Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
The men's Greco-Roman light 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 light 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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Michel Skaff | Decision, 2–1 | Ovidiu Forai | ||
Karl-Erik Nilsson | Decision, 3–0 | Gyula Kovács | ||
Umberto Silvestri | Decision, 2–1 | İsmet Atlı | ||
Kelpo Gröndahl | Fall | Jos Schummer | ||
Shalva Chikhladze | Fall | Max Leichter |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Shalva Chikhladze | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Kelpo Gröndahl | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Umberto Silvestri | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Michel Skaff | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
6 | İsmet Atlı | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | Ovidiu Forai | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | Gyula Kovács | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | Max Leichter | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | Jos Schummer | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gyula Kovács | Fall | Michel Skaff | ||
Karl-Erik Nilsson | Decision, 3–0 | Ovidiu Forai | ||
İsmet Atlı | Fall | Jos Schummer | ||
Shalva Chikhladze | Decision, 3–0 | Umberto Silvestri | ||
Kelpo Gröndahl | Decision, 3–0 | Max Leichter |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Shalva Chikhladze | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1 | Kelpo Gröndahl | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | İsmet Atlı | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Gyula Kovács | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
6 | Umberto Silvestri | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
6 | Michel Skaff | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
8 | Ovidiu Forai | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
8 | Max Leichter | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
8 | Jos Schummer | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Karl-Erik Nilsson | Fall | Michel Skaff | ||
Gyula Kovács | Decision, 3–0 | İsmet Atlı | ||
Kelpo Gröndahl | Fall | Umberto Silvestri | ||
Shalva Chikhladze | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Shalva Chikhladze | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | Kelpo Gröndahl | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Gyula Kovács | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | İsmet Atlı | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
6 | Umberto Silvestri | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
6 | Michel Skaff | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
Nilsson's victory over Kovács in round 1 was the tie-breaker for third place and entry into the medal rounds.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gyula Kovács | Decision, 3–0 | Shalva Chikhladze | ||
Kelpo Gröndahl | Decision, 2–1 | Karl-Erik Nilsson |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Kelpo Gröndahl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2 | Shalva Chikhladze | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
3 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
4 | Gyula Kovács | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Medal rounds
Gröndahl's victory over Nilsson in round 4 was counted for the medal rounds.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Shalva Chikhladze | Decision, 3–0 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | ||
Kelpo Gröndahl | Decision, 2–1 | Shalva Chikhladze |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
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Kelpo Gröndahl | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Shalva Chikhladze | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
Karl-Erik Nilsson | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 378.