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. Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest 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 Osvaldo Riva Decision, 2–1 Bela Čuzdi Veikko Männikkö Decision, 3–0 Marin Beluşica Semyon Marushkin Decision, 3–0 Vladislav Sekal Ahmet Şenol Decision, 3–0 Antoni Gołaś Khalil Taha Decision, 3–0 Heng Freylinger René Chesneau Decision, 3–0 Gottfried Anglberger Mohamed Ahmed Osman Fall Jos De Jong Miklós Szilvásy Fall Håkon Olsen Gösta Andersson Fall Anton Mackowiak
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 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 10 0 3 3
Round 2
Männikkö withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Marin Beluşica Decision, 3–0 Bela Čuzdi Osvaldo Riva Decision, 2–1 Veikko Männikkö Semyon Marushkin Decision, 3–0 Antoni Gołaś Ahmet Şenol Decision, 3–0 Vladislav Sekal Gottfried Anglberger Decision, 3–0 Heng Freylinger Khalil Taha Fall René Chesneau Miklós Szilvásy Fall Mohamed Ahmed Osman Anton Mackowiak Fall Jos De Jong Gösta Andersson Fall Håkon Olsen
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 7 3 0 3 7 0 3 3 9 3 1 4 9 3 1 4 9 1 3 4 12 1 3 4* 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Marin Beluşica Decision, 3–0 Osvaldo Riva Semyon Marushkin Decision, 3–0 Ahmet Şenol Khalil Taha Decision, 3–0 Gottfried Anglberger René Chesneau Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Ahmed Osman Miklós Szilvásy Decision, 3–0 Anton Mackowiak Gösta Andersson Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 4 2 1 3 5 4 1 5 5 4 1 5 5 2 3 5 5 2 3 5 9 3 3 6 9 3 3 6 11 4 3 7
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gösta Andersson Decision, 3–0 Semyon Marushkin Miklós Szilvásy Fall Khalil Taha
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 5 4 3 3 6
Medal rounds
Szilvásy's victory over Taha in round 4 counted for the medal rounds.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gösta Andersson Decision, 3–0 Khalil Taha Miklós Szilvásy Decision, 2–1 Gösta Andersson
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 5 0 2 5 3 8
References
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