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1952 Summer Olympics | MatGold
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› United World Wrestling › 1952 Summer Olympics
United World Wrestling
1952 Summer Olympics
1952 · Helsinki · Finland
FS
GR
WT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman
Imre Hódos
HUN
Zakaria Chihab
LBN
Artyom Teryan
URS
Featherweight, Greco-Roman
Yakov Punkin
URS
Imre Polyák
HUN
Abdel Aal Rashid
EGY
Flyweight, Greco-Roman
Boris Gurevich
URS
Ignazio Fabra
ITA
Leo Honkala
FIN
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Johannes Kotkas
URS
Josef Růžička
TCH
Tauno Kovanen
FIN
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Kelpo Gröndahl
FIN
Shalva Chikhladze
URS
Karl-Erik Nilsson
SWE
Lightweight, Greco-Roman
Shazam Safin
URS
Gustav Freij
SWE
Mikuláš Athanasov
TCH
Middleweight, Greco-Roman
Axel Grönberg
SWE
Kalervo Rauhala
FIN
Nikolay Belov
URS
Welterweight, Greco-Roman
Miklós Szilvásy
HUN
Gösta Andersson
SWE
Khalil Taha
LBN
Nations Medal Table
#
NATION
🥇
🥈
🥉
TOT
1
Soviet Union
6
2
2
10
2
Sweden
3
4
1
8
3
Hungary
2
1
1
4
4
Turkey
2
0
1
3
5
United States
1
2
1
4
Show all 14 nations
6
Finland
1
1
2
4
7
Japan
1
1
0
2
8
Iran
0
2
3
5
9
Lebanon
0
1
1
2
10
Czechoslovakia
0
1
1
2
11
Italy
0
1
0
1
12
Great Britain
0
0
1
1
13
India
0
0
1
1
Weight:
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman
Featherweight, Greco-Roman
Flyweight, Greco-Roman
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Lightweight, Greco-Roman
Middleweight, Greco-Roman
Welterweight, Greco-Roman
Round:
All Rounds
Final
Round 6
Round 5
Round 4
Round 3
Round 2
Round 1
WINNER
14
Egypt
0
0
1
1
METHOD
OPPONENT
Final
Shazam Safin
URS
DEC 3-0
Gustav Freij
SWE
Mikuláš Athanasov
TCH
BYE
—
Round 6
Gustav Freij
SWE
PIN
Mikuláš Athanasov
TCH
Shazam Safin
URS
BYE
—
Round 5
Shazam Safin
URS
PIN
Mikuláš Athanasov
TCH
Gustav Freij
SWE
DEC 3-0
Gyula Tarr
HUN
Round 4
Mikuláš Athanasov
TCH
PIN
Franco Benedetti
ITA
Gyula Tarr
HUN
DEC 3-0
Kalle Haapasalmi
FIN
Shazam Safin
URS
DEC 3-0
Dumitru Cuc
ROU
Gustav Freij
SWE
BYE
—
Round 3
Gyula Tarr
HUN
DEC 3-0
Kamal Bilaba'
EGY
Shazam Safin
URS
PIN
Jack Rasmussen
DEN
Erich Schmidt
SAA
DEC 3-0
Jan Cools
BEL
Mikuláš Athanasov
TCH
DEFAULT
Zbigniew Szajewski
POL
Franco Benedetti
ITA
DEC 2-1
André Verdaine
FRA
Gustav Freij
SWE
DEC 3-0
Dumitru Cuc
ROU
Kalle Haapasalmi
FIN
BYE
—
Round 2
Gyula Tarr
HUN
DEC 3-0
Jan Cools
BEL
Kamal Bilaba'
EGY
DEC 3-0
Metty Scheitler
LUX
Erich Schmidt
SAA
DEC 2-1
Georgios Petmezas
GRE
Mikuláš Athanasov
TCH
DEC 2-1
André Verdaine
FRA
Dumitru Cuc
ROU
DEC 3-0
Franco Benedetti
ITA
Gustav Freij
SWE
DEC 3-0
Kalle Haapasalmi
FIN
Zbigniew Szajewski
POL
PIN
Aristides Pérez
GUA
Shazam Safin
URS
PIN
Aage Eriksen
NOR
Jack Rasmussen
DEN
PIN
Heini Nettesheim
GER
Round 1
André Verdaine
FRA
DEC 3-0
Zbigniew Szajewski
POL
Shazam Safin
URS
DEC 3-0
Raif Akbulut
TUR
Kalle Haapasalmi
FIN
DEC 3-0
Heini Nettesheim
GER
Gyula Tarr
HUN
BYE
—
Franco Benedetti
ITA
PIN
Aristides Pérez
GUA
Dumitru Cuc
ROU
PIN
Aage Eriksen
NOR
Gustav Freij
SWE
PIN
Jack Rasmussen
DEN
Jan Cools
BEL
DEC 3-0
Metty Scheitler
LUX
Kamal Bilaba'
EGY
DEC 3-0
Erich Schmidt
SAA
Mikuláš Athanasov
TCH
DEC 3-0
Georgios Petmezas
GRE