Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Medal summary

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
 Boris Gurevich (URS)  Ignazio Fabra (ITA)  Leo Honkala (FIN)
Bantamweight
 Imre Hódos (HUN)  Zakaria Chibab (LIB)  Artem Teryan (URS)
Featherweight
 Yakov Punkin (URS)  Imre Polyák (HUN)  Abdel Al-Rashid (EGY)
Lightweight
 Shazam Safin (URS)  Gustav Freij (SWE)  Mikuláš Athanasov (TCH)
Welterweight
 Miklós Szilvásy (HUN)  Gösta Andersson (SWE)  Khalil Taha (LIB)
Middleweight
 Axel Grönberg (SWE)  Kalervo Rauhala (FIN)  Nikolay Belov (URS)
Light heavyweight
 Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN)  Shalva Chikhladze (URS)  Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE)
Heavyweight
 Johannes Kotkas (URS)  Josef Růžička (TCH)  Tauno Kovanen (FIN)

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
 Hasan Gemici (TUR)  Yushu Kitano (JPN)  Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (IRI)
Bantamweight
 Shohachi Ishii (JPN)  Rashid Mammadbeyov (URS)  Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (IND)
Featherweight
 Bayram Sit (TUR)  Nasser Givehchi (IRI)  Josiah Henson (USA)
Lightweight
 Olle Anderberg (SWE)  Jay Thomas Evans (USA)  Jahanbakht Tofigh (IRI)
Welterweight
 William Smith (USA)  Per Berlin (SWE)  Abdollah Mojtabavi (IRI)
Middleweight
 David Tsimakuridze (URS)  Gholamreza Takhti (IRI)  György Gurics (HUN)
Light heavyweight
 Viking Palm (SWE)  Henry Wittenberg (USA)  Adil Atan (TUR)
Heavyweight
 Arsen Mekokishvili (URS)  Bertil Antonsson (SWE)  Kenneth Richmond (GBR)

Participating nations

A total of 215 wrestlers from 36 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:

See also

References

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