Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman flyweight

Men's Greco-Roman flyweight; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Dates	24–27 July
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
	← 1948 1956 →

Last updated November 22, 2019

The men's Greco-Roman flyweight 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]

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, from July 19 to August 3, 1952.

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of 650,058. The city's urban area has a population of 1,268,296, making it by far the most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 km (250 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 km (190 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has close historical ties with these three cities.

Töölö Sports Hall is a sports venue located in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland. It was designed by Aarne Hytönen and Risto-Veikko Luukkonen and built in 1935 as Messuhalli. It is located near the Olympic Stadium, the Opera House, and the Sonera Stadium.

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]

Greco-Roman wrestling style of amateur wrestling

Greco-Roman (US) or Graeco-Roman (UK) wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. It was contested at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been included in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1908. This style of wrestling forbids holds below the waist; this is the major difference from freestyle wrestling, the other form of wrestling at the Olympics. This restriction results in an emphasis on throws because a wrestler cannot use trips to take an opponent to the ground, or avoid throws by hooking or grabbing the opponent's leg.

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but was obliged to give way to war-torn Antwerp in Belgium for the 1920 Games and Pierre de Coubertin's Paris for the 1924 Games. The United States won the most gold and overall medals.

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Results

Round 1

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Heini Weber	Germany	Fall	Werner Zimmer	Saar
Béla Kenéz	Hungary	Decision, 3–0	Fahrettin Akbaş	Turkey
Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	Decision, 3–0	Borivoj Vukov	Yugoslavia
Svend Aage Thomsen	Denmark	Decision, 3–0	Josef Zeman	Czechoslovakia
Maurice Mewis	Belgium	Decision, 3–0	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	Romania
Bengt Johansson	Sweden	Decision, 3–0	Franz Brunner	Austria
Ignazio Fabra	Italy	Decision, 3–0	Edmond Faure	France
Mahmoud Omar Fawzy	Egypt	Fall	Frithjof Clausen	Norway
Leo Honkala	Finland	Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Earned	Total
1	Mahmoud Omar Fawzy	Egypt	0	0
1	Leo Honkala	Finland	0	0
1	Heini Weber	Germany	0	0
4	Ignazio Fabra	Italy	1	1
4	Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	1	1
4	Bengt Johansson	Sweden	1	1
4	Béla Kenéz	Hungary	1	1
4	Maurice Mewis	Belgium	1	1
4	Svend Aage Thomsen	Denmark	1	1
10	Fahrettin Akbaş	Turkey	3	3
10	Franz Brunner	Austria	3	3
10	Frithjof Clausen	Norway	3	3
10	Edmond Faure	France	3	3
10	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	Romania	3	3
10	Borivoj Vukov	Yugoslavia	3	3
10	Josef Zeman	Czechoslovakia	3	3
10	Werner Zimmer	Saar	3	3

Round 2

Clausen withdrew.

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Leo Honkala	Finland	Fall	Werner Zimmer	Saar
Heini Weber	Germany	Decision, 3–0	Fahrettin Akbaş	Turkey
Borivoj Vukov	Yugoslavia	Fall	Béla Kenéz	Hungary
Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	Fall	Svend Aage Thomsen	Denmark
Maurice Mewis	Belgium	Fall	Josef Zeman	Czechoslovakia
Dumitru Pîrvulescu	Romania	Decision, 3–0	Franz Brunner	Austria
Bengt Johansson	Sweden	Decision, 3–0	Edmond Faure	France
Ignazio Fabra	Italy	Fall	Mahmoud Omar Fawzy	Egypt

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1	Leo Honkala	Finland	0	0	0
2	Ignazio Fabra	Italy	1	0	1
2	Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	1	0	1
2	Maurice Mewis	Belgium	1	0	1
2	Heini Weber	Germany	0	1	1
6	Bengt Johansson	Sweden	1	1	2
7	Mahmoud Omar Fawzy	Egypt	0	3	3
7	Borivoj Vukov	Yugoslavia	3	0	3
9	Béla Kenéz	Hungary	1	3	4
9	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	Romania	3	1	4
9	Svend Aage Thomsen	Denmark	1	3	4
12	Frithjof Clausen	Norway	3	0	3*
13	Fahrettin Akbaş	Turkey	3	3	6
13	Franz Brunner	Austria	3	3	6
13	Edmond Faure	France	3	3	6
13	Josef Zeman	Czechoslovakia	3	3	6
13	Werner Zimmer	Saar	3	3	6

Round 3

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Leo Honkala	Finland	Decision, 2–1	Heini Weber	Germany
Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	Decision, 3–0	Béla Kenéz	Hungary
Borivoj Vukov	Yugoslavia	Decision, 3–0	Svend Aage Thomsen	Denmark
Bengt Johansson	Sweden	Decision, 3–0	Maurice Mewis	Belgium
Ignazio Fabra	Italy	Decision, 3–0	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	Romania
Mahmoud Omar Fawzy	Egypt	Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1	Leo Honkala	Finland	0	1	1
2	Ignazio Fabra	Italy	1	1	2
2	Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	1	1	2
4	Mahmoud Omar Fawzy	Egypt	3	0	3
4	Bengt Johansson	Sweden	2	1	3
6	Maurice Mewis	Belgium	1	3	4
6	Borivoj Vukov	Yugoslavia	3	1	4
6	Heini Weber	Germany	1	3	4
9	Béla Kenéz	Hungary	4	3	7
9	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	Romania	4	3	7
9	Svend Aage Thomsen	Denmark	4	3	7

Round 4

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Leo Honkala	Finland	Decision, 3–0	Mahmoud Omar Fawzy	Egypt
Heini Weber	Germany	Decision, 3–0	Borivoj Vukov	Yugoslavia
Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	Decision, 3–0	Maurice Mewis	Belgium
Ignazio Fabra	Italy	Decision, 3–0	Bengt Johansson	Sweden

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1	Leo Honkala	Finland	1	1	2
2	Ignazio Fabra	Italy	2	1	3
2	Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	2	1	3
4	Heini Weber	Germany	4	1	5
5	Mahmoud Omar Fawzy	Egypt	3	3	6
5	Bengt Johansson	Sweden	3	3	6
7	Maurice Mewis	Belgium	4	3	7
7	Borivoj Vukov	Yugoslavia	4	3	7

Medal rounds

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	Decision, 3–0	Leo Honkala	Finland
Ignazio Fabra	Italy	Decision, 3–0	Leo Honkala	Finland
Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	Decision, 3–0	Ignazio Fabra	Italy

Points

Wrestler	Nation	Wins	Losses	Start	Earned	Total
Boris Gurevich	Soviet Union	2	0	3	2	5
Ignazio Fabra	Italy	1	1	3	4	7
Leo Honkala	Finland	0	2	2	6	8

References

1 2 "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
↑ Official Report, p. 370.

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[SR-1] 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

[OR370-2] Official Report, p. 370.