Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Imre Hódos  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zakaria Chihab  Lebanon
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Artem Teryan  Soviet Union

The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight 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]

Competition format

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

Round 1

Hassan and Panagiotopoulos withdrew after their matches.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Norbert Kohler SaarFallOswaldo Johnston Guatemala
Pietro Lombardi ItalyDecision, 2–1Hubert Persson Sweden
Artem Teryan Soviet UnionFallRudolf Toboła Poland
Kemal Demirsüren TurkeyFallLeo Cortsen Denmark
Zakaria Chihab LebanonDecision, 3–0Ion Popescu Romania
Arvo Kyllönen FinlandFallMaurice Faure France
Imre Hódos HungaryDecision, 3–0Mahmoud Hassan Egypt
Reidar Merli NorwayDecision, 3–0Sotirios Panagiotopoulos Greece
Ferdinand Schmitz GermanyByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Kemal Demirsüren Turkey000
1Norbert Kohler Saar000
1Arvo Kyllönen Finland000
1Ferdinand Schmitz Germany000
1Artem Teryan Soviet Union000
6Zakaria Chihab Lebanon011
6Imre Hódos Hungary011
6Pietro Lombardi Italy011
6Reidar Merli Norway011
10Leo Cortsen Denmark033
10Maurice Faure France033
10Oswaldo Johnston Guatemala033
10Hubert Persson Sweden033
10Ion Popescu Romania033
10Rudolf Toboła Poland033
16Mahmoud Hassan Czechoslovakia033*
16Sotirios Panagiotopoulos Greece033*

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ferdinand Schmitz GermanyFallNorbert Kohler Saar
Hubert Persson SwedenFallOswaldo Johnston Guatemala
Pietro Lombardi ItalyDecision, 3–0Rudolf Toboła Poland
Artem Teryan Soviet UnionDecision, 3–0Kemal Demirsüren Turkey
Ion Popescu RomaniaDecision, 2–1Leo Cortsen Denmark
Zakaria Chihab LebanonDecision, 2–1Maurice Faure France
Imre Hódos HungaryDecision, 2–1Arvo Kyllönen Finland
Reidar Merli NorwayByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Ferdinand Schmitz Germany000
2Reidar Merli Norway101
2Artem Teryan Soviet Union011
4Zakaria Chihab Lebanon112
4Imre Hódos Hungary112
4Pietro Lombardi Italy112
7Kemal Demirsüren Turkey033
7Norbert Kohler Saar033
7Arvo Kyllönen Finland033
7Hubert Persson Sweden303
11Ion Popescu Romania314
12Leo Cortsen Denmark336
12Maurice Faure France336
12Oswaldo Johnston Guatemala336
12Rudolf Toboła Poland336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Reidar Merli NorwayDecision, 3–0Ferdinand Schmitz Germany
Hubert Persson SwedenDecision, 3–0Norbert Kohler Saar
Artem Teryan Soviet UnionDecision, 3–0Pietro Lombardi Italy
Ion Popescu RomaniaFallKemal Demirsüren Turkey
Zakaria Chihab LebanonDecision, 3–0Arvo Kyllönen Finland
Imre Hódos HungaryByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Imre Hódos Hungary202
1Reidar Merli Norway112
1Artem Teryan Soviet Union112
4Zakaria Chihab Lebanon213
4Ferdinand Schmitz Germany033
6Hubert Persson Sweden314
6Ion Popescu Romania404
8Pietro Lombardi Italy235
9Kemal Demirsüren Turkey336
9Norbert Kohler Saar336
9Arvo Kyllönen Finland336

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Imre Hódos HungaryDecision, 3–0Reidar Merli Norway
Hubert Persson SwedenFallFerdinand Schmitz Germany
Artem Teryan Soviet UnionDecision, 3–0Ion Popescu Romania
Zakaria Chihab LebanonByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Zakaria Chihab Lebanon303
1Imre Hódos Hungary213
1Artem Teryan Soviet Union213
4Hubert Persson Sweden404
5Reidar Merli Norway235
6Ferdinand Schmitz Germany336
7Ion Popescu Romania437

Round 5

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Imre Hódos HungaryDecision, 2–1Zakaria Chihab Lebanon
Artem Teryan Soviet UnionDecision, 3–0Hubert Persson Sweden
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Imre Hódos Hungary314
1Artem Teryan Soviet Union314
3Zakaria Chihab Lebanon336
4Hubert Persson Sweden437

Medal rounds

Chihab and Hódos had met in round 5 and did not wrestle each other again. The tie between Chihab and Hódos in the standings was resolved by head-to-head (Hódos had won the bout between the two).

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Zakaria Chihab LebanonDecision, 2–1Artem Teryan Soviet Union
Artem Teryan Soviet UnionDecision, 3–0Imre Hódos Hungary
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)Imre Hódos Hungary11437
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Zakaria Chihab Lebanon11617
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Artem Teryan Soviet Union11448

References

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