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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤73 kg), Men

Date	24 – 27 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli I, Helsinki
Participants	18 from 18 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.

At the 1948 Olympics Sweden’s Gösta Andersson defeated Hungary’s Miklós Szilvásy for the gold medal, and they were both back in Helsinki, Andersson having won a bronze medal at the 1950 World Championships, which were won by Finland’s Matti Simanainen, who never competed at the Olympics. Andersson and Szilvási made it to the medalist round in Helsinki, joined by Lebanon’s Khalil Taha. Taha lost both his medalist matches which brought the final bout down to the London gold and silver medalists, but this time Szilvási won by split decision to win gold. Szilvási would later add a silver medal at the 1953 World Championships in this class. This was Taha’s only major podium appearance but his medal was the second ever won by a Lebanese, after Zakaria Chihab in bantamweight Greco-Roman.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Medalists Match Record / Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	333	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	2-0	–	Gold
2	222	Gösta Andersson	SWE	1-1	–	Silver
3	114	Khalil Taha	LBN	0-2	–	Bronze
4	149	Semyon Marushkin	URS	–	–
=5	181	René Chesneau	FRA	–	–
=5	85	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	–	–
=5	189	Marin Belușica	ROU	–	–
=5	300	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	–	–
AC	29	Mahmud Osman	EGY	eliminated r3/6	6
AC	235	Anton Mackowiak	GER	eliminated r3/6	6
AC	92	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	eliminated r3/6	7
AC	251	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	withdrew r3/6	3
AC	100	Bela Čuzdi	YUG	eliminated r2/6	5
AC	18	Jos De Jong	BEL	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	117	Heng Freylinger	LUX	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	160	Håkon Olsen	NOR	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	166	Antoni Gołaś	POL	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	275	Vladislav Sekal	TCH	eliminated r2/6	6
DNS	4	Alberto Longarella	ARG	–	–
DNS	17	L. Berghmans	BEL	–	–
DNS	30	Mohamed Moussa	EGY	–	–
DNS	267	Veikko Laitinen	FIN	–	–
DNS	69	Don Irvine	GBR	–	–
DNS	314	Gyula Benő	HUN	–	–
DNS	56	H. Araba	IRI	–	–
DNS	55	A. Modjtabavi	IRI	–	–
DNS	97	Tsugio Yamazaki	JPN	–	–
DNS	190	V. Militaru	ROU	–	–
DNS	205	Per Berlin	SWE	–	–
DNS	223	A. W. Österberg	SWE	–	–
DNS	148	V. Koyarsky	URS	–	–

Round One

Date	24 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	29	Mahmud Osman	EGY	0
=1	333	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	0
=1	222	Gösta Andersson	SWE	0
=4	251	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	1
=4	181	René Chesneau	FRA	1
=4	85	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	1
=4	114	Khalil Taha	LBN	1
=4	300	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	1
=4	149	Semyon Marushkin	URS	1
=10	100	Bela Čuzdi	YUG	3
=10	92	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	3
=10	18	Jos De Jong	BEL	3
=10	235	Anton Mackowiak	GER	3
=10	117	Heng Freylinger	LUX	3
=10	160	Håkon Olsen	NOR	3
=10	166	Antoni Gołaś	POL	3
=10	189	Marin Belușica	ROU	3
=10	275	Vladislav Sekal	TCH	3

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	Decision (2-1)	Bela Čuzdi	YUG
Match #2	24 Jul	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	Decision (3-0)	Marin Belușica	ROU
Match #3	24 Jul	Semyon Marushkin	URS	Decision (3-0)	Vladislav Sekal	TCH
Match #4	24 Jul	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Antoni Gołaś	POL
Match #5	24 Jul	Khalil Taha	LBN	Decision (3-0)	Heng Freylinger	LUX
Match #6	24 Jul	René Chesneau	FRA	Decision (3-0)	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT
Match #7	24 Jul	Mahmud Osman	EGY	Fall (1:30)	Jos De Jong	BEL
Match #8	24 Jul	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	Fall (4:01)	Håkon Olsen	NOR
Match #9	24 Jul	Gösta Andersson	SWE	Fall (7:10)	Anton Mackowiak	GER

