| | Event type

Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kg), Men

Date	24 – 27 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli I, Helsinki
Participants	17 from 17 countries
Format	Win by fall = 0 points; win by decision = 1 point; loss of any type = 3 points. Three judges gave decisions, thus all decisions were either 2-1 or 3-0. Five bad points eliminated a wrestler. When only three wrestlers remained, if they had not yet met one another, they wrestled further rounds. Medal placements were determined by the match record among the medalists, with bad points as a tie breaker. A wrestler in the medal rounds could continue with 5 or more bad points.

Of the medalists at the 1950 World Championships, only bronze winner Pietro Lombardi of Italy competed in this event in Helsinki, but he went out after the third round, eliminated on bad points. Round five was decisive as Hungarian Imre Hódos defeated Lebanon’s Zakaria Chihab. Those two and Soviet Armenian / Azerbaijani Artyom Teryan went to the medalist round, with all three posting records of 1-1 against each other. This brought bad points into effect, with Hódos and Chihab tying and Hódos’ match victory over Chihab giving him the gold medal. Chihab’s silver was the first Olympic medal won by Lebanon in any sport. At the 1953 World Championships, Teryan would defeat Hódos to win the title, with Hódos taking silver, as Chihab placed sixth at that tournament.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Medalists Match Record (Bad Points) / Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	327	Imre Hódos	HUN	1-1 (8 bad points)	–	Gold	1
2	111	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	1-1 (8 bad points)	–	Silver
3	143	Artyom Teryan	URS	1-1 (9 bad points)	–	Bronze
4	217	Hubert Persson	SWE	–	–
5	157	Reidar Merli	NOR	–	–
6	232	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	–	–
AC	185	Ion Popescu	ROU	eliminated r4/7	7
AC	248	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	eliminated r3/7	5
AC	82	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	eliminated r3/7	5
AC	228	Norbert Kohler	SAA	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	283	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	273	Leo Cortsen	DEN	eliminated r2/7	5
AC	177	Maurice Faure	FRA	eliminated r2/7	5
AC	43	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	163	Rudolf Toboła	POL	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	23	Mahmoud Hassan	EGY	withdrew r2/7	3
AC	107	Sotirios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	withdrew r2/7	3
DNS	1	Omar Blebel	ARG	–	–
DNS	13	Joseph Trimpont	BEL	–	–
DNS	23	Saad Hafez	EGY	–	–
DNS	264	Tauno Holappa	FIN	–	–
DNS	170	J. Vayrou	FRA	–	–
DNS	52	M. M. Yaghoubi	GUA	–	–
DNS	307	Lajos Bencze	HUN	–	–
DNS	306	Béla Móni	HUN	–	–
DNS	94	Shohachi Ishii	JPN	–	–
DNS	162	Z. Szneider	POL	–	–
DNS	184	I. Schweitzer	ROU	–	–
DNS	198	Kurt Pettersén	SWE	–	–
DNS	218	S. A. Lindberg	SWE	–	–
DNS	296	S. Karman	TUR	–	–
DNS	142	V. Stashkevich	URS	–	–

Round One

Date	24 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	248	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	0	–
=1	232	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	0	–
=1	228	Norbert Kohler	SAA	0	–
=1	283	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	0	–
=1	143	Artyom Teryan	URS	0	–
=6	327	Imre Hódos	HUN	1	–
=6	82	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	1	–
=6	111	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	1	–
=6	157	Reidar Merli	NOR	1	–
=10	217	Hubert Persson	SWE	3	–
=10	273	Leo Cortsen	DEN	3	–
=10	177	Maurice Faure	FRA	3	–
=10	43	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA	3	–
=10	163	Rudolf Toboła	POL	3	–
=10	185	Ion Popescu	ROU	3	–
=10	23	Mahmoud Hassan	EGY	3	withdrew
=10	107	Sotirios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	3	withdrew

