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

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 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 lb).[2]

Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Miklós Szilvásy  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gösta Andersson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Khalil Taha  Lebanon
← 1948
1956 →

Competition format

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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.[2][1]

Results

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Osvaldo Riva   Italy Decision, 2–1 Bela Čuzdi   Yugoslavia
Veikko Männikkö   Finland Decision, 3–0 Marin Beluşica   Romania
Semyon Marushkin   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Vladislav Sekal   Czechoslovakia
Ahmet Şenol   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Antoni Gołaś   Poland
Khalil Taha   Lebanon Decision, 3–0 Heng Freylinger   Luxembourg
René Chesneau   France Decision, 3–0 Gottfried Anglberger   Austria
Mohamed Ahmed Osman   Egypt Fall Jos De Jong   Belgium
Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary Fall Håkon Olsen   Norway
Gösta Andersson   Sweden Fall Anton Mackowiak   Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gösta Andersson   Sweden 0 0 0
1 Mohamed Ahmed Osman   Egypt 0 0 0
1 Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary 0 0 0
4 René Chesneau   France 0 1 1
4 Veikko Männikkö   Finland 0 1 1
4 Semyon Marushkin   Soviet Union 0 1 1
4 Osvaldo Riva   Italy 0 1 1
4 Ahmet Şenol   Turkey 0 1 1
4 Khalil Taha   Lebanon 0 1 1
10 Gottfried Anglberger   Austria 0 3 3
10 Marin Beluşica   Romania 0 3 3
10 Bela Čuzdi   Yugoslavia 0 3 3
10 Jos De Jong   Belgium 0 3 3
10 Heng Freylinger   Luxembourg 0 3 3
10 Antoni Gołaś   Poland 0 3 3
10 Anton Mackowiak   Germany 0 3 3
10 Håkon Olsen   Norway 0 3 3
10 Vladislav Sekal   Czechoslovakia 0 3 3

Round 2

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Männikkö withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Marin Beluşica   Romania Decision, 3–0 Bela Čuzdi   Yugoslavia
Osvaldo Riva   Italy Decision, 2–1 Veikko Männikkö   Finland
Semyon Marushkin   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Antoni Gołaś   Poland
Ahmet Şenol   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Vladislav Sekal   Czechoslovakia
Gottfried Anglberger   Austria Decision, 3–0 Heng Freylinger   Luxembourg
Khalil Taha   Lebanon Fall René Chesneau   France
Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary Fall Mohamed Ahmed Osman   Egypt
Anton Mackowiak   Germany Fall Jos De Jong   Belgium
Gösta Andersson   Sweden Fall Håkon Olsen   Norway
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gösta Andersson   Sweden 0 0 0
1 Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary 0 0 0
3 Khalil Taha   Lebanon 1 0 1
4 Semyon Marushkin   Soviet Union 1 1 2
4 Osvaldo Riva   Italy 1 1 2
4 Ahmet Şenol   Turkey 1 1 2
7 Anton Mackowiak   Germany 3 0 3
7 Mohamed Ahmed Osman   Egypt 0 3 3
9 Gottfried Anglberger   Austria 3 1 4
9 Marin Beluşica   Romania 3 1 4
9 René Chesneau   France 1 3 4
12 Veikko Männikkö   Finland 1 3 4*
13 Bela Čuzdi   Yugoslavia 3 3 6
13 Jos De Jong   Belgium 3 3 6
13 Heng Freylinger   Luxembourg 3 3 6
13 Antoni Gołaś   Poland 3 3 6
13 Håkon Olsen   Norway 3 3 6
13 Vladislav Sekal   Czechoslovakia 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Marin Beluşica   Romania Decision, 3–0 Osvaldo Riva   Italy
Semyon Marushkin   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Ahmet Şenol   Turkey
Khalil Taha   Lebanon Decision, 3–0 Gottfried Anglberger   Austria
René Chesneau   France Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Ahmed Osman   Egypt
Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Anton Mackowiak   Germany
Gösta Andersson   Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gösta Andersson   Sweden 0 0 0
2 Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary 0 1 1
3 Khalil Taha   Lebanon 1 1 2
4 Semyon Marushkin   Soviet Union 2 1 3
5 Marin Beluşica   Romania 4 1 5
5 René Chesneau   France 4 1 5
5 Osvaldo Riva   Italy 2 3 5
5 Ahmet Şenol   Turkey 2 3 5
9 Anton Mackowiak   Germany 3 3 6
9 Mohamed Ahmed Osman   Egypt 3 3 6
11 Gottfried Anglberger   Austria 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gösta Andersson   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Semyon Marushkin   Soviet Union
Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary Fall Khalil Taha   Lebanon
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gösta Andersson   Sweden 0 1 1
1 Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary 1 0 1
3 Khalil Taha   Lebanon 2 3 5
4 Semyon Marushkin   Soviet Union 3 3 6

Medal rounds

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Szilvásy's victory over Taha in round 4 counted for the medal rounds.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gösta Andersson   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Khalil Taha   Lebanon
Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary Decision, 2–1 Gösta Andersson   Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
  Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary 2 0 1 1 2
  Gösta Andersson   Sweden 1 1 1 4 5
  Khalil Taha   Lebanon 0 2 5 3 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 374.

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