Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight
Men's freestyle flyweight at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Messuhalli | ||||||||||||
Dates | 20–23 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's freestyle flyweight 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] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).[2]
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
Timonen withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Yushu Kitano | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Rolf Johansson | ![]() |
Hugh Peery | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | ![]() |
Georgy Sayadov | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Marcel Sigiran | ![]() |
Giordano De Giorgi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | ![]() |
Hasan Gemici | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Oiva Timonen | ![]() |
Heini Weber | ![]() | Fall | Leslie Cheetham | ![]() |
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | Fall | Niranjan Das | ![]() |
Louis Baise | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Rodolfo Dávila | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Heini Weber | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Louis Baise | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Giordano De Giorgi | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Hasan Gemici | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Yushu Kitano | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Hugh Peery | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Georgy Sayadov | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Leslie Cheetham | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Niranjan Das | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Rodolfo Dávila | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Rolf Johansson | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Maurice Mewis | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Marcel Sigiran | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
16 | Oiva Timonen | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Yushu Kitano | ![]() | Fall | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | ![]() |
Hugh Peery | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Rolf Johansson | ![]() |
Georgy Sayadov | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | ![]() |
Giordano De Giorgi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Marcel Sigiran | ![]() |
Hasan Gemici | ![]() | Fall | Leslie Cheetham | ![]() |
Heini Weber | ![]() | Fall | Niranjan Das | ![]() |
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | Fall | Louis Baise | ![]() |
Rodolfo Dávila | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Heini Weber | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Hasan Gemici | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Yushu Kitano | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Giordano De Giorgi | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Hugh Peery | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Georgy Sayadov | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Rodolfo Dávila | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Louis Baise | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
10 | Leslie Cheetham | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Niranjan Das | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Maurice Mewis | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Rolf Johansson | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Marcel Sigiran | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Yushu Kitano | ![]() | Fall | Rodolfo Dávila | ![]() |
Georgy Sayadov | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Hugh Peery | ![]() |
Hasan Gemici | ![]() | Fall | Giordano De Giorgi | ![]() |
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Heini Weber | ![]() |
Louis Baise | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Hasan Gemici | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1 | Yushu Kitano | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Georgy Sayadov | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Heini Weber | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Louis Baise | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Giordano De Giorgi | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
7 | Hugh Peery | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
9 | Rodolfo Dávila | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Yushu Kitano | ![]() | Fall | Louis Baise | ![]() |
Georgy Sayadov | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Heini Weber | ![]() |
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Hasan Gemici | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Yushu Kitano | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Hasan Gemici | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
3 | Georgy Sayadov | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Heini Weber | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Louis Baise | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Hasan Gemici | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Yushu Kitano | ![]() |
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Georgy Sayadov | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Yushu Kitano | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
3 | Hasan Gemici | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Georgy Sayadov | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
Gemici's victory over Kitano in round 4 and Mollaghasemi's victory over Gemici counted for the medal round. Kitano defeated Mollaghasemi in the medal round, leaving each wrestler at a record of 1–1 against the other medalists. Bad points were used to break this tie, leaving Mollaghasemi with the bronze medal but Gemici and Kitano still tied. Head-to-head results were the next tie-breaker, with Gemici taking the gold medal due to his round 4 win.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Yushu Kitano | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
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![]() | Hasan Gemici | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
![]() | Yushu Kitano | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
![]() | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 350.
General
- Kolkka, Sulo, ed. (1955). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Translated by Matson, Alex. Porvoo, Finland: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.