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 Soviet Union (URS)	Ignazio Fabra Italy (ITA)	Leo Honkala Finland (FIN)
Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg)	Imre Hódos Hungary (HUN)	Zakaria Chibab Lebanon (LIB)	Artem Teryan Soviet Union (URS)
Featherweight (57 - 62 kg)	Yakiv Punkin Soviet Union (URS)	Imre Polyák Hungary (HUN)	Abdel Rashed Egypt (EGY)
Lightweight (62 - 67 kg)	Shazam Safin Soviet Union (URS)	Gustav Freij Sweden (SWE)	Mikuláš Athanasov Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Welterweight (67 - 73 kg)	Miklós Szilvásy Hungary (HUN)	Gösta Andersson Sweden (SWE)	Khalil Taha Lebanon (LIB)
Middleweight (73 - 79 kg)	Axel Grönberg Sweden (SWE)	Kalervo Rauhala Finland (FIN)	Nikolay Belov Soviet Union (URS)
Light Heavyweight (79 - 87 kg)	Kelpo Gröndahl Finland (FIN)	Shalva Chikhladze Soviet Union (URS)	Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden (SWE)
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg)	Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union (URS)	Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Tauno Kovanen Finland (FIN)

[edit] Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (- 52 kg)	Hasan Gemici Turkey (TUR)	Yushu Kitano Japan (JPN)	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Iran (IRI)
Bantamweight (52 - 57 kg)	Shohachi Ishii Japan (JPN)	Rashid Mamedbekov Soviet Union (URS)	Kha-Shaba Jadav India (IND)
Featherweight (57 - 62 kg)	Bayram Sit Turkey (TUR)	Naser Givehchi Iran (IRI)	Josiah Henson United States (USA)
Lightweight (62 - 67 kg)	Olle Anderberg Sweden (SWE)	Jay Thomas Evans United States (USA)	Jahanbakht Towfigh Iran (IRI)
Welterweight (67 - 73 kg)	William Smith United States (USA)	Per Berlin Sweden (SWE)	Abdollah Mojtabavi Iran (IRI)
Middleweight (73 - 79 kg)	David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union (URS)	Gholamreza Takhti Iran (IRI)	György Gurics Hungary (HUN)
Light heavyweight (79 - 87 kg)	Viking Palm Sweden (SWE)	Henry Wittenberg United States (USA)	Adil Atan Turkey (TUR)
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg)	Arsen Mekokishvili Soviet Union (URS)	Bertil Antonsson Sweden (SWE)	Kenneth Richmond Great Britain (GBR)

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