The men's Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing .

Competition format 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.

Results

Round 1

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Imre Polyák Fall Marco Antonio Girón Gunnar Håkansson Decision, 3–0 Francisc Horvath Ernest Gondzik Decision, 2–1 Bela Torma Bartl Brötzner Decision, 3–0 Lucien Claes Abdel Aaal Rashed Fall Rolf Ellerbrock Umberto Trippa Decision, 2–1 Dagfin Huseby Erkki Talosela Decision, 3–0 Hasan Bozbey Yakiv Punkin Fall Antoine Merle Safi Taha Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3

Round 2

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Safi Taha Fall Marco Antonio Girón Imre Polyák Decision, 3–0 Gunnar Håkansson Ernest Gondzik Decision, 2–1 Francisc Horvath Bartl Brötzner Decision, 2–1 Bela Torma Rolf Ellerbrock Decision, 3–0 Lucien Claes Abdel Aaal Rashed Decision, 2–1 Umberto Trippa Erkki Talosela Decision, 3–0 Dagfin Huseby Hasan Bozbey Decision, 3–0 Antoine Merle Yakiv Punkin Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 8 3 1 4 8 3 1 4 8 1 3 4 8 1 3 4 12 3 3 6 12 3 3 6 12 3 3 6 12 3 3 6 12 3 3 6 12 3 3 6

Round 3

Taha withdrew after his bout.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yakiv Punkin Decision, 3–0 Safi Taha Imre Polyák Decision, 3–0 Ernest Gondzik Bartl Brötzner Decision, 3–0 Gunnar Håkansson Umberto Trippa Fall Rolf Ellerbrock Abdel Aaal Rashed Decision, 3–0 Erkki Talosela Hasan Bozbey Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 3 5 4 0 4 5 4 0 4 7 0 3 3* 8 2 3 5 8 2 3 5 10 4 3 7 10 4 3 7

Round 4

The tie for third place (and the final spot in the medal rounds) was broken by Rashed's head-to-head victory over Trippa in round 1.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yakiv Punkin Decision, 3–0 Hasan Bozbey Imre Polyák Decision, 2–1 Abdel Aaal Rashed Umberto Trippa Decision, 3–0 Bartl Brötzner

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 5 4 4 1 5 5 3 3 6 6 4 3 7

Medal rounds

Polyák's victory over Rashed in round 4 counted for the medal round.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yakiv Punkin Fall Imre Polyák Yakiv Punkin Fall Abdel Aaal Rashed

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 3 6 0 2 5 3 8

References

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