Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman featherweight

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates24–27 July
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Yakiv Punkin  Soviet Union
Imre Polyák  Hungary
Abdel Aaal Rashed  Egypt

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.[2][1]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Imre Polyák HungaryFallMarco Antonio Girón Guatemala
Gunnar Håkansson SwedenDecision, 3–0Francisc Horvath Romania
Ernest Gondzik PolandDecision, 2–1Bela Torma Yugoslavia
Bartl Brötzner AustriaDecision, 3–0Lucien Claes Belgium
Abdel Aaal Rashed EgyptFallRolf Ellerbrock Germany
Umberto Trippa ItalyDecision, 2–1Dagfin Huseby Norway
Erkki Talosela FinlandDecision, 3–0Hasan Bozbey Turkey
Yakiv Punkin Soviet UnionFallAntoine Merle France
Safi Taha LebanonByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Imre Polyák Hungary000
1Yakiv Punkin Soviet Union000
1Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt000
1Safi Taha Lebanon000
5Bartl Brötzner Austria011
5Ernest Gondzik Poland011
5Gunnar Håkansson Sweden011
5Erkki Talosela Finland011
5Umberto Trippa Italy011
10Hasan Bozbey Turkey033
10Lucien Claes Belgium033
10Rolf Ellerbrock Germany033
10Marco Antonio Girón Guatemala033
10Francisc Horvath Romania033
10Dagfin Huseby Norway033
10Antoine Merle France033
10Bela Torma Yugoslavia033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Safi Taha LebanonFallMarco Antonio Girón Guatemala
Imre Polyák HungaryDecision, 3–0Gunnar Håkansson Sweden
Ernest Gondzik PolandDecision, 2–1Francisc Horvath Romania
Bartl Brötzner AustriaDecision, 2–1Bela Torma Yugoslavia
Rolf Ellerbrock GermanyDecision, 3–0Lucien Claes Belgium
Abdel Aaal Rashed EgyptDecision, 2–1Umberto Trippa Italy
Erkki Talosela FinlandDecision, 3–0Dagfin Huseby Norway
Hasan Bozbey TurkeyDecision, 3–0Antoine Merle France
Yakiv Punkin Soviet UnionByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Yakiv Punkin Soviet Union000
1Safi Taha Lebanon000
3Imre Polyák Hungary011
3Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt011
5Bartl Brötzner Austria112
5Ernest Gondzik Poland112
5Erkki Talosela Finland112
8Hasan Bozbey Turkey314
8Rolf Ellerbrock Germany314
8Gunnar Håkansson Sweden134
8Umberto Trippa Italy134
12Lucien Claes Belgium336
12Marco Antonio Girón Guatemala336
12Francisc Horvath Romania336
12Dagfin Huseby Norway336
12Antoine Merle France336
12Bela Torma Yugoslavia336

Round 3

Taha withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Yakiv Punkin Soviet UnionDecision, 3–0Safi Taha Lebanon
Imre Polyák HungaryDecision, 3–0Ernest Gondzik Poland
Bartl Brötzner AustriaDecision, 3–0Gunnar Håkansson Sweden
Umberto Trippa ItalyFallRolf Ellerbrock Germany
Abdel Aaal Rashed EgyptDecision, 3–0Erkki Talosela Finland
Hasan Bozbey TurkeyByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Yakiv Punkin Soviet Union011
2Imre Polyák Hungary112
2Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt112
4Bartl Brötzner Austria213
5Hasan Bozbey Turkey404
5Umberto Trippa Italy404
7Safi Taha Lebanon033*
8Ernest Gondzik Poland235
8Erkki Talosela Finland235
10Rolf Ellerbrock Germany437
10Gunnar Håkansson Sweden437

Round 4

The tie for third place (and the final spot in the medal rounds) was broken by Rashed's head-to-head victory over Trippa in round 1.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Yakiv Punkin Soviet UnionDecision, 3–0Hasan Bozbey Turkey
Imre Polyák HungaryDecision, 2–1Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt
Umberto Trippa ItalyDecision, 3–0Bartl Brötzner Austria
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Yakiv Punkin Soviet Union112
2Imre Polyák Hungary213
3Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt235
4Umberto Trippa Italy415
5Bartl Brötzner Austria336
6Hasan Bozbey Turkey437

Medal rounds

Polyák's victory over Rashed in round 4 counted for the medal round.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Yakiv Punkin Soviet UnionFallImre Polyák Hungary
Yakiv Punkin Soviet UnionFallAbdel Aaal Rashed Egypt
Points
RankWrestlerNationWinsLossesStartEarnedTotal
Yakiv Punkin Soviet Union20202
Imre Polyák Hungary11336
Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt02538

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 370.
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