Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates20 – 27 July
Competitors244 from 37 nations
← 1948
1956 →

At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The events were held at Messuhalli.[1]

Medal summary

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Greco-Roman

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
details
Boris Gurevich
 Soviet Union
Ignazio Fabra
 Italy
Leo Honkala
 Finland
Bantamweight
details
Imre Hódos
 Hungary
Zakaria Chibab
 Lebanon
Artem Teryan
 Soviet Union
Featherweight
details
Yakov Punkin
 Soviet Union
Imre Polyák
 Hungary
Abdel Aaal Rashed
 Egypt
Lightweight
details
Shazam Safin
 Soviet Union
Gustav Freij
 Sweden
Mikuláš Athanasov
 Czechoslovakia
Welterweight
details
Miklós Szilvásy
 Hungary
Gösta Andersson
 Sweden
Khalil Taha
 Lebanon
Middleweight
details
Axel Grönberg
 Sweden
Kalervo Rauhala
 Finland
Nikolay Belov
 Soviet Union
Light heavyweight
details
Kelpo Gröndahl
 Finland
Shalva Chikhladze
 Soviet Union
Karl-Erik Nilsson
 Sweden
Heavyweight
details
Johannes Kotkas
 Soviet Union
Josef Růžička
 Czechoslovakia
Tauno Kovanen
 Finland

Freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
details
Hasan Gemici
 Turkey
Yushu Kitano
 Japan
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi
 Iran
Bantamweight
details
Shohachi Ishii
 Japan
Rashid Mammadbeyov
 Soviet Union
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav
 India
Featherweight
details
Bayram Sit
 Turkey
Nasser Givehchi
 Iran
Josiah Henson
 United States
Lightweight
details
Olle Anderberg
 Sweden
Jay Thomas Evans
 United States
Tofigh Jahanbakht
 Iran
Welterweight
details
William Smith
 United States
Per Berlin
 Sweden
Abdollah Mojtabavi
 Iran
Middleweight
details
David Tsimakuridze
 Soviet Union
Gholamreza Takhti
 Iran
György Gurics
 Hungary
Light heavyweight
details
Viking Palm
 Sweden
Henry Wittenberg
 United States
Adil Atan
 Turkey
Heavyweight
details
Arsen Mekokishvili
 Soviet Union
Bertil Antonsson
 Sweden
Kenneth Richmond
 Great Britain

Participating nations

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A total of 244 wrestlers from 37 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:[1]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)62210
2 Sweden (SWE)3418
3 Hungary (HUN)2114
4 Turkey (TUR)2013
5 United States (USA)1214
6 Finland (FIN)1124
7 Japan (JPN)1102
8 Iran (IRI)0235
9 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0112
 Lebanon (LIB)0112
11 Italy (ITA)0101
12 Egypt (EGY)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 India (IND)0011
Totals (14 entries)16161648

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XV OLYMPIAD HELSINKI 1952". I. 1952: 353–384. Retrieved 23 September 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)