Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling.
[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (- 52 kg) |
 Boris Gurevich (URS) |
 Ignazio Fabra (ITA) |
 Leo Honkala (FIN) |
| Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
 Imre Hódos (HUN) |
 Zakaria Chibab (LIB) |
Artem Teryan (URS) |
| Featherweight (57 - 62 kg) |
Yakov Punkin (URS) |
Imre Polyák (HUN) |
 Abdel Rashed (EGY) |
| Lightweight (62 - 67 kg) |
Shazam Safin (URS) |
 Gustav Freij (SWE) |
 Mikuláš Athanasov (TCH) |
| Welterweight (67 - 73 kg) |
Miklós Szilvásy (HUN) |
Gösta Andersson (SWE) |
Khalil Taha (LIB) |
| Middleweight (73 - 79 kg) |
Axel Grönberg (SWE) |
Kalervo Rauhala (FIN) |
Nikolay Belov (URS) |
| Light Heavyweight (79 - 87 kg) |
Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN) |
Shalva Chikhladze (URS) |
Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE) |
| Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) |
Johannes Kotkas (URS) |
Josef Růžička (TCH) |
Tauno Kovanen (FIN) |
[edit] Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (- 52 kg) |
 Hasan Gemici (TUR) |
 Yushu Kitano (JPN) |
 Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (IRI) |
| Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg) |
Shohachi Ishii (JPN) |
Rashid Mamedbekov (URS) |
 Kha-Shaba Jadav (IND) |
| Featherweight (57 - 62 kg) |
Bayram Sit (TUR) |
Nasser Guivegtchi (IRI) |
 Josiah Henson (USA) |
| Lightweight (62 - 67 kg) |
Olle Anderberg (SWE) |
Jay Thomas Evans (USA) |
Djahanbakte Tovfighe (IRI) |
| Welterweight (67 - 73 kg) |
William Smith (USA) |
Per Gunnar Berlin (SWE) |
Abdullah Modjzabavi (IRI) |
| Middleweight (73 - 79 kg) |
David Tsimakuridze (URS) |
Gholam Reza Takhti (IRI) |
György Gurics (HUN) |
| Light heavyweight (79 - 87 kg) |
Vikim Palm (SWE) |
Henry Wittenberg (USA) |
Adil Atan (TUR) |
| Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) |
Arsen Mekokishvili (URS) |
Bertil Antonsson (SWE) |
 Kenneth Richmond (GBR) |
| Events at the 1952 Summer Olympics (Helsinki) |
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| Athletics • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
| Wrestling at the Summer Olympics |  |
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