Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight
Men's freestyle welterweight at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Messuhalli | ||||||||||||
Dates | 20–23 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's freestyle welterweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 lb).[2]
Competition format
This freestyle 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
Round 1
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Per Berlin | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Daniel Hauser | ![]() |
Anton Mackowiak | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Arvedo Cecchini | ![]() |
Alberto Longarella | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Nick Mohammed | ![]() |
William Smith | ![]() | Fall | Antonio Rosado | ![]() |
Cyril Martin | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Vladislav Sekal | ![]() |
Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | Fall | Jos De Jong | ![]() |
Tsugio Yamazaki | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | ![]() |
Bev Scott | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Don Irvine | ![]() |
Mehmet Ali Islioğlu | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Vasyl Rybalko | ![]() |
Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Aleksanteri Keisala | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | William Smith | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Per Berlin | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Mehmet Ali Islioğlu | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Alberto Longarella | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Anton Mackowiak | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Cyril Martin | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Bev Scott | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Tsugio Yamazaki | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
11 | Arvedo Cecchini | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Jos De Jong | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Daniel Hauser | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Don Irvine | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Aleksanteri Keisala | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Nick Mohammed | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Antonio Rosado | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Vasyl Rybalko | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Vladislav Sekal | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
It is unclear why Leclerc was not eliminated but instead continued on to round 3.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Anton Mackowiak | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Daniel Hauser | ![]() |
Per Berlin | ![]() | Fall | Arvedo Cecchini | ![]() |
William Smith | ![]() | Decision, 2–0 | Nick Mohammed | ![]() |
Alberto Longarella | ![]() | Fall | Antonio Rosado | ![]() |
Vladislav Sekal | ![]() | Fall | Jos De Jong | ![]() |
Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | Fall | Cyril Martin | ![]() |
Tsugio Yamazaki | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Don Irvine | ![]() |
Bev Scott | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | ![]() |
Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Vasyl Rybalko | ![]() |
Aleksanteri Keisala | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Mehmet Ali Islioğlu | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Per Berlin | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Alberto Longarella | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | William Smith | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Anton Mackowiak | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Bev Scott | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Tsugio Yamazaki | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Vladislav Sekal | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Mehmet Ali Islioğlu | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
10 | Aleksanteri Keisala | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Cyril Martin | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
13 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Arvedo Cecchini | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Jos De Jong | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Daniel Hauser | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Don Irvine | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Nick Mohammed | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Antonio Rosado | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Vasyl Rybalko | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Per Berlin | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Anton Mackowiak | ![]() |
William Smith | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Alberto Longarella | ![]() |
Vladislav Sekal | ![]() | Fall | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() |
Tsugio Yamazaki | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Cyril Martin | ![]() |
Mehmet Ali Islioğlu | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | ![]() |
Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Bev Scott | ![]() |
Aleksanteri Keisala | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Per Berlin | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1 | William Smith | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
3 | Vladislav Sekal | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Tsugio Yamazaki | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Aleksanteri Keisala | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Alberto Longarella | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Mehmet Ali Islioğlu | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Anton Mackowiak | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
9 | Bev Scott | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 |
12 | Cyril Martin | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
13 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Per Berlin | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Aleksanteri Keisala | ![]() |
Alberto Longarella | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Vladislav Sekal | ![]() |
William Smith | ![]() | Fall | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() |
Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Tsugio Yamazaki | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | William Smith | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Per Berlin | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Alberto Longarella | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Vladislav Sekal | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Tsugio Yamazaki | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Aleksanteri Keisala | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Medal rounds
None of the medalists had faced each other, so each wrestled the other two. Each won a bout and lost a bout, so bad points were used to break the three-way 1–1 tie. Smith had won two bouts by fall and two by decision coming into the medal round, leading at 2 points. Berlin had taken only one bout by fall and three by decision before the medal round, coming in at second place with 3 points. All four of Mojtabavi's pre-medal round wins had been by decision, so he had 4 points and came in at third place. Each wrestler earned 4 points in the medal rounds (1 win by decision, 1 loss), so their rank order did not change. Smith took gold, Berlin silver, and Mojtabavi bronze.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Per Berlin | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | William Smith | ![]() |
Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Per Berlin | ![]() |
William Smith | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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![]() | William Smith | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 6 |
![]() | Per Berlin | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 |
![]() | Abdollah Mojtabavi | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 |
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 358.
General
- Kolkka, Sulo, ed. (1955). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Translated by Matson, Alex. Porvoo, Finland: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.