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Wrestling At The 1952 Summer Olympics
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. The events were held at Messuhalli. Medal summary Greco-Roman Freestyle Participating nations A total of 244 wrestlers from 37 nations competed at the Helsinki Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table See also *List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling *List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling References 1952 Summer Olympics events 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ... 1952 in sport wrestling {{1952-Olympic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Töölö Sports Hall
sv, Tölö sporthall , image = Töölön Kisahalli.jpg , caption = Töölö Sports Hall photographed from the tower of the Olympic Stadium (2004) , fullname = , former_names = Messuhalli , address = Paavo Nurmen kuja 1c , location = Taka-Töölö, Helsinki, Finland , coordinates = , broke_ground = , built = 1935 , opened = 1935 , renovated = , expanded = 1952 , closed = , owner = , operator = , cost = , architect = Aarne HytönenRisto-Veikko Luukkonen , capacity = 2,000 (seated) , tenants = Torpan Pojat Helsinki Seagulls , website = Töölö Sports Hall ( fi, Töölön kisahalli, sv, Tölö sporthall) is a sports venue located in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland. It was designed by Aarne Hytönen and Risto-Veikko Luukko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Freij
Karl Gustav Herbert Freij (17 March 1922 – 4 August 1973) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman lightweight (−67 kg) category at the 1948, 1952 and 1960 Olympics and finished in first, second and third place, respectively.Gustav Freij sports-reference.com He missed the 1956 Games due to an injury. After retiring from competitions Freij worked at the Allhems printing plant in Malmö. He died of cancer, aged 51. A memorial wrestling tournament is held in Sweden in his honor. His nephew Leif Freij
Leif Roland Freij (29 March 1943 – 17 June 1998) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler who won s ...
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Tauno Kovanen
Tauno Kovanen (20 June 1917 – 9 February 1986) was a Finnish wrestler. He was born in Kuru Kuru may refer to: Anthropology and history * Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people * Kuru (mythology), part of Meithei mythology * Kuru Kingdom, .... He won an Olympic bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1952. Kovanen was a policeman by profession. References External links * 1917 births 1986 deaths People from Ylöjärvi Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Růžička
Josef Růžička (17 March 1925 – 11 April 1986) was a Czechoslovak wrestler. He was born in Prague. He won an Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ... in 1952. He died on 11 April 1986, at the age of 61.František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 278 References 1925 births 1986 deaths Sportspeople from Prague Czechoslovak male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Czechoslovakia Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Czech male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Kotkas
Johannes Kotkas (3 February 1915 – 8 May 1998) was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He held the European title in 1938, 1939 and 1947 and placed second at the 1953 world championships. Biography Kotkas first trained in weightlifting and took up wrestling only in 1935, aged 20. He soon became the second-best Estonian heavyweight wrestler, consistently losing to Kristjan Palusalu in the finals of national championships. Palusalu retired around 1938 due to an injury, opening for Kotkas the way to the Estonian and European titles. His career was interrupted by World War II and by the Soviet annexation of Estonia. The Soviet Union rarely competed internationally in the first few years after the war, and hence Kotkas had only a few international victories, such as those at the 1947 European Championships and at the 1952 Olympics, where he defeated all his opponents by fall. Meanwhile, he was unbeatable domestically, win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl-Erik Nilsson (wrestler)
Karl-Erik Nilsson (4 January 1922 – 14 December 2017) was a light-heavyweight (-87 kg) Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on .... He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics and won one gold (in 1948) and two bronze medals. He won another bronze medal at the 1955 World Wrestling Championships.Karl-Erik Nilsson Swedish Olympic Committee sports-reference.com He died in Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shalva Chikhladze
Shalva Konstantinovich Chikhladze (12 July 1912 – 14 January 1997) was a Soviet light-heavyweight wrestler from Georgia. He won a silver medal in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Chikhladze became interested in wrestling in 1920, and started training in a club in 1930, when he moved from Kutaisi to Tbilisi. In 1935 he moved to Moscow and placed second at the Soviet championships; he won the championships in 1936 and finished third in 1937 and 1941. During World War II he was wounded in action near Kaluga Kaluga ( rus, Калу́га, p=kɐˈɫuɡə), a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast in Russia, stands on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population: Kaluga's most famous resident, the space travel pioneer Konstantin Tsiol ... in late 1941. In March 1942 he was released from hospital and discharged with honors from the army. He then collected three more Soviet wrestling titles in 1946, 1949 and 1950, and was sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelpo Gröndahl
Kelpo Olavi Gröndahl (28 March 1920 – 2 August 1994) was a light-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively. He won another silver medal at the 1953 World Championships and finished fifth at the 1947 European Championships. Domestically he won 15 national titles, 11 in Greco-Roman (1943, 1946–1955) and 4 in freestyle wrestling (1948–1950, 1952). Gröndahl retired from competitions after failing to qualify for the 1956 Olympics. Between 1953 and 1980 he worked as the harbormaster of the Port of Pori. He also became a member of the Pori City Council and then a member of the Pori City board of directors. In 1962–1970 he was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish People's Democratic League, and was elected as a presidential elector in 1956, 1962 and 1968. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Belov (wrestler)
Nikolay Grigoryevich Belov (russian: Николай Григорьевич Белов; 23 November 1919 – 14 October 1987) was a Soviet wrestler who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Belov won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ... in wrestling. He won the gold medal at the 1947 European Championship. External linksNikolay Belov's profile at Sports Reference.com 1919 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalervo Rauhala
Kalervo Rauhala (October 19, 1930, Ylistaro – September 21, 2016) ''Ilta-Sanomat'' (Retrieved on September 22, 2016) was a Finnish and Olympic medalist in . Olympics Rauhala competed at the in |
Axel Grönberg and masseur, and started wrestling following his elder brothers Fritz and Harald. Besides his Olympic medals he won a world title in 1950, three European Championship medals, as well as 16 national titles between 1944 and 1958.
Rolf Axel "Acke" Ejnar Grönberg (9 May 1918 – 23 April 1988) was a Swedish wrestler, who won the Greco-Roman middleweight division at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Grönberg was raised in Norberg, but moved to Stockholm as a teenager. There he worked as a plumber A plumber is a tradesperson who specializes in installing and maintaining systems used for potable (drinking) water, and for sewage and drainage in plumbing systems. References 1918 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Taha
Khalil Taha (13 July 1932 – 27 July 2020) was a Lebanese wrestler. He was born in Beirut. At the 1951 Mediterranean Games in Alexandria Egypt, Taha won the silver medal in the 73 kg Greco-Roman wrestling. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman Welterweight category. He died in Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ..., U.S., on 27 July 2020, aged 88. References External linksAthlete profile at sports-reference.com 1932 births Lebanese male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Lebanon Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Lebanon 2020 deaths Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Egypt Mediterranea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |