Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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]

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

Medal summary

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Greco-Roman

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

Freestyle

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