Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight
Men's freestyle middleweight at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Messuhalli | ||||||||||||
Dates | 20–23 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 17 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's freestyle middleweight 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] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 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
Everaerts withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Callie Reitz | ![]() | Fall | Pio Chirinos | ![]() |
Gustav Gocke | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Eduardo Assam | ![]() |
Haydar Zafer | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Adalberto Lepri | ![]() |
León Genuth | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | André Brunaud | ![]() |
Dan Hodge | ![]() | Fall | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | ![]() |
Bengt Lindblad | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | David Tsimakuridze | ![]() |
György Gurics | ![]() | Fall | Augustus Everaerts | ![]() |
Felix Neuhaus | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | György Gurics | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Dan Hodge | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Felix Neuhaus | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Callie Reitz | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | León Genuth | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Gustav Gocke | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Bengt Lindblad | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 | Haydar Zafer | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
10 | Eduardo Assam | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | André Brunaud | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | Pio Chirinos | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | Adalberto Lepri | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
17 | Augustus Everaerts | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Callie Reitz | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Felix Neuhaus | ![]() |
Gustav Gocke | ![]() | Fall | Pio Chirinos | ![]() |
Haydar Zafer | ![]() | Fall | Eduardo Assam | ![]() |
León Genuth | ![]() | Fall | Adalberto Lepri | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | Veikko Lahti | ![]() |
Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | André Brunaud | ![]() |
David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | Fall | Dan Hodge | ![]() |
György Gurics | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Bengt Lindblad | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | León Genuth | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Gustav Gocke | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | György Gurics | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Callie Reitz | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Haydar Zafer | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Dan Hodge | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | Felix Neuhaus | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
7 | David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Bengt Lindblad | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
12 | Eduardo Assam | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
12 | André Brunaud | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
12 | Pio Chirinos | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
12 | Veikko Lahti | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
12 | Adalberto Lepri | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gustav Gocke | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Felix Neuhaus | ![]() |
Haydar Zafer | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Callie Reitz | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Fall | León Genuth | ![]() |
David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | Fall | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | ![]() |
Bengt Lindblad | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Dan Hodge | ![]() |
György Gurics | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | György Gurics | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Gustav Gocke | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Haydar Zafer | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | León Genuth | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6 | Callie Reitz | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Bengt Lindblad | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Dan Hodge | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Felix Neuhaus | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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György Gurics | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Callie Reitz | ![]() |
Gustav Gocke | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | León Genuth | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Haydar Zafer | ![]() |
David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | György Gurics | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Gustav Gocke | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Haydar Zafer | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
6 | León Genuth | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
6 | Callie Reitz | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | György Gurics | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Gustav Gocke | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
3 | György Gurics | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Gustav Gocke | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Medal rounds
Tsimakuridze's victory over Gurics in round 5 counted for the medal rounds. The Soviet wrestler defeated Takhti to finish 2–0 against the other medalists and earn the gold medal. Gurics was injured after the round 5 bout and was unable to face Takhti for the silver medal.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() |
Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | Walkover | György Gurics | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
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![]() | David Tsimakuridze | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
![]() | Gholam Reza Takhti | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
![]() | György Gurics | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 360.
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.