |
Khalil Taha![]() |
Middleweight |
Axel Grönberg![]() |
Kalervo Rauhala![]() |
Nikolay Belov![]() |
Light heavyweight |
Kelpo Gröndahl![]() |
Shalva Chikhladze![]() |
Karl-Erik Nilsson![]() |
Heavyweight |
Johannes Kotkas![]() |
Josef Růžička![]() |
Tauno Kovanen![]() |
Freestyle
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight |
Hasan Gemici![]() |
Yushu Kitano![]() |
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi![]() |
Bantamweight |
Shohachi Ishii![]() |
Rashid Mammadbeyov![]() |
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav![]() |
Featherweight |
Bayram Sit![]() |
Nasser Givehchi![]() |
Josiah Henson![]() |
Lightweight |
Olle Anderberg![]() |
Jay Thomas Evans![]() |
Tofigh Jahanbakht![]() |
Welterweight |
William Smith![]() |
Per Berlin![]() |
Abdollah Mojtabavi![]() |
Middleweight |
David Tsimakuridze![]() |
Gholamreza Takhti![]() |
György Gurics![]() |
Light heavyweight |
Viking Palm![]() |
Henry Wittenberg![]() |
Adil Atan![]() |
Heavyweight |
Arsen Mekokishvili![]() |
Bertil Antonsson![]() |
Kenneth Richmond![]() |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 244 wrestlers from 37 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:[1]
Argentina (5)
Australia (4)
Austria (3)
Belgium (8)
Canada (4)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Denmark (5)
Egypt (12)
Finland (16)
France (10)
Germany (8)
Great Britain (6)
Greece (3)
Guatemala (3)
Hungary (12)
India (4)
Iran (8)
Ireland (1)
Italy (14)
Japan (5)
South Korea (1)
Lebanon (4)
Luxembourg (3)
Mexico (5)
Norway (7)
Philippines (1)
Poland (5)
Romania (7)
South Africa (5)
Soviet Union (16)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (5)
Turkey (15)
United States (8)
Venezuela (3)
Yugoslavia (3)[2]
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
See also
[edit]- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XV OLYMPIAD HELSINKI 1952". I. 1952: 353–384. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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