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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kg), 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	Number	Competitor	NOC	Medalists Match Record (Bad Points) / Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	280	Hasan Gemici	TUR	1-1 (5 bad points)	–	Gold	1
2	93	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1-1 (5 bad points)	–	Silver
3	51	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	1-1 (6 bad points)	–	Bronze
4	125	Georgy Sayadov	URS	–	–
5	231	Heini Weber	GER	–	–
6	36	Louis Baise	RSA	–	–
AC	73	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	eliminated r3/6	5
AC	341	Hugh Peery	USA	eliminated r3/6	5
AC	119	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX	eliminated r3/6	6
AC	169	Marcel Sigiran	FRA	eliminated r2/6	4
AC	12	Maurice Mewis	BEL	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	24	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	61	Leslie Cheetham	GBR	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	46	Niranjan Das	IND	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	196	Rolf Johansson	SWE	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	239	Oiva Timonen	FIN	withdrew r2/6	3
DNS	11	Lucien Claes	BEL	–	–
DNS	22	'Aid Essawi	EGY	–	–
DNS	255	Kalevi Tahvanainen	FIN	–	–
DNS	168	E. Gutierrez	FRA	–	–
DNS	62	J. Greenham	GBR	–	–
DNS	304	Béla Kenéz	HUN	–	–
DNS	302	Antal Páger	HUN	–	–
DNS	303	László Völgyi	HUN	–	–
DNS	197	Malte Möller	SWE	–	–
DNS	195	K. E. Andersson	SWE	–	–
DNS	281	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	–	–
DNS	124	M. M. Babayev	URS	–	–
DNS	340	Samuel Coursen	USA	–	–

Round One

Date	20 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	231	Heini Weber	GER	0	–
=1	51	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	0	–
=3	125	Georgy Sayadov	URS	1	–
=3	73	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	1	–
=3	93	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1	–
=3	36	Louis Baise	RSA	1	–
=3	280	Hasan Gemici	TUR	1	–
=3	341	Hugh Peery	USA	1	–
=9	12	Maurice Mewis	BEL	3	–
=9	24	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	3	–
=9	239	Oiva Timonen	FIN	3	withdrew
=9	61	Leslie Cheetham	GBR	3	–
=9	46	Niranjan Das	IND	3	–
=9	119	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX	3	–
=9	196	Rolf Johansson	SWE	3	–
=9	169	Marcel Sigiran	FRA	3	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul	Yushu Kitano	JPN	Decision (3-0)	Rolf Johansson	SWE
Match #2	20 Jul	Hugh Peery	USA	Decision (3-0)	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY
Match #3	20 Jul	Georgy Sayadov	URS	Decision (3-0)	Marcel Sigiran	FRA
Match #4	20 Jul	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #5	20 Jul	Hasan Gemici	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Oiva Timonen	FIN
Match #6	20 Jul	Heini Weber	GER	Fall (6:12)	Leslie Cheetham	GBR
Match #7	20 Jul	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	Fall (6:32)	Niranjan Das	IND
Match #8	20 Jul	Louis Baise	RSA	Decision (3-0)	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX

Round Two

Date	21 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	231	Heini Weber	GER	0	–
=1	51	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	0	–
=3	93	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1	–
=3	280	Hasan Gemici	TUR	1	–
=5	73	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	2	–
=5	341	Hugh Peery	USA	2	–
=5	125	Georgy Sayadov	URS	2	–
7	119	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX	3	–
9	36	Louis Baise	RSA	4	–
=11	169	Marcel Sigiran	FRA	6	eliminated
=11	12	Maurice Mewis	BEL	6	eliminated
=11	24	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	6	eliminated
=11	61	Leslie Cheetham	GBR	6	eliminated
=11	46	Niranjan Das	IND	6	eliminated
=11	196	Rolf Johansson	SWE	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Yushu Kitano	JPN	Fall (7:20)	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY
Match #2	21 Jul	Hugh Peery	USA	Decision (3-0)	Rolf Johansson	SWE
Match #3	21 Jul	Georgy Sayadov	URS	Decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #4	21 Jul	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Marcel Sigiran	FRA
Match #5	21 Jul	Hasan Gemici	TUR	Fall (4:00)	Leslie Cheetham	GBR
Match #6	21 Jul	Heini Weber	GER	Fall (3:15)	Niranjan Das	IND
Match #7	21 Jul	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	Fall (8:24)	Louis Baise	RSA
Match #8	21 Jul	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX

Round Three

Date	22 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	51	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	1	–
=1	93	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1	–
=1	280	Hasan Gemici	TUR	1	–
4	125	Georgy Sayadov	URS	3	–
5	231	Heini Weber	GER	3	–
6	36	Louis Baise	RSA	4	–
=7	73	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA	5	eliminated
=7	341	Hugh Peery	USA	5	eliminated
9	119	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Yushu Kitano	JPN	Fall (4:30)	Rodolfo Dávila	MEX
Match #2	22 Jul	Georgy Sayadov	URS	Decision (3-0)	Hugh Peery	USA
Match #3	22 Jul	Hasan Gemici	TUR	Fall (2:45)	Giordano Degiorgi	ITA
Match #4	22 Jul	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	Decision (3-0)	Heini Weber	GER
Match #5	22 Jul	Louis Baise	RSA

Round Four

Date	22 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	93	Yushu Kitano	JPN	1	–
2	51	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	2	–
=3	280	Hasan Gemici	TUR	4	–
=3	125	Georgy Sayadov	URS	4	–
5	231	Heini Weber	GER	6	eliminated
6	36	Louis Baise	RSA	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Yushu Kitano	JPN	Fall (10:15)	Louis Baise	RSA
Match #2	22 Jul	Georgy Sayadov	URS	Decision (3-0)	Heini Weber	GER
Match #3	22 Jul	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	Decision (2-1)	Hasan Gemici	TUR

Round Five

Date	23 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	51	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	3	–
2	93	Yushu Kitano	JPN	4	–
3	280	Hasan Gemici	TUR	5	–
4	125	Georgy Sayadov	URS	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Hasan Gemici	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Yushu Kitano	JPN
Match #2	23 Jul	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI	Decision (2-1)	Georgy Sayadov	URS

Final Round

Date	23 July 1952

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Yushu Kitano	JPN	Decision (3-0)	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	IRI