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Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman featherweight

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Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Imre Polyák  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt
← 1948
1956 →

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight 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] Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms (125.7 to 136.7 lb).[2]

Competition format

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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]

Results

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Imre Polyák  Hungary Fall Marco Antonio Girón  Guatemala
Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Francisc Horvath  Romania
Ernest Gondzik  Poland Decision, 2–1 Bela Torma  Yugoslavia
Bartl Brötzner  Austria Decision, 3–0 Lucien Claes  Belgium
Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt Fall Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany
Umberto Trippa  Italy Decision, 2–1 Dagfin Huseby  Norway
Erkki Talosela  Finland Decision, 3–0 Hasan Bozbey  Turkey
Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union Fall Antoine Merle  France
Safi Taha  Lebanon Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Imre Polyák  Hungary 0 0 0
1 Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt 0 0 0
1 Safi Taha  Lebanon 0 0 0
5 Bartl Brötzner  Austria 0 1 1
5 Ernest Gondzik  Poland 0 1 1
5 Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden 0 1 1
5 Erkki Talosela  Finland 0 1 1
5 Umberto Trippa  Italy 0 1 1
10 Hasan Bozbey  Turkey 0 3 3
10 Lucien Claes  Belgium 0 3 3
10 Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany 0 3 3
10 Marco Antonio Girón  Guatemala 0 3 3
10 Francisc Horvath  Romania 0 3 3
10 Dagfin Huseby  Norway 0 3 3
10 Antoine Merle  France 0 3 3
10 Bela Torma  Yugoslavia 0 3 3

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Safi Taha  Lebanon Fall Marco Antonio Girón  Guatemala
Imre Polyák  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden
Ernest Gondzik  Poland Decision, 2–1 Francisc Horvath  Romania
Bartl Brötzner  Austria Decision, 2–1 Bela Torma  Yugoslavia
Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany Decision, 3–0 Lucien Claes  Belgium
Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt Decision, 2–1 Umberto Trippa  Italy
Erkki Talosela  Finland Decision, 3–0 Dagfin Huseby  Norway
Hasan Bozbey  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Antoine Merle  France
Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Safi Taha  Lebanon 0 0 0
3 Imre Polyák  Hungary 0 1 1
3 Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt 0 1 1
5 Bartl Brötzner  Austria 1 1 2
5 Ernest Gondzik  Poland 1 1 2
5 Erkki Talosela  Finland 1 1 2
8 Hasan Bozbey  Turkey 3 1 4
8 Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany 3 1 4
8 Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden 1 3 4
8 Umberto Trippa  Italy 1 3 4
12 Lucien Claes  Belgium 3 3 6
12 Marco Antonio Girón  Guatemala 3 3 6
12 Francisc Horvath  Romania 3 3 6
12 Dagfin Huseby  Norway 3 3 6
12 Antoine Merle  France 3 3 6
12 Bela Torma  Yugoslavia 3 3 6

Round 3

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Taha withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Safi Taha  Lebanon
Imre Polyák  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Ernest Gondzik  Poland
Bartl Brötzner  Austria Decision, 3–0 Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden
Umberto Trippa  Italy Fall Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany
Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt Decision, 3–0 Erkki Talosela  Finland
Hasan Bozbey  Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union 0 1 1
2 Imre Polyák  Hungary 1 1 2
2 Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt 1 1 2
4 Bartl Brötzner  Austria 2 1 3
5 Hasan Bozbey  Turkey 4 0 4
5 Umberto Trippa  Italy 4 0 4
7 Safi Taha  Lebanon 0 3 3*
8 Ernest Gondzik  Poland 2 3 5
8 Erkki Talosela  Finland 2 3 5
10 Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany 4 3 7
10 Gunnar Håkansson  Sweden 4 3 7

Round 4

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The tie for third place (and the final spot in the medal rounds) was broken by Rashed's head-to-head victory over Trippa in round 1.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Hasan Bozbey  Turkey
Imre Polyák  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt
Umberto Trippa  Italy Decision, 3–0 Bartl Brötzner  Austria
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union 1 1 2
2 Imre Polyák  Hungary 2 1 3
3 Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt 2 3 5
4 Umberto Trippa  Italy 4 1 5
5 Bartl Brötzner  Austria 3 3 6
6 Hasan Bozbey  Turkey 4 3 7

Medal rounds

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Polyák's victory over Rashed in round 4 counted for the medal round.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union Fall Imre Polyák  Hungary
Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union Fall Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union 2 0 2 0 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Imre Polyák  Hungary 1 1 3 3 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt 0 2 5 3 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 370.

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