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

The men's freestyle middleweight 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] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 lb).[2]

Men's freestyle middleweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates20–23 July
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) György Gurics  Hungary
← 1948
1956 →

Competition format

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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

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Round 1

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Everaerts withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Callie Reitz   South Africa Fall Pio Chirinos   Venezuela
Gustav Gocke   Germany Decision, 3–0 Eduardo Assam   Mexico
Haydar Zafer   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Adalberto Lepri   Italy
León Genuth   Argentina Decision, 2–1 Veikko Lahti   Finland
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall André Brunaud   France
Dan Hodge   United States Fall Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain   Egypt
Bengt Lindblad   Sweden Decision, 2–1 David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union
György Gurics   Hungary Fall Augustus Everaerts   Belgium
Felix Neuhaus   Switzerland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 György Gurics   Hungary 0 0 0
1 Dan Hodge   United States 0 0 0
1 Felix Neuhaus   Switzerland 0 0 0
1 Callie Reitz   South Africa 0 0 0
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
6 León Genuth   Argentina 0 1 1
6 Gustav Gocke   Germany 0 1 1
6 Bengt Lindblad   Sweden 0 1 1
6 Haydar Zafer   Turkey 0 1 1
10 Eduardo Assam   Mexico 0 3 3
10 André Brunaud   Finland 0 3 3
10 Pio Chirinos   Venezuela 0 3 3
10 Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain   Egypt 0 3 3
10 Veikko Lahti   Finland 0 3 3
10 Adalberto Lepri   Italy 0 3 3
10 David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union 0 3 3
17 Augustus Everaerts   Belgium 0 3 3*

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Callie Reitz   South Africa Decision, 3–0 Felix Neuhaus   Switzerland
Gustav Gocke   Germany Fall Pio Chirinos   Venezuela
Haydar Zafer   Turkey Fall Eduardo Assam   Mexico
León Genuth   Argentina Fall Adalberto Lepri   Italy
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall Veikko Lahti   Finland
Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain   Egypt Decision, 3–0 André Brunaud   France
David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union Fall Dan Hodge   United States
György Gurics   Hungary Decision, 2–1 Bengt Lindblad   Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
2 León Genuth   Argentina 1 0 1
2 Gustav Gocke   Germany 1 0 1
2 György Gurics   Hungary 0 1 1
2 Callie Reitz   South Africa 0 1 1
2 Haydar Zafer   Turkey 1 0 1
7 Dan Hodge   United States 0 3 3
7 Felix Neuhaus   Switzerland 0 3 3
7 David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union 3 0 3
10 Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain   Egypt 3 1 4
10 Bengt Lindblad   Sweden 1 3 4
12 Eduardo Assam   Mexico 3 3 6
12 André Brunaud   Finland 3 3 6
12 Pio Chirinos   Venezuela 3 3 6
12 Veikko Lahti   Finland 3 3 6
12 Adalberto Lepri   Italy 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gustav Gocke   Germany Decision, 3–0 Felix Neuhaus   Switzerland
Haydar Zafer   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Callie Reitz   South Africa
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Fall León Genuth   Argentina
David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union Fall Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain   Egypt
Bengt Lindblad   Sweden Decision, 2–1 Dan Hodge   United States
György Gurics   Hungary Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 0 0
2 György Gurics   Hungary 1 0 1
3 Gustav Gocke   Germany 1 1 2
3 Haydar Zafer   Turkey 1 1 2
5 David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union 3 0 3
6 León Genuth   Argentina 1 3 4
6 Callie Reitz   South Africa 1 3 4
8 Bengt Lindblad   Sweden 4 1 5
9 Dan Hodge   United States 3 3 6
9 Felix Neuhaus   Switzerland 3 3 6
11 Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain   Egypt 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
György Gurics   Hungary Decision, 2–1 Callie Reitz   South Africa
Gustav Gocke   Germany Decision, 3–0 León Genuth   Argentina
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Decision, 3–0 Haydar Zafer   Turkey
David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 0 1 1
2 György Gurics   Hungary 1 1 2
3 Gustav Gocke   Germany 2 1 3
3 David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union 3 0 3
5 Haydar Zafer   Turkey 2 3 5
6 León Genuth   Argentina 4 3 7
6 Callie Reitz   South Africa 4 3 7

Round 5

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 György Gurics   Hungary
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Decision, 3–0 Gustav Gocke   Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 1 1 2
2 David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union 3 1 4
3 György Gurics   Hungary 2 3 5
4 Gustav Gocke   Germany 3 3 6

Medal rounds

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Tsimakuridze's victory over Gurics in round 5 counted for the medal rounds. The Soviet wrestler defeated Takhti to finish 2–0 against the other medalists and earn the gold medal. Gurics was injured after the round 5 bout and was unable to face Takhti for the silver medal.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran
Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran Walkover György Gurics   Hungary
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
  David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union 2 0 4 1 5
  Gholam Reza Takhti   Iran 1 1 2 3 5
  György Gurics   Hungary 0 2 5 3 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 360.

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