Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Dates	20 – 27 July
Competitors	244 from 37 nations

At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The events were held at Messuhalli.^[1]

Medal summary

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight details	Boris Gurevich  Soviet Union	Ignazio Fabra  Italy	Leo Honkala  Finland
Bantamweight details	Imre Hódos  Hungary	Zakaria Chibab  Lebanon	Artem Teryan  Soviet Union
Featherweight details	Yakov Punkin  Soviet Union	Imre Polyák  Hungary	Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt
Lightweight details	Shazam Safin  Soviet Union	Gustav Freij  Sweden	Mikuláš Athanasov  Czechoslovakia
Welterweight details	Miklós Szilvásy  Hungary	Gösta Andersson  Sweden	Khalil Taha  Lebanon
Middleweight details	Axel Grönberg  Sweden	Kalervo Rauhala  Finland	Nikolay Belov  Soviet Union
Light heavyweight details	Kelpo Gröndahl  Finland	Shalva Chikhladze  Soviet Union	Karl-Erik Nilsson  Sweden
Heavyweight details	Johannes Kotkas  Soviet Union	Josef Růžička  Czechoslovakia	Tauno Kovanen  Finland

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight details	Hasan Gemici  Turkey	Yushu Kitano  Japan	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi  Iran
Bantamweight details	Shohachi Ishii  Japan	Rashid Mammadbeyov  Soviet Union	Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav  India
Featherweight details	Bayram Sit  Turkey	Nasser Givehchi  Iran	Josiah Henson  United States
Lightweight details	Olle Anderberg  Sweden	Jay Thomas Evans  United States	Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran
Welterweight details	William Smith  United States	Per Berlin  Sweden	Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran
Middleweight details	David Tsimakuridze  Soviet Union	Gholamreza Takhti  Iran	György Gurics  Hungary
Light heavyweight details	Viking Palm  Sweden	Henry Wittenberg  United States	Adil Atan  Turkey
Heavyweight details	Arsen Mekokishvili  Soviet Union	Bertil Antonsson  Sweden	Kenneth Richmond  Great Britain

Participating nations

A total of 244 wrestlers from 37 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:^[1]

•  Argentina (5)
•  Australia (4)
•  Austria (3)
•  Belgium (8)
•  Canada (4)
•  Czechoslovakia (3)
•  Denmark (5)
•  Egypt (12)
•  Finland (16)
•  France (10)
•  Germany (8)
•  Great Britain (6)
•  Greece (3)
•  Guatemala (3)
•  Hungary (12)
•  India (4)
•  Iran (8)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (14)
•  Japan (5)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Lebanon (4)
•  Luxembourg (3)
•  Mexico (5)
•  Norway (7)
•  Philippines (1)
•  Poland (5)
•  Romania (7)
•  South Africa (5)
•  Soviet Union (16)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Switzerland (5)
•  Turkey (15)
•  United States (8)
•  Venezuela (3)
•  Yugoslavia (3)^[2]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	6	2	2	10
2	Sweden (SWE)	3	4	1	8
3	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	1	4
4	Turkey (TUR)	2	0	1	3
5	United States (USA)	1	2	1	4
6	Finland (FIN)	1	1	2	4
7	Japan (JPN)	1	1	0	2
8	Iran (IRI)	0	2	3	5
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
	Lebanon (LIB)	0	1	1	2
11	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
12	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		16	16	16	48

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
2. "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE GAMES OF THE XV OLYMPIAD HELSINKI 1952". I. 1952: 353–384. Retrieved 23 September 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)