Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight
{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}}{{short description|Wrestling at the Olympics}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's freestyle middleweight
|games = 1952 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Messuhalli
|dates = 20–23 July 1952
|competitors = 17
|nations = 17
|gold = David Tsimakuridze
|goldNOC = URS
|silver = Gholam Reza Takhti
|silverNOC = IRI
|bronze = György Gurics
|bronzeNOC = HUN
|prev = 1948
|next = 1956
}}
{{WrestlingAt1952SummerOlympics}}
The men's freestyle middleweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WRE/mens-middleweight-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130407/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/WRE/mens-middleweight-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle middleweight |work=Sports Reference |access-date=10 March 2019}} Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing {{convert|73|to|79|kg|lbs|1}}.{{sfn|Official Report|1955|p=360}}
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.{{sfn|Official Report|1955|p=360}}
Results
=Round 1=
Everaerts withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Callie Reitz | {{FlagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer}} | Fall | Pio Chirinos | {{FlagIOC|VEN|1952 Summer}} |
| Gustav Gocke | {{FlagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Eduardo Assam | {{FlagIOC|MEX|1952 Summer}} |
| Haydar Zafer | {{FlagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Adalberto Lepri | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} |
| León Genuth | {{FlagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Veikko Lahti | {{FlagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | {{FlagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | Fall | André Brunaud | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}} |
| Dan Hodge | {{FlagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | Fall | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | {{FlagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} |
| Bengt Lindblad | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | David Tsimakuridze | {{FlagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} |
| György Gurics | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | Fall | Augustus Everaerts | {{FlagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}} |
| Felix Neuhaus | {{FlagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|György|Gurics}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Dan|Hodge}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Felix|Neuhaus}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Callie|Reitz}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Gholam Reza|Takhti}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|León|Genuth}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|Gustav|Gocke}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|Bengt|Lindblad}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|Haydar|Zafer}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Eduardo|Assam}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|André|Brunaud}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Pio|Chirinos}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|VEN|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Mohamed Abdul Ramada|Hussain}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Veikko|Lahti}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Adalberto|Lepri}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|David|Tsimakuridze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | align=left| {{sortname|Augustus|Everaerts}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3* |
=Round 2=
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Callie Reitz | {{FlagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Felix Neuhaus | {{FlagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} |
| Gustav Gocke | {{FlagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | Fall | Pio Chirinos | {{FlagIOC|VEN|1952 Summer}} |
| Haydar Zafer | {{FlagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | Fall | Eduardo Assam | {{FlagIOC|MEX|1952 Summer}} |
| León Genuth | {{FlagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer}} | Fall | Adalberto Lepri | {{FlagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | {{FlagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | Fall | Veikko Lahti | {{FlagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} |
| Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | {{FlagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | André Brunaud | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}} |
| David Tsimakuridze | {{FlagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | Fall | Dan Hodge | {{FlagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
| György Gurics | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Bengt Lindblad | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Gholam Reza|Takhti}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|León|Genuth}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|Gustav|Gocke}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|György|Gurics}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|Callie|Reitz}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|Haydar|Zafer}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Dan|Hodge}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|Felix|Neuhaus}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 7 | align=left| {{sortname|David|Tsimakuridze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Mohamed Abdul Ramada|Hussain}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 10 | align=left| {{sortname|Bengt|Lindblad}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | align=left| {{sortname|Eduardo|Assam}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | align=left| {{sortname|André|Brunaud}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | align=left| {{sortname|Pio|Chirinos}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|VEN|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | align=left| {{sortname|Veikko|Lahti}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | align=left| {{sortname|Adalberto|Lepri}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
=Round 3=
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gustav Gocke | {{FlagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Felix Neuhaus | {{FlagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} |
| Haydar Zafer | {{FlagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Callie Reitz | {{FlagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer}} |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | {{FlagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | Fall | León Genuth | {{FlagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer}} |
| David Tsimakuridze | {{FlagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | Fall | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | {{FlagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} |
| Bengt Lindblad | {{FlagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Dan Hodge | {{FlagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} |
| György Gurics | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Gholam Reza|Takhti}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|György|Gurics}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|Gustav|Gocke}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|Haydar|Zafer}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 5 | align=left| {{sortname|David|Tsimakuridze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|León|Genuth}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|Callie|Reitz}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | align=left| {{sortname|Bengt|Lindblad}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | align=left| {{sortname|Dan|Hodge}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | align=left| {{sortname|Felix|Neuhaus}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | align=left| {{sortname|Mohamed Abdul Ramada|Hussain}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} | 4 | 3 | 7 |
=Round 4=
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| György Gurics | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Callie Reitz | {{FlagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer}} |
| Gustav Gocke | {{FlagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | León Genuth | {{FlagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer}} |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | {{FlagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Haydar Zafer | {{FlagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} |
| David Tsimakuridze | {{FlagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Gholam Reza|Takhti}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|György|Gurics}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|Gustav|Gocke}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|David|Tsimakuridze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | align=left| {{sortname|Haydar|Zafer}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|León|Genuth}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1952 Summer}} | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | align=left| {{sortname|Callie|Reitz}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|RSA|1952 Summer}} | 4 | 3 | 7 |
=Round 5=
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| David Tsimakuridze | {{FlagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | György Gurics | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | {{FlagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 3–0 | Gustav Gocke | {{FlagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 | align=left| {{sortname|Gholam Reza|Takhti}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 | align=left| {{sortname|David|Tsimakuridze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
| 3 | align=left| {{sortname|György|Gurics}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | align=left| {{sortname|Gustav|Gocke}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 6 |
=Medal rounds=
Tsimakuridze's victory over Gurics in round 5 counted for the medal rounds. The Soviet wrestler defeated Takhti to finish 2–0 against the other medalists and earn the gold medal. Gurics was injured after the round 5 bout and was unable to face Takhti for the silver medal.
; Bouts
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| David Tsimakuridze | {{FlagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | Decision, 2–1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | {{FlagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | {{FlagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | Walkover | György Gurics | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} |
; Points
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
| {{gold01}} | align=left| {{sortname|David|Tsimakuridze}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| {{silver02}} | align=left| {{sortname|Gholam Reza|Takhti}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| {{bronze03}} | align=left| {{sortname|György|Gurics}} | align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
References
{{Reflist}}
General
- {{Cite book |title=The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 |publisher=Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö |year=1955 |location=Porvoo, Finland |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/4193/rec/21 |editor-last=Kolkka |editor-first=Sulo |access-date= |translator-last=Matson |translator-first=Alex |ref={{SfnRef|Official Report|1955}} }}
{{Footer Olympic Champions freestyle wrestling middleweight}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle middleweight}}