Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Dates	20 – 27 July
Competitors	244 from 37 nations
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The events were held at Messuhalli. ^[1]

Medal summary

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight details	Boris Gurevich   Soviet Union	Ignazio Fabra   Italy	Leo Honkala   Finland
Bantamweight details	Imre Hódos   Hungary	Zakaria Chibab   Lebanon	Artem Teryan   Soviet Union
Featherweight details	Yakov Punkin   Soviet Union	Imre Polyák   Hungary	Abdel Aaal Rashed   Egypt
Lightweight details	Shazam Safin   Soviet Union	Gustav Freij   Sweden	Mikuláš Athanasov   Czechoslovakia
Welterweight details	Miklós Szilvásy   Hungary	Gösta Andersson   Sweden	Khalil Taha   Lebanon
Middleweight details	Axel Grönberg   Sweden	Kalervo Rauhala   Finland	Nikolay Belov   Soviet Union
Light heavyweight details	Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland	Shalva Chikhladze   Soviet Union	Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden
Heavyweight details	Johannes Kotkas   Soviet Union	Josef Růžička   Czechoslovakia	Tauno Kovanen   Finland

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight details	Hasan Gemici   Turkey	Yushu Kitano   Japan	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi   Iran
Bantamweight details	Shohachi Ishii   Japan	Rashid Mammadbeyov   Soviet Union	Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav   India
Featherweight details	Bayram Sit   Turkey	Nasser Givehchi   Iran	Josiah Henson   United States
Lightweight details	Olle Anderberg   Sweden	Jay Thomas Evans   United States	Tofigh Jahanbakht   Iran
Welterweight details	William Smith   United States	Per Berlin   Sweden	Abdollah Mojtabavi   Iran
Middleweight details	David Tsimakuridze   Soviet Union	Gholamreza Takhti   Iran	György Gurics   Hungary
Light heavyweight details	Viking Palm   Sweden	Henry Wittenberg   United States	Adil Atan   Turkey
Heavyweight details	Arsen Mekokishvili   Soviet Union	Bertil Antonsson   Sweden	Kenneth Richmond   Great Britain

Participating nations

A total of 244 wrestlers from 37 nations competed at the Helsinki Games: ^[1]

•   Argentina  (5)
•   Australia  (4)
•   Austria  (3)
•   Belgium  (8)
•   Canada  (4)
•   Czechoslovakia  (3)
•   Denmark  (5)
•   Egypt  (12)
•   Finland  (16)
•   France  (10)
•   Germany  (8)
•   Great Britain  (6)
•   Greece  (3)
•   Guatemala  (3)
•   Hungary  (12)
•   India  (4)
•   Iran  (8)
•   Ireland  (1)
•   Italy  (14)
•   Japan  (5)
•   South Korea  (1)
•   Lebanon  (4)
•   Luxembourg  (3)
•   Mexico  (5)
•   Norway  (7)
•   Philippines  (1)
•   Poland  (5)
•   Romania  (7)
•   South Africa  (5)
•   Soviet Union  (16)
•   Sweden  (1)
•   Switzerland  (5)
•   Turkey  (15)
•   United States  (8)
•   Venezuela  (3)
•   Yugoslavia  (3) ^[2]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union  (URS)	6	2	2	10
2	Sweden  (SWE)	3	4	1	8
3	Hungary  (HUN)	2	1	1	4
4	Turkey  (TUR)	2	0	1	3
5	United States  (USA)	1	2	1	4
6	Finland  (FIN)	1	1	2	4
7	Japan  (JPN)	1	1	0	2
8	Iran  (IRI)	0	2	3	5
9	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	0	1	1	2
	Lebanon  (LIB)	0	1	1	2
11	Italy  (ITA)	0	1	0	1
12	Egypt  (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	India  (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		16	16	16	48

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
2. "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XV OLYMPIAD HELSINKI 1952". I. 1952: 353–384. Retrieved 23 September 2015.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)