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


The men's freestyle lightweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.

Competition format

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. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout. 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 ; record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.

Results

Round 1

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Tevfik YüceDecision, 3–0Ray Myland
Jahanbakht TofighDecision, 3–0József Gál
Heini NettesheimFallO Tae-geun
Osvaldo BlasiFallArístides Pérez
Dick GarrardDecision, 3–0Jack Vard
Tommy EvansDecision, 3–0Mohamed Badr
Takeo ShimotoriDecision, 3–0Bjørn Larsson
Jan CoolsDecision, 3–0Mario Tovar
Garibaldo NizzolaDecision, 3–0Erik Østrand
Olle AnderbergFallArmenak Yaltyryan
Risto TaloselaFallPaul Besson
Blondie PienaarByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
13033
13033
13033
13033
13033
13O Tae-geun033
13033
13033
13033
13033
13033

Round 2

Nizzola withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Tevfik YüceDecision, 3–0Blondie Pienaar
Jahanbakht TofighFallRay Myland
József GálDecision, 3–0O Tae-geun
Heini NettesheimFallArístides Pérez
Dick GarrardDecision, 3–0Osvaldo Blasi
Tommy EvansFallJack Vard
Takeo ShimotoriDecision, 3–0Mohamed Badr
Jan CoolsFallBjørn Larsson
Erik ØstrandDecision, 3–0Mario Tovar
Olle AnderbergDecision, 3–0Garibaldo Nizzola
Armenak YaltyryanFallRisto Talosela
Paul BessonByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2011
2101
2101
2101
6112
6112
6112
9303
9033
9033
9033
9303
14314
14314
16134*
17336
17336
17336
17O Tae-geun336
17336
17336
17336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Blondie PienaarDecision, 3–0Paul Besson
Jahanbakht TofighDecision, 2–1Tevfik Yüce
József GálDecision, 2–1Heini Nettesheim
Tommy EvansDecision, 3–0Osvaldo Blasi
Takeo ShimotoriDecision, 3–0Dick Garrard
Olle AnderbergFallJan Cools
Armenak YaltyryanDecision, 3–0Erik Østrand
Risto TaloselaByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
2112
2112
4033
4213
4303
7134
7314
7314
10415
10235
10235
13336
13336
15437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Risto TaloselaDecision, 3–0Blondie Pienaar
Jahanbakht TofighDecision, 2–1Heini Nettesheim
Tommy EvansFallJan Cools
Olle AnderbergFallTakeo Shimotori
Armenak YaltyryanByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
2202
3213
4314
4404
6336
6336
8437
8437

Round 5

Yaltyryan finished 4th over Talosela due to their head-to-head match in round 2.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Jahanbakht TofighDecision, 3–0Armenak Yaltyryan
Tommy EvansFallRisto Talosela
Olle AnderbergByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1101
2202
3314
4437
5437

Medal rounds

None of the three medalists had faced other, so each wrestled both of the others. Anderberg won both of his matches, taking gold. Evans, having lost to Anderberg, beat Tofigh to take silver. Tofigh finished with the bronze at 0–2 against the other medalists.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Olle AnderbergDecision, 3–0Jahanbakht Tofigh
Olle AnderbergDecision, 2–1Tommy Evans
Tommy EvansDecision, 3–0Jahanbakht Tofigh

; Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
20123
11246
024610