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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	20 – 23 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli I, Helsinki / Messuhalli II, Helsinki
Participants	16 from 16 countries
Format	Win by fall = 0 points; win by decision = 1 point; loss of any type = 3 points. Three judges gave decisions, thus all decisions were either 2-1 or 3-0. Five bad points eliminated a wrestler. When only three wrestlers remained, if they had not yet met one another, they wrestled further rounds. Medal placements were determined by the match record among the medalists, with bad points as a tie breaker. A wrestler in the medal rounds could continue with 5 or more bad points.

Turkey’s Ali Yücel had won the 1949 European and 1951 World Championship in this class but did not compete in London. However, his countryman Hasan Gemici made the finals despite no international experience. He was joined by Japan’s Yushu Kitano and Iranian Mahmoud Mollaghasemi. Kitano defeated Mollaghasemi by unanimous decision in the final round. Gemici had defeated Kitano in round five but Mollaghasemi had defeated Gemici in round four, thus giving all three finalists a record of 1-1 against each other. Gemici and Kitano ended with 5 bad points to Mollaghasemi, dropping the Iranian to the bronze medal. The gold medal went to Gemici based on his victory head-to-head against Kitano in round five. Mollaghasemi’s medal was the first ever for Iran at the Olympics in wrestling, which is their national sport.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MMR(BP)/RE	Bad Points
1	Hasan Gemici	TUR	1-1 (5 bad points)	–	Gold	1
2	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1-1 (5 bad points)	–	Silver
3	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	1-1 (6 bad points)	–	Bronze
4	Georgy Sayadov	URS	–	–
5	Heini Weber	GER	–	–
6	Louis Baise	RSA	–	–
AC	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	Eliminated r3/6	5
AC	Hugh Peery	USA	Eliminated r3/6	5
AC	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Marcel Sigiran	FRA	Eliminated r2/6	4
AC	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Leslie Cheetham	GBR	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Niranjan Das	IND	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Rolf Johansson	SWE	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Oiva Timonen	FIN	Withdrew r2/6	3

Round One (20 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Heini Weber	GER	0
=1	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	0
=3	Georgy Sayadov	URS	1
=3	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	1
=3	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1
=3	Louis Baise	RSA	1
=3	Hasan Gemici	TUR	1
=3	Hugh Peery	USA	1
=9	Maurice Mewis	BEL	3
=9	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	3
=9	Oiva Timonen	FIN	3	withdrew
=9	Leslie Cheetham	GBR	3
=9	Niranjan Das	IND	3
=9	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX	3
=9	Rolf Johansson	SWE	3
=9	Marcel Sigiran	FRA	3

Match #1	Yushu Kitano	JPN	decision (3-0)	Rolf Johansson	SWE
Match #2	Hugh Peery	USA	decision (3-0)	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY
Match #3	Georgy Sayadov	URS	decision (3-0)	Marcel Sigiran	FRA
Match #4	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #5	Hasan Gemici	TUR	decision (3-0)	Oiva Timonen	FIN
Match #6	Heini Weber	GER	fall (6:12)	Leslie Cheetham	GBR
Match #7	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	fall (6:32)	Niranjan Das	IND
Match #8	Louis Baise	RSA	decision (3-0)	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX

Round Two (21 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Heini Weber	GER	0
=1	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	0
=3	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1
=3	Hasan Gemici	TUR	1
=5	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	2
=5	Hugh Peery	USA	2
7	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX	3
=5	Georgy Sayadov	URS	2
9	Louis Baise	RSA	4
=11	Marcel Sigiran	FRA	6	eliminated
=11	Maurice Mewis	BEL	6	eliminated
=11	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	6	eliminated
=11	Leslie Cheetham	GBR	6	eliminated
=11	Niranjan Das	IND	6	eliminated
=11	Rolf Johansson	SWE	6	eliminated

Match #1	Yushu Kitano	JPN	fall (7:20)	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY
Match #2	Hugh Peery	USA	decision (3-0)	Rolf Johansson	SWE
Match #3	Georgy Sayadov	URS	decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #4	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	decision (3-0)	Marcel Sigiran	FRA
Match #5	Hasan Gemici	TUR	fall (4:00)	Leslie Cheetham	GBR
Match #6	Heini Weber	GER	fall (3:15)	Niranjan Das	IND
Match #7	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	fall (8:24)	Louis Baise	RSA
Match #8	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX	bye

Round Three (22 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	1
=1	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1
=1	Hasan Gemici	TUR	1
4	Georgy Sayadov	URS	3
5	Heini Weber	GER	3
6	Louis Baise	RSA	4
=7	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	5	eliminated
=7	Hugh Peery	USA	5	eliminated
9	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX	6	eliminated

Match #1	Yushu Kitano	JPN	fall (4:30)	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX
Match #2	Georgy Sayadov	URS	decision (3-0)	Hugh Peery	USA
Match #3	Hasan Gemici	TUR	fall (2:45)	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA
Match #4	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	decision (3-0)	Heini Weber	GER
Match #5	Louis Baise	RSA	bye

Round Four (22 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1
2	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	2
=3	Hasan Gemici	TUR	4
=3	Georgy Sayadov	URS	4
5	Heini Weber	GER	6	eliminated
6	Louis Baise	RSA	7	eliminated

Match #1	Yushu Kitano	JPN	fall (10:15)	Louis Baise	RSA
Match #2	Georgy Sayadov	URS	decision (3-0)	Heini Weber	GER
Match #3	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	decision (2-1)	Hasan Gemici	TUR

Round Five (23 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	3
2	Yushu Kitano	JPN	4
3	Hasan Gemici	TUR	5
4	Georgy Sayadov	URS	7	eliminated

Match #1	Hasan Gemici	TUR	decision (3-0)	Yushu Kitano	JPN
Match #2	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	decision (2-1)	Georgy Sayadov	URS

Final Round (23 July 1952)

Match #1	Yushu Kitano	JPN	decision (3-0)	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI