Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
October 21, 2023
The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight 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 three points. The winner received one point if the win was by decision and zero points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least five points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when three wrestlers remained. These three 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]
^ abRichmond of Great Britain and Baarendse of Belgium are listed as participating by the Official Report, but neither wrestler actually competed—both losing their first-round matches by walkover and not competing thereafter.
ReferencesEdit
^ ab. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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The men s Greco Roman heavyweight 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 heavyweightat the Games of the XV OlympiadVenueMessuhalliDates24 27 JulyCompetitors10 from 10 nationsMedalistsJohannes Kotkas Soviet UnionJosef Ruzicka CzechoslovakiaTauno Kovanen Finland 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 Notes 4 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 three points The winner received one point if the win was by decision and zero points if the win was by fall At the end of each round any wrestler with at least five points was eliminated This elimination continued until the medal rounds which began when three wrestlers remained These three 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 NationWilli Waltner nbsp Germany Walkover K Richmond note 1 nbsp Great BritainAntonios Georgoulis nbsp Greece Fall Adolfo Ramirez nbsp ArgentinaTauno Kovanen nbsp Finland Decision 3 0 Alexandru Suli nbsp RomaniaJosef Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia Fall Jozsef Kovacs nbsp HungaryJohannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union Walkover A Baarendse note 1 nbsp BelgiumBengt Fahlkvist nbsp Sweden Fall Guido Fantoni nbsp ItalyPointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Bengt Fahlkvist nbsp Sweden 0 0 01 Antonios Georgoulis nbsp Greece 0 0 01 Johannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union 0 0 01 Josef Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia 0 0 01 Willi Waltner nbsp Germany 0 0 06 Tauno Kovanen nbsp Finland 0 1 17 Guido Fantoni nbsp Italy 0 3 37 Jozsef Kovacs nbsp Hungary 0 3 37 Adolfo Ramirez nbsp Argentina 0 3 37 Alexandru Suli nbsp Romania 0 3 3Round 2 Edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationWilli Waltner nbsp Germany Decision 3 0 Antonios Georgoulis nbsp GreeceTauno Kovanen nbsp Finland Decision 3 0 Adolfo Ramirez nbsp ArgentinaAlexandru Suli nbsp Romania Decision 2 1 Jozsef Kovacs nbsp HungaryGuido Fantoni nbsp Italy Decision 2 1 Josef Ruzicka nbsp CzechoslovakiaJohannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union Fall Bengt Fahlkvist nbsp SwedenPointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Johannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union 0 0 02 Willi Waltner nbsp Germany 0 1 13 Tauno Kovanen nbsp Finland 1 1 24 Bengt Fahlkvist nbsp Sweden 0 3 34 Antonios Georgoulis nbsp Greece 0 3 34 Josef Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia 0 3 37 Guido Fantoni nbsp Italy 3 1 47 Alexandru Suli nbsp Romania 3 1 49 Jozsef Kovacs nbsp Hungary 3 3 69 Adolfo Ramirez nbsp Argentina 3 3 6Round 3 Edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationDecision 3 0Tauno Kovanen nbsp Finland Decision 3 0 Willi Waltner nbsp GermanyAlexandru Suli nbsp Romania Decision 3 0 Antonios Georgoulis nbsp GreeceJosef Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia Fall Bengt Fahlkvist nbsp SwedenJohannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union Fall Guido Fantoni nbsp ItalyPointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Johannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union 0 0 02 Tauno Kovanen nbsp Finland 2 1 32 Josef Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia 3 0 34 Willi Waltner nbsp Germany 1 3 45 Alexandru Suli nbsp Romania 4 1 56 Bengt Fahlkvist nbsp Sweden 3 3 66 Antonios Georgoulis nbsp Greece 3 3 68 Guido Fantoni nbsp Italy 4 3 7Round 4 Edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationJosef Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia Fall Willi Waltner nbsp GermanyJohannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union Fall Tauno Kovanen nbsp FinlandPointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Johannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union 0 0 02 Josef Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia 3 0 33 Tauno Kovanen nbsp Finland 3 3 64 Willi Waltner nbsp Germany 4 3 7Medal rounds Edit Kotkas s victory over Kovanen in round 4 counted for the medal rounds BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationJosef Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia Fall Tauno Kovanen nbsp FinlandJohannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union Fall Josef Ruzicka nbsp CzechoslovakiaPointsRank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total nbsp Johannes Kotkas nbsp Soviet Union 2 0 0 0 0 nbsp Josef Ruzicka nbsp Czechoslovakia 1 1 3 3 6 nbsp Tauno Kovanen nbsp Finland 0 2 6 3 9Notes Edit a b Richmond of Great Britain and Baarendse of Belgium are listed as participating by the Official Report but neither wrestler actually competed both losing their first round matches by walkover and not competing thereafter References Edit a b Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games Men s Heavyweight Greco Roman Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 6 March 2019 Official Report p 381 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics Men 27s Greco Roman heavyweight amp oldid 1127251445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
