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

The men's freestyle lightweight 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 lightweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates20–23 July
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olle Anderberg  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tommy Evans  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran
← 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

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Tevfik Yüce   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Ray Myland   Great Britain
Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran Decision, 3–0 József Gál   Hungary
Heini Nettesheim   Germany Fall O Tae-geun   South Korea
Osvaldo Blasi   Argentina Fall Arístides Pérez   Guatemala
Dick Garrard   Australia Decision, 3–0 Jack Vard   Ireland
Tommy Evans   United States Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Badr   Egypt
Takeo Shimotori   Japan Decision, 3–0 Bjørn Larsson   Norway
Jan Cools   Belgium Decision, 3–0 Mario Tovar   Mexico
Garibaldo Nizzola   Italy Decision, 3–0 Erik Østrand   Denmark
Olle Anderberg   Sweden Fall Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union
Risto Talosela   Finland Fall Paul Besson   Switzerland
Blondie Pienaar   South Africa Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg   Sweden 0 0 0
1 Osvaldo Blasi   Argentina 0 0 0
1 Heini Nettesheim   Germany 0 0 0
1 Blondie Pienaar   South Africa 0 0 0
1 Risto Talosela   Finland 0 0 0
6 Jan Cools   Belgium 0 1 1
6 Tommy Evans   United States 0 1 1
6 Dick Garrard   Australia 0 1 1
6 Garibaldo Nizzola   Italy 0 1 1
6 Takeo Shimotori   Japan 0 1 1
6 Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran 0 1 1
6 Tevfik Yüce   Turkey 0 1 1
13 Mohamed Badr   Egypt 0 3 3
13 Paul Besson   Switzerland 0 3 3
13 József Gál   Hungary 0 3 3
13 Bjørn Larsson   Norway 0 3 3
13 Ray Myland   Great Britain 0 3 3
13 O Tae-geun   South Korea 0 3 3
13 Erik Østrand   Denmark 0 3 3
13 Arístides Pérez   Guatemala 0 3 3
13 Mario Tovar   Mexico 0 3 3
13 Jack Vard   Ireland 0 3 3
13 Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union 0 3 3

Round 2 edit

Nizzola withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Tevfik Yüce   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Blondie Pienaar   South Africa
Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran Fall Ray Myland   Great Britain
József Gál   Hungary Decision, 3–0 O Tae-geun   South Korea
Heini Nettesheim   Germany Fall Arístides Pérez   Guatemala
Dick Garrard   Australia Decision, 3–0 Osvaldo Blasi   Argentina
Tommy Evans   United States Fall Jack Vard   Ireland
Takeo Shimotori   Japan Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Badr   Egypt
Jan Cools   Belgium Fall Bjørn Larsson   Norway
Erik Østrand   Denmark Decision, 3–0 Mario Tovar   Mexico
Olle Anderberg   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Garibaldo Nizzola   Italy
Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union Fall Risto Talosela   Finland
Paul Besson   Switzerland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Heini Nettesheim   Germany 0 0 0
2 Olle Anderberg   Sweden 0 1 1
2 Jan Cools   Belgium 1 0 1
2 Tommy Evans   United States 1 0 1
2 Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran 1 0 1
6 Dick Garrard   Australia 1 1 2
6 Takeo Shimotori   Japan 1 1 2
6 Tevfik Yüce   Turkey 1 1 2
9 Paul Besson   Switzerland 3 0 3
9 Osvaldo Blasi   Argentina 0 3 3
9 Blondie Pienaar   South Africa 0 3 3
9 Risto Talosela   Finland 0 3 3
9 Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union 3 0 3
14 József Gál   Hungary 3 1 4
14 Erik Østrand   Denmark 3 1 4
16 Garibaldo Nizzola   Italy 1 3 4*
17 Mohamed Badr   Egypt 3 3 6
17 Bjørn Larsson   Norway 3 3 6
17 Ray Myland   Great Britain 3 3 6
17 O Tae-geun   South Korea 3 3 6
17 Arístides Pérez   Guatemala 3 3 6
17 Mario Tovar   Mexico 3 3 6
17 Jack Vard   Ireland 3 3 6

Round 3 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Blondie Pienaar   South Africa Decision, 3–0 Paul Besson   Switzerland
Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran Decision, 2–1 Tevfik Yüce   Turkey
József Gál   Hungary Decision, 2–1 Heini Nettesheim   Germany
Tommy Evans   United States Decision, 3–0 Osvaldo Blasi   Argentina
Takeo Shimotori   Japan Decision, 3–0 Dick Garrard   Australia
Olle Anderberg   Sweden Fall Jan Cools   Belgium
Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Erik Østrand   Denmark
Risto Talosela   Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg   Sweden 1 0 1
2 Tommy Evans   United States 1 1 2
2 Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran 1 1 2
4 Heini Nettesheim   Germany 0 3 3
4 Takeo Shimotori   Japan 2 1 3
4 Risto Talosela   Finland 3 0 3
7 Jan Cools   Belgium 1 3 4
7 Blondie Pienaar   South Africa 3 1 4
7 Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union 3 1 4
10 József Gál   Hungary 4 1 5
10 Dick Garrard   Australia 2 3 5
10 Tevfik Yüce   Turkey 2 3 5
13 Paul Besson   Switzerland 3 3 6
13 Osvaldo Blasi   Argentina 3 3 6
15 Erik Østrand   Denmark 4 3 7

Round 4 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Risto Talosela   Finland Decision, 3–0 Blondie Pienaar   South Africa
Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran Decision, 2–1 Heini Nettesheim   Germany
Tommy Evans   United States Fall Jan Cools   Belgium
Olle Anderberg   Sweden Fall Takeo Shimotori   Japan
Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg   Sweden 1 0 1
2 Tommy Evans   United States 2 0 2
3 Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran 2 1 3
4 Risto Talosela   Finland 3 1 4
4 Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union 4 0 4
6 Heini Nettesheim   Germany 3 3 6
6 Takeo Shimotori   Japan 3 3 6
8 Jan Cools   Belgium 4 3 7
8 Blondie Pienaar   South Africa 4 3 7

Round 5 edit

Yaltyryan finished 4th over Talosela due to their head-to-head match in round 2.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran Decision, 3–0 Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union
Tommy Evans   United States Fall Risto Talosela   Finland
Olle Anderberg   Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg   Sweden 1 0 1
2 Tommy Evans   United States 2 0 2
3 Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran 3 1 4
4 Armenak Yaltyryan   Soviet Union 4 3 7
5 Risto Talosela   Finland 4 3 7

Medal rounds edit

None of the three medalists had faced other, so each wrestled both of the others. Anderberg won both of his matches, taking gold. Evans, having lost to Anderberg, beat Jahanbakht to take silver. Jahanbakht finished with the bronze at 0–2 against the other medalists.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Olle Anderberg   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran
Olle Anderberg   Sweden Decision, 2–1 Tommy Evans   United States
Tommy Evans   United States Decision, 3–0 Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
  Olle Anderberg   Sweden 2 0 1 2 3
  Tommy Evans   United States 1 1 2 4 6
  Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran 0 2 4 6 10

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 356.
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