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Norbert Kohler	SAA	Fall (7:05)	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA
Match #2	24 Jul	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	Decision (2-1)	Hubert Persson	SWE
Match #3	24 Jul	Artyom Teryan	URS	Fall (4:53)	Rudolf Toboła	POL
Match #4	24 Jul	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	Fall (9:50)	Leo Cortsen	DEN
Match #5	24 Jul	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	Decision (3-0)	Ion Popescu	ROU
Match #6	24 Jul	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	Fall (2:06)	Maurice Faure	FRA
Match #7	24 Jul	Imre Hódos	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Mahmoud Hassan	EGY
Match #8	24 Jul	Reidar Merli	NOR	Decision (3-0)	Sotirios Panagiotopoulos	GRE
Match #9	24 Jul	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER

Round Two

Date	25 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	232	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	0	–
=2	157	Reidar Merli	NOR	1	–
=2	143	Artyom Teryan	URS	1	–
=4	327	Imre Hódos	HUN	2	–
=4	82	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	2	–
=4	111	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	2	–
=7	248	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	3	–
=7	217	Hubert Persson	SWE	3	–
=7	228	Norbert Kohler	SAA	3	–
=7	283	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	3	–
11	185	Ion Popescu	ROU	4	–
=12	273	Leo Cortsen	DEN	6	eliminated
=12	177	Maurice Faure	FRA	6	eliminated
=12	43	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA	6	eliminated
=12	163	Rudolf Toboła	POL	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	Fall (2:55)	Norbert Kohler	SAA
Match #2	25 Jul	Hubert Persson	SWE	Fall (2:27)	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA
Match #3	25 Jul	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Rudolf Toboła	POL
Match #4	25 Jul	Artyom Teryan	URS	Decision (3-0)	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR
Match #5	25 Jul	Ion Popescu	ROU	Decision (2-1)	Leo Cortsen	DEN
Match #6	25 Jul	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	Decision (2-1)	Maurice Faure	FRA
Match #7	25 Jul	Imre Hódos	HUN	Decision (2-1)	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN
Match #8	25 Jul	Reidar Merli	NOR

Round Three

Date	26 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	327	Imre Hódos	HUN	2	–
=1	157	Reidar Merli	NOR	2	–
=1	143	Artyom Teryan	URS	2	–
=4	232	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	3	–
=4	111	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	3	–
=6	217	Hubert Persson	SWE	4	–
=6	185	Ion Popescu	ROU	4	–
8	82	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	5	eliminated
=9	248	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	6	eliminated
=9	228	Norbert Kohler	SAA	6	eliminated
=9	283	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Reidar Merli	NOR	Decision (3-0)	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER
Match #2	26 Jul	Hubert Persson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Norbert Kohler	SAA
Match #3	26 Jul	Artyom Teryan	URS	Decision (3-0)	Pietro Lombardi	ITA
Match #4	26 Jul	Ion Popescu	ROU	Fall (7:39)	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR
Match #5	26 Jul	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	Decision (3-0)	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN
Match #6	26 Jul	Imre Hódos	HUN

Round Four

Date	26 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	327	Imre Hódos	HUN	3	–
=1	111	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	3	–
=1	143	Artyom Teryan	URS	3	–
4	217	Hubert Persson	SWE	4	–
5	157	Reidar Merli	NOR	5	eliminated
6	232	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	6	eliminated
7	185	Ion Popescu	ROU	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Imre Hódos	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Reidar Merli	NOR
Match #2	26 Jul	Hubert Persson	SWE	Fall (5:38)	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER
Match #3	26 Jul	Artyom Teryan	URS	Decision (3-0)	Ion Popescu	ROU
Match #4	26 Jul	Zakaria Chihab	LBN

Round Five

Date	27 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	327	Imre Hódos	HUN	4	–
=1	143	Artyom Teryan	URS	4	–
3	111	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	6	eliminated
4	217	Hubert Persson	SWE	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Imre Hódos	HUN	Decision (2-1)	Zakaria Chihab	LBN
Match #2	27 Jul	Artyom Teryan	URS	Decision (3-0)	Hubert Persson	SWE

Round Six

Date	27 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	327	Imre Hódos	HUN	4
2	143	Artyom Teryan	URS	5
3	111	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	9

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	Decision (2-1)	Artyom Teryan	URS
Match #2	27 Jul	Imre Hódos	HUN

Final Round

Date	27 July 1952

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Artyom Teryan	URS	Decision (3-0)	Imre Hódos	HUN