Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman flyweight

The men's Greco-Roman flyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).[2]

Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ignazio Fabra  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leo Honkala  Finland
← 1948
1956 →

Competition format

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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.[1][3]

Results

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Heini Weber   Germany Fall Werner Zimmer   Saar
Béla Kenéz   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Fahrettin Akbaş   Turkey
Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia
Svend Aage Thomsen   Denmark Decision, 3–0 Josef Zeman   Czechoslovakia
Maurice Mewis   Belgium Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania
Bengt Johansson   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Franz Brunner   Austria
Ignazio Fabra   Italy Decision, 3–0 Edmond Faure   France
Mahmoud Omar Fawzy   Egypt Fall Frithjof Clausen   Norway
Leo Honkala   Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy   Egypt 0 0 0
1 Leo Honkala   Finland 0 0 0
1 Heini Weber   Germany 0 0 0
4 Ignazio Fabra   Italy 0 1 1
4 Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union 0 1 1
4 Bengt Johansson   Sweden 0 1 1
4 Béla Kenéz   Hungary 0 1 1
4 Maurice Mewis   Belgium 0 1 1
4 Svend Aage Thomsen   Denmark 0 1 1
10 Fahrettin Akbaş   Turkey 0 3 3
10 Franz Brunner   Austria 0 3 3
10 Frithjof Clausen   Norway 0 3 3
10 Edmond Faure   France 0 3 3
10 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania 0 3 3
10 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia 0 3 3
10 Josef Zeman   Czechoslovakia 0 3 3
10 Werner Zimmer   Saar 0 3 3

Round 2

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Clausen withdrew.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Leo Honkala   Finland Fall Werner Zimmer   Saar
Heini Weber   Germany Decision, 3–0 Fahrettin Akbaş   Turkey
Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia Fall Béla Kenéz   Hungary
Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union Fall Svend Aage Thomsen   Denmark
Maurice Mewis   Belgium Fall Josef Zeman   Czechoslovakia
Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania Decision, 3–0 Franz Brunner   Austria
Bengt Johansson   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Edmond Faure   France
Ignazio Fabra   Italy Fall Mahmoud Omar Fawzy   Egypt
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Leo Honkala   Finland 0 0 0
2 Ignazio Fabra   Italy 1 0 1
2 Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union 1 0 1
2 Maurice Mewis   Belgium 1 0 1
2 Heini Weber   Germany 0 1 1
6 Bengt Johansson   Sweden 1 1 2
7 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy   Egypt 0 3 3
7 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia 3 0 3
9 Béla Kenéz   Hungary 1 3 4
9 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania 3 1 4
9 Svend Aage Thomsen   Denmark 1 3 4
12 Frithjof Clausen   Norway 3 0 3*
13 Fahrettin Akbaş   Turkey 3 3 6
13 Franz Brunner   Austria 3 3 6
13 Edmond Faure   France 3 3 6
13 Josef Zeman   Czechoslovakia 3 3 6
13 Werner Zimmer   Saar 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Leo Honkala   Finland Decision, 2–1 Heini Weber   Germany
Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Béla Kenéz   Hungary
Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia Decision, 3–0 Svend Aage Thomsen   Denmark
Bengt Johansson   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis   Belgium
Ignazio Fabra   Italy Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania
Mahmoud Omar Fawzy   Egypt Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Leo Honkala   Finland 0 1 1
2 Ignazio Fabra   Italy 1 1 2
2 Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union 1 1 2
4 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy   Egypt 3 0 3
4 Bengt Johansson   Sweden 2 1 3
6 Maurice Mewis   Belgium 1 3 4
6 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia 3 1 4
6 Heini Weber   Germany 1 3 4
9 Béla Kenéz   Hungary 4 3 7
9 Dumitru Pîrvulescu   Romania 4 3 7
9 Svend Aage Thomsen   Denmark 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Leo Honkala   Finland Decision, 3–0 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy   Egypt
Heini Weber   Germany Decision, 3–0 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia
Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis   Belgium
Ignazio Fabra   Italy Decision, 3–0 Bengt Johansson   Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Leo Honkala   Finland 1 1 2
2 Ignazio Fabra   Italy 2 1 3
2 Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union 2 1 3
4 Heini Weber   Germany 4 1 5
5 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy   Egypt 3 3 6
5 Bengt Johansson   Sweden 3 3 6
7 Maurice Mewis   Belgium 4 3 7
7 Borivoj Vukov   Yugoslavia 4 3 7

Medal rounds

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Leo Honkala   Finland
Ignazio Fabra   Italy Decision, 3–0 Leo Honkala   Finland
Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Ignazio Fabra   Italy
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
  Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union 2 0 3 2 5
  Ignazio Fabra   Italy 1 1 3 4 7
  Leo Honkala   Finland 0 2 2 6 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report 1955, p. 366.
  3. ^ Official Report 1955, p. 370.

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