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

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]

Competition format

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

Round 1

Everaerts withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Callie Reitz South AfricaFallPio Chirinos Venezuela
Gustav Gocke GermanyDecision, 3–0Eduardo Assam Mexico
Haydar Zafer TurkeyDecision, 3–0Adalberto Lepri Italy
León Genuth ArgentinaDecision, 2–1Veikko Lahti Finland
Gholam Reza Takhti IranFallAndré Brunaud France
Dan Hodge United StatesFallMohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain Egypt
Bengt Lindblad SwedenDecision, 2–1David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union
György Gurics HungaryFallAugustus Everaerts Belgium
Felix Neuhaus SwitzerlandByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1György Gurics Hungary000
1Dan Hodge United States000
1Felix Neuhaus Switzerland000
1Callie Reitz South Africa000
1Gholam Reza Takhti Iran000
6León Genuth Argentina011
6Gustav Gocke Germany011
6Bengt Lindblad Sweden011
6Haydar Zafer Turkey011
10Eduardo Assam Mexico033
10André Brunaud Finland033
10Pio Chirinos Venezuela033
10Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain Egypt033
10Veikko Lahti Finland033
10Adalberto Lepri Italy033
10David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union033
17Augustus Everaerts Belgium033*

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Callie Reitz South AfricaDecision, 3–0Felix Neuhaus Switzerland
Gustav Gocke GermanyFallPio Chirinos Venezuela
Haydar Zafer TurkeyFallEduardo Assam Mexico
León Genuth ArgentinaFallAdalberto Lepri Italy
Gholam Reza Takhti IranFallVeikko Lahti Finland
Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain EgyptDecision, 3–0André Brunaud France
David Tsimakuridze Soviet UnionFallDan Hodge United States
György Gurics HungaryDecision, 2–1Bengt Lindblad Sweden
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gholam Reza Takhti Iran000
2León Genuth Argentina101
2Gustav Gocke Germany101
2György Gurics Hungary011
2Callie Reitz South Africa011
2Haydar Zafer Turkey101
7Dan Hodge United States033
7Felix Neuhaus Switzerland033
7David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union303
10Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain Egypt314
10Bengt Lindblad Sweden134
12Eduardo Assam Mexico336
12André Brunaud Finland336
12Pio Chirinos Venezuela336
12Veikko Lahti Finland336
12Adalberto Lepri Italy336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gustav Gocke GermanyDecision, 3–0Felix Neuhaus Switzerland
Haydar Zafer TurkeyDecision, 3–0Callie Reitz South Africa
Gholam Reza Takhti IranFallLeón Genuth Argentina
David Tsimakuridze Soviet UnionFallMohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain Egypt
Bengt Lindblad SwedenDecision, 2–1Dan Hodge United States
György Gurics HungaryByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gholam Reza Takhti Iran000
2György Gurics Hungary101
3Gustav Gocke Germany112
3Haydar Zafer Turkey112
5David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union303
6León Genuth Argentina134
6Callie Reitz South Africa134
8Bengt Lindblad Sweden415
9Dan Hodge United States336
9Felix Neuhaus Switzerland336
11Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain Egypt437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
György Gurics HungaryDecision, 2–1Callie Reitz South Africa
Gustav Gocke GermanyDecision, 3–0León Genuth Argentina
Gholam Reza Takhti IranDecision, 3–0Haydar Zafer Turkey
David Tsimakuridze Soviet UnionByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gholam Reza Takhti Iran011
2György Gurics Hungary112
3Gustav Gocke Germany213
3David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union303
5Haydar Zafer Turkey235
6León Genuth Argentina437
6Callie Reitz South Africa437

Round 5

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
David Tsimakuridze Soviet UnionDecision, 3–0György Gurics Hungary
Gholam Reza Takhti IranDecision, 3–0Gustav Gocke Germany
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gholam Reza Takhti Iran112
2David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union314
3György Gurics Hungary235
4Gustav Gocke Germany336

Medal rounds

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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
David Tsimakuridze Soviet UnionDecision, 2–1Gholam Reza Takhti Iran
Gholam Reza Takhti IranWalkoverGyörgy Gurics Hungary
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union20415
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Gholam Reza Takhti Iran11235
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)György Gurics Hungary02538

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ Official Report, p. 360.
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