The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to .
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.
Results
Round 1
Timonen withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yushu Kitano Decision, 3–0 Rolf Johansson Hugh Peery Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward Georgy Sayadov Decision, 3–0 Marcel Sigiran Giordano De Giorgi Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis Hasan Gemici Decision, 3–0 Oiva Timonen Heini Weber Fall Leslie Cheetham Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Fall Niranjan Das Louis Baise Decision, 3–0 Rodolfo Dávila
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 9 0 3 3 9 0 3 3 9 0 3 3 9 0 3 3 9 0 3 3 9 0 3 3 9 0 3 3 16 0 3 3*
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yushu Kitano Fall Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward Hugh Peery Decision, 3–0 Rolf Johansson Georgy Sayadov Decision, 3–0 Maurice Mewis Giordano De Giorgi Decision, 3–0 Marcel Sigiran Hasan Gemici Fall Leslie Cheetham Heini Weber Fall Niranjan Das Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Fall Louis Baise Rodolfo Dávila Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 8 3 0 3 9 1 3 4 10 3 3 6 10 3 3 6 10 3 3 6 10 3 3 6 10 3 3 6 10 3 3 6
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yushu Kitano Fall Rodolfo Dávila Georgy Sayadov Decision, 3–0 Hugh Peery Hasan Gemici Fall Giordano De Giorgi Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Decision, 3–0 Heini Weber Louis Baise Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 3 4 0 3 3 6 4 0 4 7 2 3 5 7 2 3 5 9 3 3 6
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yushu Kitano Fall Louis Baise Georgy Sayadov Decision, 3–0 Heini Weber Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Decision, 2–1 Hasan Gemici
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 4 3 3 1 4 5 3 3 6 6 4 3 7
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hasan Gemici Decision, 3–0 Yushu Kitano Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Decision, 2–1 Georgy Sayadov
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 4 1 5 4 4 3 7
Medal rounds
Gemici's victory over Kitano in round 4 and Mollaghasemi's victory over Gemici counted for the medal round. Kitano defeated Mollaghasemi in the medal round, leaving each wrestler at a record of 1–1 against the other medalists. Bad points were used to break this tie, leaving Mollaghasemi with the bronze medal but Gemici and Kitano still tied. Head-to-head results were the next tie-breaker, with Gemici taking the gold medal due to his round 4 win.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Yushu Kitano Decision, 3–0 Mahmoud Mollaghasemi
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total 1 1 5 0 5 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 3 3 7
References
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