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Men's freestyle featherweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates20–23 July
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bayram Şit  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nasser Givehchi  Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joe Henson  United States
← 1948
1956 →

The men's freestyle featherweight 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]

Competition format[edit]

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[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Armand Bernard  Canada Fall Ignacio Lugo  Venezuela
Risaburo Tominaga  Japan Fall Marco Antonio Girón  Guatemala
Rauno Mäkinen  Finland Decision, 3–0 Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany
Géza Hoffmann  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Jef Mewis  Belgium
Próspero Mammana  Argentina Decision, 3–0 John Elliott  Australia
Antonio Randi  Italy Fall Joe Henson  United States
Henry Holmberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Gonzalo Monte-Manibog  Philippines
Bayram Şit  Turkey Fall Roger Bielle  France
Ibrahim Dadashov  Soviet Union Fall Abdel Fattah Essawi  Egypt
Nasser Givehchi  Iran Decision, 3–0 Herbie Hall  Great Britain
Keshav Mangave  India Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Armand Bernard  Canada 0 0 0
1 Ibrahim Dadashov  Soviet Union 0 0 0
1 Keshav Mangave  India 0 0 0
1 Antonio Randi  Italy 0 0 0
1 Bayram Şit  Turkey 0 0 0
1 Risaburo Tominaga  Japan 0 0 0
7 Nasser Givehchi  Iran 0 1 1
7 Géza Hoffmann  Hungary 0 1 1
7 Henry Holmberg  Sweden 0 1 1
7 Rauno Mäkinen  Finland 0 1 1
7 Próspero Mammana  Argentina 0 1 1
12 Roger Bielle  France 0 3 3
12 Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany 0 3 3
12 John Elliott  Australia 0 3 3
12 Abdel Fattah Essawi  Egypt 0 3 3
12 Marco Antonio Girón  Guatemala 0 3 3
12 Herbie Hall  Great Britain 0 3 3
12 Josiah Henson  United States 0 3 3
12 Ignacio Lugo  Venezuela 0 3 3
12 Jef Mewis  Belgium 0 3 3
12 Gonzalo Monte-Manibog  Philippines 0 3 3

Round 2[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Keshav Mangave  India Walkover Ignacio Lugo  Venezuela
Armand Bernard  Canada Fall Marco Antonio Girón  Guatemala
Rauno Mäkinen  Finland Fall Risaburo Tominaga  Japan
Jef Mewis  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany
Géza Hoffmann  Hungary Fall Próspero Mammana  Argentina
Joe Henson  United States Fall John Elliott  Australia
Henry Holmberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Antonio Randi  Italy
Roger Bielle  France Decision, 3–0 Gonzalo Monte-Manibog  Philippines
Bayram Şit  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Ibrahim Dadashov  Soviet Union
Abdel Fattah Essawi  Egypt Fall Herbie Hall  Great Britain
Nasser Givehchi  Iran Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Armand Bernard  Canada 0 0 0
1 Keshav Mangave  India 0 0 0
3 Nasser Givehchi  Iran 1 0 1
3 Géza Hoffmann  Hungary 1 0 1
3 Rauno Mäkinen  Finland 1 0 1
3 Bayram Şit  Turkey 0 1 1
7 Henry Holmberg  Sweden 1 1 2
8 Ibrahim Dadashov  Soviet Union 0 3 3
8 Abdel Fattah Essawi  Egypt 3 0 3
8 Josiah Henson  United States 3 0 3
8 Antonio Randi  Italy 0 3 3
8 Risaburo Tominaga  Japan 0 3 3
13 Roger Bielle  France 3 1 4
13 Próspero Mammana  Argentina 1 3 4
13 Jef Mewis  Belgium 3 1 4
16 Rolf Ellerbrock  Germany 3 3 6
16 John Elliott  Australia 3 3 6
16 Marco Antonio Girón  Guatemala 3 3 6
16 Herbie Hall  Great Britain 3 3 6
16 Ignacio Lugo  Venezuela 3 3 6
16 Gonzalo Monte-Manibog  Philippines 3 3 6

Round 3[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Nasser Givehchi  Iran Decision, 3–0 Keshav Mangave  India
Risaburo Tominaga  Japan Fall Armand Bernard  Canada
Rauno Mäkinen  Finland Decision, 3–0 Jef Mewis  Belgium
Joe Henson  United States Fall Géza Hoffmann  Hungary
Próspero Mammana  Argentina Decision, 2–1 Antonio Randi  Italy
Bayram Şit  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Henry Holmberg  Sweden
Ibrahim Dadashov  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Roger Bielle  France
Abdel Fattah Essawi  Egypt Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Nasser Givehchi  Iran 1 1 2
1 Rauno Mäkinen  Finland 1 1 2
1 Bayram Şit  Turkey 1 1 2
4 Armand Bernard  Canada 0 3 3
4 Abdel Fattah Essawi  Egypt 3 0 3
4 Josiah Henson  United States 3 0 3
4 Keshav Mangave  India 0 3 3
4 Risaburo Tominaga  Japan 3 0 3
9 Ibrahim Dadashov  Soviet Union 3 1 4
9 Géza Hoffmann  Hungary 1 3 4
11 Henry Holmberg  Sweden 2 3 5
11 Próspero Mammana  Argentina 4 1 5
13 Antonio Randi  Italy 3 3 6
14 Roger Bielle  France 4 3 7
14 Jef Mewis  Belgium 4 3 7

Round 4[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Nasser Givehchi  Iran Decision, 2–1 Abdel Fattah Essawi  Egypt
Keshav Mangave  India Fall Armand Bernard  Canada
Risaburo Tominaga  Japan Decision, 3–0 Géza Hoffmann  Hungary
Bayram Şit  Turkey Fall Rauno Mäkinen  Finland
Joe Henson  United States Decision, 2–1 Ibrahim Dadashov  Soviet Union
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Bayram Şit  Turkey 2 0 2
2 Nasser Givehchi  Iran 2 1 3
2 Keshav Mangave  India 3 0 3
4 Josiah Henson  United States 3 1 4
4 Risaburo Tominaga  Japan 3 1 4
6 Rauno Mäkinen  Finland 2 3 5
7 Armand Bernard  Canada 3 3 6
7 Abdel Fattah Essawi  Egypt 3 3 6
9 Ibrahim Dadashov  Soviet Union 4 3 7
9 Géza Hoffmann  Hungary 4 3 7

Round 5[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Nasser Givehchi  Iran Decision, 2–1 Risaburo Tominaga  Japan
Joe Henson  United States Decision, 3–0 Keshav Mangave  India
Bayram Şit  Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Bayram Şit  Turkey 2 0 2
2 Nasser Givehchi  Iran 3 1 4
3 Josiah Henson  United States 4 1 5
4 Keshav Mangave  India 3 3 6
5 Risaburo Tominaga  Japan 4 3 7

Medal rounds[edit]

None of the three wrestlers that made it to the medal rounds had faced each other previously, so each wrestled the other two. Şit defeated each of the other two wrestlers to take the gold medal; Givehchi prevailed over Henson to take silver.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Bayram Şit  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Nasser Givehchi  Iran
Bayram Şit  Turkey Fall Joe Henson  United States
Nasser Givehchi  Iran Decision, 2–1 Joe Henson  United States
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bayram Şit  Turkey 2 0 2 1 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nasser Givehchi  Iran 1 1 4 4 8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josiah Henson  United States 0 2 5 6 11

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 352.