Round Two

Date	25 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	333	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	0	–
=1	222	Gösta Andersson	SWE	0	–
3	114	Khalil Taha	LBN	1	–
=4	85	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	2	–
=4	300	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	2	–
=4	149	Semyon Marushkin	URS	2	–
=7	29	Mahmud Osman	EGY	3	–
=7	235	Anton Mackowiak	GER	3	–
=9	251	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	4	withdrew
=9	92	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	4	–
=9	181	René Chesneau	FRA	4	–
=9	189	Marin Belușica	ROU	4	–
=13	100	Bela Čuzdi	YUG	6	eliminated
=13	18	Jos De Jong	BEL	6	eliminated
=13	117	Heng Freylinger	LUX	6	eliminated
=13	160	Håkon Olsen	NOR	6	eliminated
=13	166	Antoni Gołaś	POL	6	eliminated
=13	275	Vladislav Sekal	TCH	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Marin Belușica	ROU	Decision (3-0)	Bela Čuzdi	YUG
Match #2	25 Jul	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	Decision (2-1)	Veikko Männikkö	FIN
Match #3	25 Jul	Semyon Marushkin	URS	Decision (3-0)	Antoni Gołaś	POL
Match #4	25 Jul	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Vladislav Sekal	TCH
Match #5	25 Jul	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	Decision (3-0)	Heng Freylinger	LUX
Match #6	25 Jul	Khalil Taha	LBN	Fall (5:15)	René Chesneau	FRA
Match #7	25 Jul	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	Fall (9:30)	Mahmud Osman	EGY
Match #8	25 Jul	Anton Mackowiak	GER	Fall (3:40)	Jos De Jong	BEL
Match #9	25 Jul	Gösta Andersson	SWE	Fall (9:12)	Håkon Olsen	NOR

Round Three

Date	26 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	222	Gösta Andersson	SWE	0	–
2	333	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	1	–
3	114	Khalil Taha	LBN	2	–
4	149	Semyon Marushkin	URS	3	–
=5	181	René Chesneau	FRA	5	eliminated
=5	85	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	5	eliminated
=5	189	Marin Belușica	ROU	5	eliminated
=5	300	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	5	eliminated
=9	29	Mahmud Osman	EGY	6	eliminated
=9	235	Anton Mackowiak	GER	6	eliminated
11	92	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Marin Belușica	ROU	Decision (3-0)	Osvaldo Riva	ITA
Match #2	26 Jul	Semyon Marushkin	URS	Decision (3-0)	Ahmet Şenol	TUR
Match #3	26 Jul	Khalil Taha	LBN	Decision (3-0)	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT
Match #4	26 Jul	René Chesneau	FRA	Decision (3-0)	Mahmud Osman	EGY
Match #5	26 Jul	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Anton Mackowiak	GER
Match #6	26 Jul	Gösta Andersson	SWE

Round Four

Date	27 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	333	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	1	–
=1	222	Gösta Andersson	SWE	1	–
3	114	Khalil Taha	LBN	5	eliminated
4	149	Semyon Marushkin	URS	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Gösta Andersson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Semyon Marushkin	URS
Match #2	27 Jul	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	Fall (9:00)	Khalil Taha	LBN

Round Five

Date	27 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	333	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	1	–
2	222	Gösta Andersson	SWE	2	–
3	114	Khalil Taha	LBN	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Gösta Andersson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Khalil Taha	LBN
Match #2	27 Jul	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN

Final Round

Date	27 July 1952

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	Decision (2-1)	Gösta Andersson	SWE
Match #2	27 Jul	Khalil Taha	LBN