Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johannes Kotkas  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josef Růžička  Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tauno Kovanen  Finland

The men's Greco-Roman 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]

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 three points. The winner received one point if the win was by decision and zero points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least five points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when three wrestlers remained. These three 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

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Willi Waltner GermanyWalkoverK. Richmond[note 1] Great Britain
Antonios Georgoulis GreeceFallAdolfo Ramírez Argentina
Tauno Kovanen FinlandDecision, 3–0Alexandru Şuli Romania
Josef Růžička CzechoslovakiaFallJózsef Kovács Hungary
Johannes Kotkas Soviet UnionWalkoverA. Baarendse[note 1] Belgium
Bengt Fahlkvist SwedenFallGuido Fantoni Italy
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Bengt Fahlkvist Sweden000
1Antonios Georgoulis Greece000
1Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union000
1Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia000
1Willi Waltner Germany000
6Tauno Kovanen Finland011
7Guido Fantoni Italy033
7József Kovács Hungary033
7Adolfo Ramírez Argentina033
7Alexandru Şuli Romania033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Willi Waltner GermanyDecision, 3–0Antonios Georgoulis Greece
Tauno Kovanen FinlandDecision, 3–0Adolfo Ramírez Argentina
Alexandru Şuli RomaniaDecision, 2–1József Kovács Hungary
Guido Fantoni ItalyDecision, 2–1Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia
Johannes Kotkas Soviet UnionFallBengt Fahlkvist Sweden
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union000
2Willi Waltner Germany011
3Tauno Kovanen Finland112
4Bengt Fahlkvist Sweden033
4Antonios Georgoulis Greece033
4Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia033
7Guido Fantoni Italy314
7Alexandru Şuli Romania314
9József Kovács Hungary336
9Adolfo Ramírez Argentina336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Decision, 3–0
Tauno Kovanen FinlandDecision, 3–0Willi Waltner Germany
Alexandru Şuli RomaniaDecision, 3–0Antonios Georgoulis Greece
Josef Růžička CzechoslovakiaFallBengt Fahlkvist Sweden
Johannes Kotkas Soviet UnionFallGuido Fantoni Italy
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union000
2Tauno Kovanen Finland213
2Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia303
4Willi Waltner Germany134
5Alexandru Şuli Romania415
6Bengt Fahlkvist Sweden336
6Antonios Georgoulis Greece336
8Guido Fantoni Italy437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Josef Růžička CzechoslovakiaFallWilli Waltner Germany
Johannes Kotkas Soviet UnionFallTauno Kovanen Finland
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union000
2Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia303
3Tauno Kovanen Finland336
4Willi Waltner Germany437

Medal rounds

Kotkas's victory over Kovanen in round 4 counted for the medal rounds.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Josef Růžička CzechoslovakiaFallTauno Kovanen Finland
Johannes Kotkas Soviet UnionFallJosef Růžička Czechoslovakia
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union20000
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia11336
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Tauno Kovanen Finland02639

Notes

  1. 1 2 Richmond of Great Britain and Baarendse of Belgium are listed as participating by the Official Report, but neither wrestler actually competed—both losing their first-round matches by walkover and not competing thereafter.

References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Official Report, p. 381.
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