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

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Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Messuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
  1948
1956  

The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 lb). [2]

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
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gustav Gocke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Decision, 2–1 Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Ali Özdemir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt
Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Lars Bilet Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union Fall Jerzy Gryt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Émile Courtois Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 000
1 Émile Courtois Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 000
3 Gustav Gocke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 011
3 Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 011
3 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 011
3 Ali Özdemir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
7 Lars Bilet Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 033
7 Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 033
7 Jerzy Gryt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 033
7 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 033
7 Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fall Émile Courtois Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Gustav Gocke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 3–0 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt
Ali Özdemir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Lars Bilet Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary Fall Jerzy Gryt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 000
2 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 101
3 Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 112
3 Ali Özdemir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 112
5 Émile Courtois Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 033
5 Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 303
7 Gustav Gocke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 134
7 Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 314
9 Lars Bilet Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 336
9 Jerzy Gryt Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 336
9 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union Walkover Émile Courtois Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Gustav Gocke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Ali Özdemir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 000
2 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 112
3 Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 213
4 Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 404
5 Ali Özdemir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 235
6 Émile Courtois Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 336
6 Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 336
8 Gustav Gocke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 437

Round 4

The tie for third-place was broken by head-to-head results, with Rauhala advancing to the medal rounds due to his win over Németi in this round.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 3–0 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 033
2 Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 314
3 Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 415
4 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 235

Medal rounds

Grönberg's victorys over Rauhala (in round 1) and Belov (in round 2) counted for the medal round, giving him the gold medal. Rauhala and Belov faced off for the silver medal, which Rahuala won.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 3–0 Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20404
Silver medal icon.svg Kalervo Rauhala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 11516
Bronze medal icon.svg Nikolay Belov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 02336

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 Official Report 1955, p. 377.

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