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Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight

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Men's freestyle lightweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates20–23 July
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olle Anderberg  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tommy Evans  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran
← 1948
1956 →

The men's freestyle lightweight 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] Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms (136.7 to 147.7 lb).[2]

Competition format

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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

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Tevfik Yüce  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Ray Myland  Great Britain
Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran Decision, 3–0 József Gál  Hungary
Heini Nettesheim  Germany Fall O Tae-geun  South Korea
Osvaldo Blasi  Argentina Fall Arístides Pérez  Guatemala
Dick Garrard  Australia Decision, 3–0 Jack Vard  Ireland
Tommy Evans  United States Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Badr  Egypt
Takeo Shimotori  Japan Decision, 3–0 Bjørn Larsson  Norway
Jan Cools  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Mario Tovar  Mexico
Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy Decision, 3–0 Erik Østrand  Denmark
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Fall Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union
Risto Talosela  Finland Fall Paul Besson  Switzerland
Blondie Pienaar  South Africa Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Osvaldo Blasi  Argentina 0 0 0
1 Heini Nettesheim  Germany 0 0 0
1 Blondie Pienaar  South Africa 0 0 0
1 Risto Talosela  Finland 0 0 0
6 Jan Cools  Belgium 0 1 1
6 Tommy Evans  United States 0 1 1
6 Dick Garrard  Australia 0 1 1
6 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 0 1 1
6 Takeo Shimotori  Japan 0 1 1
6 Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran 0 1 1
6 Tevfik Yüce  Turkey 0 1 1
13 Mohamed Badr  Egypt 0 3 3
13 Paul Besson  Switzerland 0 3 3
13 József Gál  Hungary 0 3 3
13 Bjørn Larsson  Norway 0 3 3
13 Ray Myland  Great Britain 0 3 3
13 O Tae-geun  South Korea 0 3 3
13 Erik Østrand  Denmark 0 3 3
13 Arístides Pérez  Guatemala 0 3 3
13 Mario Tovar  Mexico 0 3 3
13 Jack Vard  Ireland 0 3 3
13 Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union 0 3 3

Round 2

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Nizzola withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Tevfik Yüce  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Blondie Pienaar  South Africa
Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran Fall Ray Myland  Great Britain
József Gál  Hungary Decision, 3–0 O Tae-geun  South Korea
Heini Nettesheim  Germany Fall Arístides Pérez  Guatemala
Dick Garrard  Australia Decision, 3–0 Osvaldo Blasi  Argentina
Tommy Evans  United States Fall Jack Vard  Ireland
Takeo Shimotori  Japan Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Badr  Egypt
Jan Cools  Belgium Fall Bjørn Larsson  Norway
Erik Østrand  Denmark Decision, 3–0 Mario Tovar  Mexico
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy
Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union Fall Risto Talosela  Finland
Paul Besson  Switzerland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Heini Nettesheim  Germany 0 0 0
2 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 0 1 1
2 Jan Cools  Belgium 1 0 1
2 Tommy Evans  United States 1 0 1
2 Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran 1 0 1
6 Dick Garrard  Australia 1 1 2
6 Takeo Shimotori  Japan 1 1 2
6 Tevfik Yüce  Turkey 1 1 2
9 Paul Besson  Switzerland 3 0 3
9 Osvaldo Blasi  Argentina 0 3 3
9 Blondie Pienaar  South Africa 0 3 3
9 Risto Talosela  Finland 0 3 3
9 Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union 3 0 3
14 József Gál  Hungary 3 1 4
14 Erik Østrand  Denmark 3 1 4
16 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 1 3 4*
17 Mohamed Badr  Egypt 3 3 6
17 Bjørn Larsson  Norway 3 3 6
17 Ray Myland  Great Britain 3 3 6
17 O Tae-geun  South Korea 3 3 6
17 Arístides Pérez  Guatemala 3 3 6
17 Mario Tovar  Mexico 3 3 6
17 Jack Vard  Ireland 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Blondie Pienaar  South Africa Decision, 3–0 Paul Besson  Switzerland
Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran Decision, 2–1 Tevfik Yüce  Turkey
József Gál  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Heini Nettesheim  Germany
Tommy Evans  United States Decision, 3–0 Osvaldo Blasi  Argentina
Takeo Shimotori  Japan Decision, 3–0 Dick Garrard  Australia
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Fall Jan Cools  Belgium
Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union Decision, 3–0 Erik Østrand  Denmark
Risto Talosela  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 1 0 1
2 Tommy Evans  United States 1 1 2
2 Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran 1 1 2
4 Heini Nettesheim  Germany 0 3 3
4 Takeo Shimotori  Japan 2 1 3
4 Risto Talosela  Finland 3 0 3
7 Jan Cools  Belgium 1 3 4
7 Blondie Pienaar  South Africa 3 1 4
7 Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union 3 1 4
10 József Gál  Hungary 4 1 5
10 Dick Garrard  Australia 2 3 5
10 Tevfik Yüce  Turkey 2 3 5
13 Paul Besson  Switzerland 3 3 6
13 Osvaldo Blasi  Argentina 3 3 6
15 Erik Østrand  Denmark 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Risto Talosela  Finland Decision, 3–0 Blondie Pienaar  South Africa
Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran Decision, 2–1 Heini Nettesheim  Germany
Tommy Evans  United States Fall Jan Cools  Belgium
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Fall Takeo Shimotori  Japan
Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 1 0 1
2 Tommy Evans  United States 2 0 2
3 Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran 2 1 3
4 Risto Talosela  Finland 3 1 4
4 Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union 4 0 4
6 Heini Nettesheim  Germany 3 3 6
6 Takeo Shimotori  Japan 3 3 6
8 Jan Cools  Belgium 4 3 7
8 Blondie Pienaar  South Africa 4 3 7

Round 5

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Yaltyryan finished 4th over Talosela due to their head-to-head match in round 2.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran Decision, 3–0 Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union
Tommy Evans  United States Fall Risto Talosela  Finland
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 1 0 1
2 Tommy Evans  United States 2 0 2
3 Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran 3 1 4
4 Armenak Yaltyryan  Soviet Union 4 3 7
5 Risto Talosela  Finland 4 3 7

Medal rounds

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None of the three medalists had faced other, so each wrestled both of the others. Anderberg won both of his matches, taking gold. Evans, having lost to Anderberg, beat Jahanbakht to take silver. Jahanbakht finished with the bronze at 0–2 against the other medalists.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Tommy Evans  United States
Tommy Evans  United States Decision, 3–0 Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Wins Losses Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olle Anderberg  Sweden 2 0 1 2 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tommy Evans  United States 1 1 2 4 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tofigh Jahanbakht  Iran 0 2 4 6 10

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 356.

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