Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
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]
Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Messuhalli | ||||||||||||
Dates | 24–27 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
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
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Willi Waltner | Walkover | K. Richmond[note 1] | ||
Antonios Georgoulis | Fall | Adolfo Ramírez | ||
Tauno Kovanen | Decision, 3–0 | Alexandru Şuli | ||
Josef Růžička | Fall | József Kovács | ||
Johannes Kotkas | Walkover | A. Baarendse[note 1] | ||
Bengt Fahlkvist | Fall | Guido Fantoni |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Bengt Fahlkvist | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Antonios Georgoulis | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Johannes Kotkas | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Josef Růžička | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Willi Waltner | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Tauno Kovanen | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
7 | Guido Fantoni | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | József Kovács | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Adolfo Ramírez | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Alexandru Şuli | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Willi Waltner | Decision, 3–0 | Antonios Georgoulis | ||
Tauno Kovanen | Decision, 3–0 | Adolfo Ramírez | ||
Alexandru Şuli | Decision, 2–1 | József Kovács | ||
Guido Fantoni | Decision, 2–1 | Josef Růžička | ||
Johannes Kotkas | Fall | Bengt Fahlkvist |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Johannes Kotkas | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Willi Waltner | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Tauno Kovanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | Bengt Fahlkvist | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
4 | Antonios Georgoulis | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
4 | Josef Růžička | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Guido Fantoni | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
7 | Alexandru Şuli | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
9 | József Kovács | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
9 | Adolfo Ramírez | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Decision, 3–0 | ||||
Tauno Kovanen | Decision, 3–0 | Willi Waltner | ||
Alexandru Şuli | Decision, 3–0 | Antonios Georgoulis | ||
Josef Růžička | Fall | Bengt Fahlkvist | ||
Johannes Kotkas | Fall | Guido Fantoni |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Johannes Kotkas | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Tauno Kovanen | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
2 | Josef Růžička | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Willi Waltner | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
5 | Alexandru Şuli | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
6 | Bengt Fahlkvist | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
6 | Antonios Georgoulis | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
8 | Guido Fantoni | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Josef Růžička | Fall | Willi Waltner | ||
Johannes Kotkas | Fall | Tauno Kovanen |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Johannes Kotkas | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Josef Růžička | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Tauno Kovanen | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
4 | Willi Waltner | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
Kotkas's victory over Kovanen in round 4 counted for the medal rounds.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Josef Růžička | Fall | Tauno Kovanen | ||
Johannes Kotkas | Fall | Josef Růžička |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
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Johannes Kotkas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Josef Růžička | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
Tauno Kovanen | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Notes
- 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
- "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.
- Official Report, p. 381.