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Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight

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Men's freestyle middleweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates20–23 July
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) György Gurics  Hungary
← 1948
1956 →

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

Competition format

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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

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Round 1

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Everaerts withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Callie Reitz  South Africa Fall Pio Chirinos  Venezuela
Gustav Gocke  Germany Decision, 3–0 Eduardo Assam  Mexico
Haydar Zafer  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Adalberto Lepri  Italy
León Genuth  Argentina Decision, 2–1 Veikko Lahti  Finland
Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran Fall André Brunaud  France
Dan Hodge  United States Fall Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain  Egypt
Bengt Lindblad  Sweden Decision, 2–1 David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union
György Gurics  Hungary Fall Augustus Everaerts  Belgium
Felix Neuhaus  Switzerland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 György Gurics  Hungary 0 0 0
1 Dan Hodge  United States 0 0 0
1 Felix Neuhaus  Switzerland 0 0 0
1 Callie Reitz  South Africa 0 0 0
1 Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran 0 0 0
6 León Genuth  Argentina 0 1 1
6 Gustav Gocke  Germany 0 1 1
6 Bengt Lindblad  Sweden 0 1 1
6 Haydar Zafer  Turkey 0 1 1
10 Eduardo Assam  Mexico 0 3 3
10 André Brunaud  Finland 0 3 3
10 Pio Chirinos  Venezuela 0 3 3
10 Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain  Egypt 0 3 3
10 Veikko Lahti  Finland 0 3 3
10 Adalberto Lepri  Italy 0 3 3
10 David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union 0 3 3
17 Augustus Everaerts  Belgium 0 3 3*

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Callie Reitz  South Africa Decision, 3–0 Felix Neuhaus  Switzerland
Gustav Gocke  Germany Fall Pio Chirinos  Venezuela
Haydar Zafer  Turkey Fall Eduardo Assam  Mexico
León Genuth  Argentina Fall Adalberto Lepri  Italy
Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran Fall Veikko Lahti  Finland
Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain  Egypt Decision, 3–0 André Brunaud  France
David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union Fall Dan Hodge  United States
György Gurics  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Bengt Lindblad  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran 0 0 0
2 León Genuth  Argentina 1 0 1
2 Gustav Gocke  Germany 1 0 1
2 György Gurics  Hungary 0 1 1
2 Callie Reitz  South Africa 0 1 1
2 Haydar Zafer  Turkey 1 0 1
7 Dan Hodge  United States 0 3 3
7 Felix Neuhaus  Switzerland 0 3 3
7 David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union 3 0 3
10 Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain  Egypt 3 1 4
10 Bengt Lindblad  Sweden 1 3 4
12 Eduardo Assam  Mexico 3 3 6
12 André Brunaud  Finland 3 3 6
12 Pio Chirinos  Venezuela 3 3 6
12 Veikko Lahti  Finland 3 3 6
12 Adalberto Lepri  Italy 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gustav Gocke  Germany Decision, 3–0 Felix Neuhaus  Switzerland
Haydar Zafer  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Callie Reitz  South Africa
Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran Fall León Genuth  Argentina
David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union Fall Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain  Egypt
Bengt Lindblad  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Dan Hodge  United States
György Gurics  Hungary Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran 0 0 0
2 György Gurics  Hungary 1 0 1
3 Gustav Gocke  Germany 1 1 2
3 Haydar Zafer  Turkey 1 1 2
5 David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union 3 0 3
6 León Genuth  Argentina 1 3 4
6 Callie Reitz  South Africa 1 3 4
8 Bengt Lindblad  Sweden 4 1 5
9 Dan Hodge  United States 3 3 6
9 Felix Neuhaus  Switzerland 3 3 6
11 Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain  Egypt 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
György Gurics  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Callie Reitz  South Africa
Gustav Gocke  Germany Decision, 3–0 León Genuth  Argentina
Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran Decision, 3–0 Haydar Zafer  Turkey
David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran 0 1 1
2 György Gurics  Hungary 1 1 2
3 Gustav Gocke  Germany 2 1 3
3 David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union 3 0 3
5 Haydar Zafer  Turkey 2 3 5
6 León Genuth  Argentina 4 3 7
6 Callie Reitz  South Africa 4 3 7

Round 5

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 György Gurics  Hungary
Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran Decision, 3–0 Gustav Gocke  Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran 1 1 2
2 David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union 3 1 4
3 György Gurics  Hungary 2 3 5
4 Gustav Gocke  Germany 3 3 6

Medal rounds

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Tsimakuridze's victory over Gurics in round 5 counted for the medal rounds. The Soviet wrestler defeated Takhti to finish 2–0 against the other medalists and earn the gold medal. Gurics was injured after the round 5 bout and was unable to face Takhti for the silver medal.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union Decision, 2–1 Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran
Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran Walkover György Gurics  Hungary
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union 2 0 4 1 5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gholam Reza Takhti  Iran 1 1 2 3 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) György Gurics  Hungary 0 2 5 3 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 360.

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