Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight
Men's freestyle light heavyweight at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Messuhalli | ||||||||||||
Dates | 20–23 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 13 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's freestyle light heavyweight 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] Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 79 to 87 kilograms (174.2 to 191.8 lb).[2]
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.[2][1]
Results
Round 1
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Viking Palm | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Kevin Coote | ![]() |
Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | Fall | Rodolfo Padron | ![]() |
Willy Lardon | ![]() | Fall | Bob Steckle | ![]() |
Jan Theron | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Shrirang Jadhav | ![]() |
August Englas | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Adil Atan | ![]() |
Max Leichter | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Paavo Sepponen | ![]() |
Abbas Zandi | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Willy Lardon | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Abbas Zandi | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | August Englas | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Max Leichter | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Jan Theron | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
8 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Kevin Coote | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Shrirang Jadhav | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Rodolfo Padron | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Paavo Sepponen | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
Lardon withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Abbas Zandi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Kevin Coote | ![]() |
Viking Palm | ![]() | Fall | Rodolfo Padron | ![]() |
Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | Fall | Willy Lardon | ![]() |
Jan Theron | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Bob Steckle | ![]() |
August Englas | ![]() | Fall | Shrirang Jadhav | ![]() |
Adil Atan | ![]() | Fall | Max Leichter | ![]() |
Paavo Sepponen | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | August Englas | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Abbas Zandi | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Jan Theron | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Paavo Sepponen | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Max Leichter | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Willy Lardon | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3* |
10 | Kevin Coote | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Shrirang Jadhav | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Rodolfo Padron | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Bob Steckle | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Abbas Zandi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Paavo Sepponen | ![]() |
Viking Palm | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Henry Wittenberg | ![]() |
Adil Atan | ![]() | Fall | Jan Theron | ![]() |
August Englas | ![]() | Fall | Max Leichter | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | August Englas | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | Abbas Zandi | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Jan Theron | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Paavo Sepponen | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Max Leichter | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Viking Palm | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Abbas Zandi | ![]() |
Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | August Englas | ![]() |
Adil Atan | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
1 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | August Englas | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Abbas Zandi | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Round 5
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | Fall | Adil Atan | ![]() |
Viking Palm | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | August Englas | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Viking Palm | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
1 | Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Adil Atan | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
4 | August Englas | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
Palm's victory over Wittenberg in round 3 and Wittenberg's victory over Atan in round 5 counted for the medal round. The only bout left for the round therefore was Palm against Atan, with Wittenberg a spectator—who had to hope for an Atan victory to create a three-way tie at 1–1 which Wittenberg would win on bad points to take gold. Palm was able to defeat Atan in a split decision, however, and the Swede thereby won the gold medal, having beaten both of the other medalists.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Viking Palm | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Adil Atan | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
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![]() | Viking Palm | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
![]() | Henry Wittenberg | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | Adil Atan | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle light heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 362.
General
- Kolkka, Sulo, ed. (1955). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Translated by Matson, Alex. Porvoo, Finland: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.