Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight

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.[1]

Men's freestyle bantamweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates20–23 July
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shohachi Ishii  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rashid Mammadbeyov  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav  India
← 1948
1956 →

Competition format edit

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.[2][1]

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Kouyos and Trimpont withdrew after their bouts.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union Fall Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran
Bill Borders   United States Decision, 3–0 Paul Hänni   Switzerland
Sayed Hafez Shehata   Egypt Fall Oswaldo Johnston   Guatemala
Eigil Johansen   Denmark Decision, 2–1 Joseph Trimpont   Belgium
Cemil Sarıbacak   Turkey Fall Lajos Bencze   Hungary
Shohachi Ishii   Japan Decision, 3–0 Tauno Jaskari   Finland
Ken Irvine   Great Britain Decision, 3–0 Omar Blebel   Argentina
Edvin Vesterby   Sweden Decision, 2–1 Charles Kouyos   France
Ferdinand Schmitz   Germany Fall Leonardo Basurto   Mexico
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India Fall Adrien Poliquin   Canada
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India 0 0 0
1 Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Cemil Sarıbacak   Turkey 0 0 0
1 Ferdinand Schmitz   Germany 0 0 0
1 Sayed Hafez Shehata   Egypt 0 0 0
6 Bill Borders   United States 0 1 1
6 Ken Irvine   Great Britain 0 1 1
6 Shohachi Ishii   Japan 0 1 1
6 Eigil Johansen   Denmark 0 1 1
6 Edvin Vesterby   Sweden 0 1 1
11 Leonardo Basurto   Mexico 0 3 3
11 Lajos Bencze   Hungary 0 3 3
11 Omar Blebel   Argentina 0 3 3
11 Paul Hänni   Switzerland 0 3 3
11 Tauno Jaskari   Finland 0 3 3
11 Oswaldo Johnston   Guatemala 0 3 3
11 Adrien Poliquin   Canada 0 3 3
11 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran 0 3 3
19 Charles Kouyos   France 0 3 3*
19 Joseph Trimpont   Belgium 0 3 3*

Round 2 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union Walkover Paul Hänni   Switzerland
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran Decision, 3–0 Bill Borders   United States
Eigil Johansen   Denmark Decision, 3–0 Sayed Hafez Shehata   Egypt
Lajos Bencze   Hungary Fall Oswaldo Johnston   Guatemala
Cemil Sarıbacak   Turkey Decision, 2–1 Tauno Jaskari   Finland
Shohachi Ishii   Japan Fall Ken Irvine   Great Britain
Edvin Vesterby   Sweden Fall Omar Blebel   Argentina
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India Fall Leonardo Basurto   Mexico
Ferdinand Schmitz   Germany Fall Adrien Poliquin   Canada
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India 0 0 0
1 Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Ferdinand Schmitz   Germany 0 0 0
4 Shohachi Ishii   Japan 1 0 1
4 Cemil Sarıbacak   Turkey 0 1 1
4 Edvin Vesterby   Sweden 1 0 1
7 Eigil Johansen   Denmark 1 1 2
8 Lajos Bencze   Hungary 3 0 3
8 Sayed Hafez Shehata   Egypt 0 3 3
10 Bill Borders   United States 1 3 4
10 Ken Irvine   Great Britain 1 3 4
10 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran 3 1 4
13 Leonardo Basurto   Mexico 3 3 6
13 Omar Blebel   Argentina 3 3 6
13 Paul Hänni   Switzerland 3 3 6
13 Tauno Jaskari   Finland 3 3 6
13 Oswaldo Johnston   Guatemala 3 3 6
13 Adrien Poliquin   Canada 3 3 6

Round 3 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union Fall Bill Borders   United States
Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran Decision, 3–0 Sayed Hafez Shehata   Egypt
Lajos Bencze   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Eigil Johansen   Denmark
Shohachi Ishii   Japan Decision, 3–0 Cemil Sarıbacak   Turkey
Edvin Vesterby   Sweden Fall Ken Irvine   Great Britain
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India Decision, 3–0 Ferdinand Schmitz   Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union 0 0 0
2 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India 0 1 1
2 Edvin Vesterby   Sweden 1 0 1
4 Shohachi Ishii   Japan 1 1 2
5 Ferdinand Schmitz   Germany 0 3 3
6 Lajos Bencze   Hungary 3 1 4
6 Cemil Sarıbacak   Turkey 1 3 4
8 Eigil Johansen   Denmark 2 3 5
8 Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi   Iran 4 1 5
10 Sayed Hafez Shehata   Egypt 3 3 6
11 Bill Borders   United States 4 3 7
11 Ken Irvine   Great Britain 4 3 7

Round 4 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Lajos Bencze   Hungary Decision, 2–1 Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union
Cemil Sarıbacak   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Edvin Vesterby   Sweden
Shohachi Ishii   Japan Decision, 2–1 Ferdinand Schmitz   Germany
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India 1 0 1
2 Shohachi Ishii   Japan 2 1 3
2 Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union 0 3 3
4 Edvin Vesterby   Sweden 1 3 4
5 Lajos Bencze   Hungary 4 1 5
5 Cemil Sarıbacak   Turkey 4 1 5
7 Ferdinand Schmitz   Germany 3 3 6

Round 5 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India
Shohachi Ishii   Japan Decision, 3–0 Edvin Vesterby   Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Shohachi Ishii   Japan 3 1 4
1 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India 1 3 4
1 Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union 3 1 4
4 Edvin Vesterby   Sweden 4 3 7

Medal rounds edit

Mammadbeyov's victory over Jadhav in round 5 counted for the medal rounds.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Shohachi Ishii   Japan Decision, 3–0 Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India
Shohachi Ishii   Japan Decision, 3–0 Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
  Shohachi Ishii   Japan 2 0 4 2 6
  Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union 1 1 4 3 7
  Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India 0 2 4 3 7

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 352.