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

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Men's freestyle welterweight
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates20–23 July
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) William Smith  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Per Berlin  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran
← 1948
1956 →

The men's freestyle welterweight 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] Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 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
Per Berlin  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Daniel Hauser  Switzerland
Anton Mackowiak  Germany Decision, 3–0 Arvedo Cecchini  Italy
Alberto Longarella  Argentina Decision, 2–1 Nick Mohammed  Canada
William Smith  United States Fall Antonio Rosado  Mexico
Cyril Martin  South Africa Decision, 3–0 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia
Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt Fall Jos De Jong  Belgium
Tsugio Yamazaki  Japan Decision, 2–1 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France
Bev Scott  Australia Decision, 3–0 Don Irvine  Great Britain
Mehmet Ali Islioğlu  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Vasyl Rybalko  Soviet Union
Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran Decision, 2–1 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt 0 0 0
1 William Smith  United States 0 0 0
3 Per Berlin  Sweden 0 1 1
3 Mehmet Ali Islioğlu  Turkey 0 1 1
3 Alberto Longarella  Argentina 0 1 1
3 Anton Mackowiak  Germany 0 1 1
3 Cyril Martin  South Africa 0 1 1
3 Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran 0 1 1
3 Bev Scott  Australia 0 1 1
3 Tsugio Yamazaki  Japan 0 1 1
11 Arvedo Cecchini  Italy 0 3 3
11 Jos De Jong  Belgium 0 3 3
11 Daniel Hauser  Switzerland 0 3 3
11 Don Irvine  Great Britain 0 3 3
11 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland 0 3 3
11 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France 0 3 3
11 Nick Mohammed  Canada 0 3 3
11 Antonio Rosado  Mexico 0 3 3
11 Vasyl Rybalko  Soviet Union 0 3 3
11 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia 0 3 3

Round 2

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It is unclear why Leclerc was not eliminated but instead continued on to round 3.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Anton Mackowiak  Germany Decision, 3–0 Daniel Hauser  Switzerland
Per Berlin  Sweden Fall Arvedo Cecchini  Italy
William Smith  United States Decision, 2–0 Nick Mohammed  Canada
Alberto Longarella  Argentina Fall Antonio Rosado  Mexico
Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia Fall Jos De Jong  Belgium
Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt Fall Cyril Martin  South Africa
Tsugio Yamazaki  Japan Decision, 3–0 Don Irvine  Great Britain
Bev Scott  Australia Decision, 2–1 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France
Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran Decision, 2–1 Vasyl Rybalko  Soviet Union
Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland Decision, 2–1 Mehmet Ali Islioğlu  Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt 0 0 0
2 Per Berlin  Sweden 1 0 1
2 Alberto Longarella  Argentina 1 0 1
2 William Smith  United States 0 1 1
5 Anton Mackowiak  Germany 1 1 2
5 Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran 1 1 2
5 Bev Scott  Australia 1 1 2
5 Tsugio Yamazaki  Japan 1 1 2
9 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia 3 0 3
10 Mehmet Ali Islioğlu  Turkey 1 3 4
10 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland 3 1 4
10 Cyril Martin  South Africa 1 3 4
13 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France 3 3 6
14 Arvedo Cecchini  Italy 3 3 6
14 Jos De Jong  Belgium 3 3 6
14 Daniel Hauser  Switzerland 3 3 6
14 Don Irvine  Great Britain 3 3 6
14 Nick Mohammed  Canada 3 3 6
14 Antonio Rosado  Mexico 3 3 6
14 Vasyl Rybalko  Soviet Union 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Per Berlin  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Anton Mackowiak  Germany
William Smith  United States Decision, 3–0 Alberto Longarella  Argentina
Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia Fall Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt
Tsugio Yamazaki  Japan Decision, 2–1 Cyril Martin  South Africa
Mehmet Ali Islioğlu  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France
Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran Decision, 3–0 Bev Scott  Australia
Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Per Berlin  Sweden 1 1 2
1 William Smith  United States 1 1 2
3 Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran 2 1 3
3 Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt 0 3 3
3 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia 3 0 3
3 Tsugio Yamazaki  Japan 2 1 3
7 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland 4 0 4
7 Alberto Longarella  Argentina 1 3 4
9 Mehmet Ali Islioğlu  Turkey 4 1 5
9 Anton Mackowiak  Germany 2 3 5
9 Bev Scott  Australia 2 3 5
12 Cyril Martin  South Africa 4 3 7
13 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France 6 3 9

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Per Berlin  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland
Alberto Longarella  Argentina Decision, 2–1 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia
William Smith  United States Fall Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt
Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran Decision, 3–0 Tsugio Yamazaki  Japan
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 William Smith  United States 2 0 2
2 Per Berlin  Sweden 2 1 3
3 Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran 3 1 4
4 Alberto Longarella  Argentina 4 1 5
5 Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt 3 3 6
5 Vladislav Sekal  Czechoslovakia 3 3 6
5 Tsugio Yamazaki  Japan 3 3 6
8 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland 4 3 7

Medal rounds

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None of the medalists had faced each other, so each wrestled the other two. Each won a bout and lost a bout, so bad points were used to break the three-way 1–1 tie. Smith had won two bouts by fall and two by decision coming into the medal round, leading at 2 points. Berlin had taken only one bout by fall and three by decision before the medal round, coming in at second place with 3 points. All four of Mojtabavi's pre-medal round wins had been by decision, so he had 4 points and came in at third place. Each wrestler earned 4 points in the medal rounds (1 win by decision, 1 loss), so their rank order did not change. Smith took gold, Berlin silver, and Mojtabavi bronze.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Per Berlin  Sweden Decision, 3–0 William Smith  United States
Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran Decision, 3–0 Per Berlin  Sweden
William Smith  United States Decision, 3–0 Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) William Smith  United States 2 4 6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Per Berlin  Sweden 3 4 7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abdollah Mojtabavi  Iran 4 4 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's freestyle welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Official Report 1955, p. 358.

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