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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
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Axel Grönberg  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kalervo Rauhala  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolay Belov  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

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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

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gustav Gocke  Germany Decision, 2–1 Ercole Gallegati  Italy
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Kalervo Rauhala  Finland
Ali Özdemir  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt
Gyula Németi  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Lars Bilet  Norway
Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union Fall Jerzy Gryt  Poland
Émile Courtois  Belgium Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Émile Courtois  Belgium 0 0 0
3 Gustav Gocke  Germany 0 1 1
3 Axel Grönberg  Sweden 0 1 1
3 Gyula Németi  Hungary 0 1 1
3 Ali Özdemir  Turkey 0 1 1
7 Lars Bilet  Norway 0 3 3
7 Ercole Gallegati  Italy 0 3 3
7 Jerzy Gryt  Poland 0 3 3
7 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt 0 3 3
7 Kalervo Rauhala  Finland 0 3 3

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ercole Gallegati  Italy Fall Émile Courtois  Belgium
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Gustav Gocke  Germany
Kalervo Rauhala  Finland Decision, 3–0 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt
Ali Özdemir  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Lars Bilet  Norway
Gyula Németi  Hungary Fall Jerzy Gryt  Poland
Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union 0 0 0
2 Gyula Németi  Hungary 1 0 1
3 Axel Grönberg  Sweden 1 1 2
3 Ali Özdemir  Turkey 1 1 2
5 Émile Courtois  Belgium 0 3 3
5 Ercole Gallegati  Italy 3 0 3
7 Gustav Gocke  Germany 1 3 4
7 Kalervo Rauhala  Finland 3 1 4
9 Lars Bilet  Norway 3 3 6
9 Jerzy Gryt  Poland 3 3 6
9 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union Walkover Émile Courtois  Belgium
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Ercole Gallegati  Italy
Kalervo Rauhala  Finland Fall Gustav Gocke  Germany
Gyula Németi  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Ali Özdemir  Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union 0 0 0
2 Gyula Németi  Hungary 1 1 2
3 Axel Grönberg  Sweden 2 1 3
4 Kalervo Rauhala  Finland 4 0 4
5 Ali Özdemir  Turkey 2 3 5
6 Émile Courtois  Belgium 3 3 6
6 Ercole Gallegati  Italy 3 3 6
8 Gustav Gocke  Germany 4 3 7

Round 4

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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
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union
Kalervo Rauhala  Finland Decision, 3–0 Gyula Németi  Hungary
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union 0 3 3
2 Axel Grönberg  Sweden 3 1 4
3 Kalervo Rauhala  Finland 4 1 5
4 Gyula Németi  Hungary 2 3 5

Medal rounds

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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
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Kalervo Rauhala  Finland Decision, 3–0 Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Axel Grönberg  Sweden 2 0 4 0 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kalervo Rauhala  Finland 1 1 5 1 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union 0 2 3 3 6

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 377.

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