The men's freestyle middleweight competition 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 ...

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took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.

Competition format

This

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competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the

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for Greco-Roman and at the

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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.Official Report, p. 360.

Results

Round 1

Everaerts withdrew after his bout. ; Bouts ; Points

Round 2

; Bouts ; Points

Round 3

; Bouts ; Points

Round 4

; Bouts ; Points

Round 5

; Bouts ; Points

Medal rounds

Tsimakuridze's victory over Gurics in round 5 counted for the medal rounds. The Soviet wrestler defeated Takhti to finish 2–0 against the other medalists and earn the gold medal. Gurics was injured after the round 5 bout and was unable to face Takhti for the silver medal. ; Bouts ; Points

References

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