Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Wrestling; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Dates	20 – 27 July
Competitors	244 from 37 nations
	← 1948 1956 →

Dates20 – 27 July

Competitors244 from 37 nations

At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The events were held at Messuhalli.^[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight details	Boris Gurevich Soviet Union	Ignazio Fabra Italy	Leo Honkala Finland
Bantamweight details	Imre Hódos Hungary	Zakaria Chibab Lebanon	Artem Teryan Soviet Union
Featherweight details	Yakov Punkin Soviet Union	Imre Polyák Hungary	Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt
Lightweight details	Shazam Safin Soviet Union	Gustav Freij Sweden	Mikuláš Athanasov Czechoslovakia
Welterweight details	Miklós Szilvásy Hungary	Gösta Andersson Sweden	Khalil Taha Lebanon
Middleweight details	Axel Grönberg Sweden	Kalervo Rauhala Finland	Nikolay Belov Soviet Union
Light heavyweight details	Kelpo Gröndahl Finland	Shalva Chikhladze Soviet Union	Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden
Heavyweight details	Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union	Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia	Tauno Kovanen Finland

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight details	Hasan Gemici Turkey	Yushu Kitano Japan	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Iran
Bantamweight details	Shohachi Ishii Japan	Rashid Mammadbeyov Soviet Union	Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav India
Featherweight details	Bayram Sit Turkey	Nasser Givehchi Iran	Josiah Henson United States
Lightweight details	Olle Anderberg Sweden	Jay Thomas Evans United States	Tofigh Jahanbakht Iran
Welterweight details	William Smith United States	Per Berlin Sweden	Abdollah Mojtabavi Iran
Middleweight details	David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union	Gholamreza Takhti Iran	György Gurics Hungary
Light heavyweight details	Viking Palm Sweden	Henry Wittenberg United States	Adil Atan Turkey
Heavyweight details	Arsen Mekokishvili Soviet Union	Bertil Antonsson Sweden	Kenneth Richmond Great Britain

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	2	2	10
2	Sweden	3	4	1	8
3	Hungary	2	1	1	4
4	Turkey	2	0	1	3
5	United States	1	2	1	4
6	Finland	1	1	2	4
7	Japan	1	1	0	2
8	Iran	0	2	3	5
9	Czechoslovakia	0	1	1	2
9	Lebanon	0	1	1	2
11	Italy	0	1	0	1
12	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		16	16	16	48

Greco-Roman

Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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
v t e

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