The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor. Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing .
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.
Results
Round 1
Kouyos and Trimpont withdrew after their bouts.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Rashid Mammadbeyov Fall Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi Bill Borders Decision, 3–0 Paul Hänni Sayed Hafez Shehata Fall Oswaldo Johnston Eigil Johansen Decision, 2–1 Joseph Trimpont Cemil Sarıbacak Fall Lajos Bencze Shohachi Ishii Decision, 3–0 Tauno Jaskari Ken Irvine Decision, 3–0 Omar Blebel Edvin Vesterby Decision, 2–1 Charles Kouyos Ferdinand Schmitz Fall Leonardo Basurto Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav Fall Adrien Poliquin
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 11 0 3 3 19 0 3 3* 19 0 3 3*
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Rashid Mammadbeyov Walkover Paul Hänni Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi Decision, 3–0 Bill Borders Eigil Johansen Decision, 3–0 Sayed Hafez Shehata Lajos Bencze Fall Oswaldo Johnston Cemil Sarıbacak Decision, 2–1 Tauno Jaskari Shohachi Ishii Fall Ken Irvine Edvin Vesterby Fall Omar Blebel Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav Fall Leonardo Basurto Ferdinand Schmitz Fall Adrien Poliquin
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 7 1 1 2 8 3 0 3 8 0 3 3 10 1 3 4 10 1 3 4 10 3 1 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 Rashid Mammadbeyov Fall Bill Borders Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi Decision, 3–0 Sayed Hafez Shehata Lajos Bencze Decision, 3–0 Eigil Johansen Shohachi Ishii Decision, 3–0 Cemil Sarıbacak Edvin Vesterby Fall Ken Irvine Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav Decision, 3–0 Ferdinand Schmitz
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 2 5 0 3 3 6 3 1 4 6 1 3 4 8 2 3 5 8 4 1 5 10 3 3 6 11 4 3 7 11 4 3 7
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Lajos Bencze Decision, 2–1 Rashid Mammadbeyov Cemil Sarıbacak Decision, 3–0 Edvin Vesterby Shohachi Ishii Decision, 2–1 Ferdinand Schmitz Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 3 3 4 1 3 4 5 4 1 5 5 4 1 5 7 3 3 6
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Rashid Mammadbeyov Decision, 3–0 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav Shohachi Ishii Decision, 3–0 Edvin Vesterby
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 3 1 4 1 1 3 4 1 3 1 4 4 4 3 7
Medal rounds
Mammadbeyov's victory over Jadhav in round 5 counted for the medal rounds.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Shohachi Ishii Decision, 3–0 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav Shohachi Ishii Decision, 3–0 Rashid Mammadbeyov
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total 2 0 4 2 6 1 1 4 3 7 0 2 4 3 7
References
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