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

The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 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] 79 to 87 kilograms (174.2 to 191.8 lb).[2]

Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden
← 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.[2][1]

Results

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Michel Skaff   Lebanon Decision, 2–1 Ovidiu Forai   Romania
Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Gyula Kovács   Hungary
Umberto Silvestri   Italy Decision, 2–1 İsmet Atlı   Turkey
Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland Fall Jos Schummer   Luxembourg
Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union Fall Max Leichter   Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland 0 0 0
3 Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden 0 1 1
3 Umberto Silvestri   Italy 0 1 1
3 Michel Skaff   Lebanon 0 1 1
6 İsmet Atlı   Turkey 0 3 3
6 Ovidiu Forai   Romania 0 3 3
6 Gyula Kovács   Hungary 0 3 3
6 Max Leichter   Germany 0 3 3
6 Jos Schummer   Luxembourg 0 3 3

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Kovács   Hungary Fall Michel Skaff   Lebanon
Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Ovidiu Forai   Romania
İsmet Atlı   Turkey Fall Jos Schummer   Luxembourg
Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Umberto Silvestri   Italy
Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland Decision, 3–0 Max Leichter   Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union 0 1 1
1 Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland 0 1 1
3 Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden 1 1 2
4 İsmet Atlı   Turkey 3 0 3
4 Gyula Kovács   Hungary 3 0 3
6 Umberto Silvestri   Italy 1 3 4
6 Michel Skaff   Lebanon 1 3 4
8 Ovidiu Forai   Romania 3 3 6
8 Max Leichter   Germany 3 3 6
8 Jos Schummer   Luxembourg 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden Fall Michel Skaff   Lebanon
Gyula Kovács   Hungary Decision, 3–0 İsmet Atlı   Turkey
Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland Fall Umberto Silvestri   Italy
Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union 1 0 1
1 Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland 1 0 1
3 Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden 2 0 2
4 Gyula Kovács   Hungary 3 1 4
5 İsmet Atlı   Turkey 3 3 6
6 Umberto Silvestri   Italy 4 3 7
6 Michel Skaff   Lebanon 4 3 7

Round 4

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Nilsson's victory over Kovács in round 1 was the tie-breaker for third place and entry into the medal rounds.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gyula Kovács   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union
Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland Decision, 2–1 Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland 1 1 2
2 Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union 1 3 4
3 Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden 2 3 5
4 Gyula Kovács   Hungary 4 1 5

Medal rounds

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Gröndahl's victory over Nilsson in round 4 was counted for the medal rounds.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden
Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland Decision, 2–1 Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
  Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland 2 0 2 1 3
  Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union 1 1 4 4 8
  Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden 0 2 5 3 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 378.

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