The men's Greco-Roman flyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to .
Competition format 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.
Results
Round 1
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Heini Weber Fall Werner Zimmer Béla Kenéz Decision, 3–0 Fahrettin Akbaş Boris Gurevich Decision, 3–0 Borivoj Vukov Svend Aage Thomsen Decision, 3–0 Josef Zeman Maurice Mewis Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Pîrvulescu Bengt Johansson Decision, 3–0 Franz Brunner Ignazio Fabra Decision, 3–0 Edmond Faure Mahmoud Omar Fawzy Fall Frithjof Clausen Leo Honkala Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3 10 0 3 3
Round 2
Clausen withdrew.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Leo Honkala Fall Werner Zimmer Heini Weber Decision, 3–0 Fahrettin Akbaş Borivoj Vukov Fall Béla Kenéz Boris Gurevich Fall Svend Aage Thomsen Maurice Mewis Fall Josef Zeman Dumitru Pîrvulescu Decision, 3–0 Franz Brunner Bengt Johansson Decision, 3–0 Edmond Faure Ignazio Fabra Fall Mahmoud Omar Fawzy
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 1 1 2 7 0 3 3 7 3 0 3 9 1 3 4 9 3 1 4 9 1 3 4 12 3 0 3* 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6 13 3 3 6
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Leo Honkala Decision, 2–1 Heini Weber Boris Gurevich Decision, 3–0 Béla Kenéz Borivoj Vukov Decision, 3–0 Svend Aage Thomsen Bengt Johansson Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis Ignazio Fabra Decision, 3–0 Dumitru Pîrvulescu Mahmoud Omar Fawzy Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 3 0 3 4 2 1 3 6 1 3 4 6 3 1 4 6 1 3 4 9 4 3 7 9 4 3 7 9 4 3 7
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Leo Honkala Decision, 3–0 Mahmoud Omar Fawzy Heini Weber Decision, 3–0 Borivoj Vukov Boris Gurevich Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis Ignazio Fabra Decision, 3–0 Bengt Johansson
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 4 4 1 5 5 3 3 6 5 3 3 6 7 4 3 7 7 4 3 7
Medal rounds
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Boris Gurevich Decision, 3–0 Leo Honkala Ignazio Fabra Decision, 3–0 Leo Honkala Boris Gurevich Decision, 3–0 Ignazio Fabra
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total 2 0 3 2 5 1 1 3 4 7 0 2 2 6 8
References
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