Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle heavyweight
The men's freestyle heavyweight 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]
Men's freestyle heavyweight at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Messuhalli | ||||||||||||
Dates | 20–23 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 13 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
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 (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
Round 1
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | Fall | József Kovács | ![]() |
Ken Richmond | ![]() | Fall | Adolfo Ramírez | ![]() |
Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | Fall | Josef Růžička | ![]() |
Taisto Kangasniemi | ![]() | Fall | Ahad Vafadar | ![]() |
İrfan Atan | ![]() | Fall | William Kerslake | ![]() |
Natale Vecchi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Auguste Baarendse | ![]() |
Willi Waltner | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | İrfan Atan | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Taisto Kangasniemi | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Ken Richmond | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Willi Waltner | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Natale Vecchi | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
8 | Auguste Baarendse | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | William Kerslake | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | József Kovács | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Adolfo Ramírez | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Josef Růžička | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | Ahad Vafadar | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Willi Waltner | ![]() |
Ken Richmond | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | József Kovács | ![]() |
Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | Fall | Adolfo Ramírez | ![]() |
Taisto Kangasniemi | ![]() | Fall | Josef Růžička | ![]() |
İrfan Atan | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Ahad Vafadar | ![]() |
William Kerslake | ![]() | Fall | Auguste Baarendse | ![]() |
Natale Vecchi | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Taisto Kangasniemi | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | İrfan Atan | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Ken Richmond | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Natale Vecchi | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | William Kerslake | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Willi Waltner | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Auguste Baarendse | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | József Kovács | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Adolfo Ramírez | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Josef Růžička | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Ahad Vafadar | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Willi Waltner | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Natale Vecchi | ![]() |
Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Ken Richmond | ![]() |
Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | İrfan Atan | ![]() |
William Kerslake | ![]() | Fall | Taisto Kangasniemi | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Taisto Kangasniemi | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
3 | William Kerslake | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | İrfan Atan | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Ken Richmond | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Natale Vecchi | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
5 | Willi Waltner | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Round 4
Kerslake took 5th place over Kangasniemi due to head-to-head results from round 3.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | Fall | Natale Vecchi | ![]() |
Ken Richmond | ![]() | Fall | Willi Waltner | ![]() |
Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | William Kerslake | ![]() |
İrfan Atan | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Taisto Kangasniemi | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1 | Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Ken Richmond | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
4 | İrfan Atan | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
5 | William Kerslake | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Taisto Kangasniemi | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
7 | Natale Vecchi | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
7 | Willi Waltner | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
Mekokishvili's victory over Richmond counted for the medal rounds. Mekokishvili then defeated Antonsson to win the gold medal at 2–0 against the other medalists. Antonsson then faced Richmond for the silver medal, with the Swede winning.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Bertil Antonsson | ![]() |
Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | Fall | Ken Richmond | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
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![]() | Arsen Mekokishvili | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | Bertil Antonsson | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
![]() | Ken Richmond | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 365.