Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
April 13, 2024
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]
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]
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.
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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 Men s Greco Roman middleweightat the Games of the XV OlympiadVenueMessuhalliDates24 27 JulyCompetitors11 from 11 nationsMedalistsAxel Gronberg SwedenKalervo Rauhala FinlandNikolay Belov Soviet Union 19481956 Contents 1 Competition format 2 Results 2 1 Round 1 2 2 Round 2 2 3 Round 3 2 4 Round 4 2 5 Medal rounds 3 ReferencesCompetition format editThis 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 editRound 1 edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationGustav Gocke nbsp Germany Decision 2 1 Ercole Gallegati nbsp ItalyAxel Gronberg nbsp Sweden Decision 3 0 Kalervo Rauhala nbsp FinlandAli Ozdemir nbsp Turkey Decision 2 1 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa nbsp EgyptGyula Nemeti nbsp Hungary Decision 3 0 Lars Bilet nbsp NorwayNikolay Belov nbsp Soviet Union Fall Jerzy Gryt nbsp PolandEmile Courtois nbsp Belgium Bye N A N APointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Nikolay Belov nbsp Soviet Union 0 0 01 Emile Courtois nbsp Belgium 0 0 03 Gustav Gocke nbsp Germany 0 1 13 Axel Gronberg nbsp Sweden 0 1 13 Gyula Nemeti nbsp Hungary 0 1 13 Ali Ozdemir nbsp Turkey 0 1 17 Lars Bilet nbsp Norway 0 3 37 Ercole Gallegati nbsp Italy 0 3 37 Jerzy Gryt nbsp Poland 0 3 37 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa nbsp Egypt 0 3 37 Kalervo Rauhala nbsp Finland 0 3 3Round 2 edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationErcole Gallegati nbsp Italy Fall Emile Courtois nbsp BelgiumAxel Gronberg nbsp Sweden Decision 3 0 Gustav Gocke nbsp GermanyKalervo Rauhala nbsp Finland Decision 3 0 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa nbsp EgyptAli Ozdemir nbsp Turkey Decision 3 0 Lars Bilet nbsp NorwayGyula Nemeti nbsp Hungary Fall Jerzy Gryt nbsp PolandNikolay Belov nbsp Soviet Union Bye N A N APointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Nikolay Belov nbsp Soviet Union 0 0 02 Gyula Nemeti nbsp Hungary 1 0 13 Axel Gronberg nbsp Sweden 1 1 23 Ali Ozdemir nbsp Turkey 1 1 25 Emile Courtois nbsp Belgium 0 3 35 Ercole Gallegati nbsp Italy 3 0 37 Gustav Gocke nbsp Germany 1 3 47 Kalervo Rauhala nbsp Finland 3 1 49 Lars Bilet nbsp Norway 3 3 69 Jerzy Gryt nbsp Poland 3 3 69 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa nbsp Egypt 3 3 6Round 3 edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationNikolay Belov nbsp Soviet Union Walkover Emile Courtois nbsp BelgiumAxel Gronberg nbsp Sweden Decision 3 0 Ercole Gallegati nbsp ItalyKalervo Rauhala nbsp Finland Fall Gustav Gocke nbsp GermanyGyula Nemeti nbsp Hungary Decision 3 0 Ali Ozdemir nbsp TurkeyPointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Nikolay Belov nbsp Soviet Union 0 0 02 Gyula Nemeti nbsp Hungary 1 1 23 Axel Gronberg nbsp Sweden 2 1 34 Kalervo Rauhala nbsp Finland 4 0 45 Ali Ozdemir nbsp Turkey 2 3 56 Emile Courtois nbsp Belgium 3 3 66 Ercole Gallegati nbsp Italy 3 3 68 Gustav Gocke nbsp Germany 4 3 7Round 4 edit The tie for third place was broken by head to head results with Rauhala advancing to the medal rounds due to his win over Nemeti in this round BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationAxel Gronberg nbsp Sweden Decision 3 0 Nikolay Belov nbsp Soviet UnionKalervo Rauhala nbsp Finland Decision 3 0 Gyula Nemeti nbsp HungaryPointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Nikolay Belov nbsp Soviet Union 0 3 32 Axel Gronberg nbsp Sweden 3 1 43 Kalervo Rauhala nbsp Finland 4 1 54 Gyula Nemeti nbsp Hungary 2 3 5Medal rounds edit Gronberg 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 BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationKalervo Rauhala nbsp Finland Decision 3 0 Nikolay Belov nbsp Soviet UnionPointsRank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total nbsp Axel Gronberg nbsp Sweden 2 0 4 0 4 nbsp Kalervo Rauhala nbsp Finland 1 1 5 1 6 nbsp Nikolay Belov nbsp Soviet Union 0 2 3 3 6References edit 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 Official Report p 377 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics Men 27s Greco Roman middleweight amp oldid 958117707, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
