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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kg), Men

Date	24 – 27 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli I, Helsinki
Participants	17 from 17 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.

Sweden’s Bengt Johansson had won the 1950 World Championship, but he was eliminated on bad points after round four and a loss to Italy’s Ignazio Fabra. Fabra went to the medalist round along with Soviet Boris Gurevich and Finn Leo Honkala. Gurevich had not led through any of the first four rounds, but defeated both Honkala and Fabra by unanimous decisions to win the gold medal. Gurevich would go on to win the World Championship in 1953 and 1958. Fabra won the silver medal with a unanimous decision victory over Honkala. Fabra would win the 1955 World Championship as a bantamweight.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Medalists Match Record / Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	140	Boris Gurevich	URS	2-0	–	Gold
2	81	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1-1	–	Silver
3	247	Leo Honkala	FIN	0-2	–	Bronze
4	231	Heini Weber	GER	–	–
=5	33	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	–	–
=5	216	Bengt Johansson	SWE	–	–
AC	12	Maurice Mewis	BEL	eliminated r4/7	7
AC	98	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	eliminated r4/7	7
AC	272	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	304	Béla Kenéz	HUN	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	182	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	90	Franz Brunner	AUT	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	176	Edmond Faure	FRA	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	227	Werner Zimmer	SAA	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	277	Josef Zeman	TCH	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	295	Fahrettin Akbaş	TUR	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	156	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	withdrew r2/7	3
DNS	11	Lucien Claes	BEL	–	–
DNS	24	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	–	–
DNS	22	'Aid Essawi	EGY	–	–
DNS	263	Veikko Manninen	FIN	–	–
DNS	326	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	–	–
DNS	303	László Völgyi	HUN	–	–
DNS	93	Yushu Kitano	JPN	–	–
DNS	110	Abdallah Sidani	LBN	–	–
DNS	183	C. Opritescu	ROU	–	–
DNS	196	Rolf Johansson	SWE	–	–
DNS	195	K. E. Andersson	SWE	–	–
DNS	281	Ahmet Bilek	TUR	–	–
DNS	141	A. Bardybakhine	URS	–	–

Round One

Date	24 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	33	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	0	–
=1	247	Leo Honkala	FIN	0	–
=1	231	Heini Weber	GER	0	–
=4	12	Maurice Mewis	BEL	1	–
=4	272	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	1	–
=4	304	Béla Kenéz	HUN	1	–
=4	81	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1	–
=4	216	Bengt Johansson	SWE	1	–
=4	140	Boris Gurevich	URS	1	–
=10	90	Franz Brunner	AUT	3	–
=10	176	Edmond Faure	FRA	3	–
=10	156	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	3	withdrew
=10	182	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	3	–
=10	227	Werner Zimmer	SAA	3	–
=10	277	Josef Zeman	TCH	3	–
=10	295	Fahrettin Akbaş	TUR	3	–
=10	98	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	3	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Heini Weber	GER	Fall (3:29)	Werner Zimmer	SAA
Match #2	24 Jul	Béla Kenéz	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Fahrettin Akbaş	TUR
Match #3	24 Jul	Boris Gurevich	URS	Decision (3-0)	Borivoj Vukov	YUG
Match #4	24 Jul	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	Decision (3-0)	Josef Zeman	TCH
Match #5	24 Jul	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Decision (3-0)	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU
Match #6	24 Jul	Bengt Johansson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Franz Brunner	AUT
Match #7	24 Jul	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Edmond Faure	FRA
Match #8	24 Jul	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	Fall (3:25)	Frithjof Clausen	NOR
Match #9	24 Jul	Leo Honkala	FIN

Round Two

Date	25 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	247	Leo Honkala	FIN	0	–
=2	12	Maurice Mewis	BEL	1	–
=2	231	Heini Weber	GER	1	–
=2	81	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1	–
=2	140	Boris Gurevich	URS	1	–
6	216	Bengt Johansson	SWE	2	–
=7	33	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	3	–
=7	98	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	3	–
=9	272	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	4	–
=9	304	Béla Kenéz	HUN	4	–
=9	182	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	4	–
=12	90	Franz Brunner	AUT	6	eliminated
=12	176	Edmond Faure	FRA	6	eliminated
=12	227	Werner Zimmer	SAA	6	eliminated
=12	277	Josef Zeman	TCH	6	eliminated
=12	295	Fahrettin Akbaş	TUR	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Leo Honkala	FIN	Fall (6:41)	Werner Zimmer	SAA
Match #2	25 Jul	Heini Weber	GER	Decision (3-0)	Fahrettin Akbaş	TUR
Match #3	25 Jul	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	Fall (1:40)	Béla Kenéz	HUN
Match #4	25 Jul	Boris Gurevich	URS	Fall (4:52)	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN
Match #5	25 Jul	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Fall (6:54)	Josef Zeman	TCH
Match #6	25 Jul	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Decision (3-0)	Franz Brunner	AUT
Match #7	25 Jul	Bengt Johansson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Edmond Faure	FRA
Match #8	25 Jul	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Fall (4:15)	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY

Round Three

Date	26 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	247	Leo Honkala	FIN	1	–
=2	81	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	2	–
=2	140	Boris Gurevich	URS	2	–
=4	33	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	3	–
=4	216	Bengt Johansson	SWE	3	–
=6	231	Heini Weber	GER	4	–
=6	12	Maurice Mewis	BEL	4	–
=6	98	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	4	–
=9	272	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	7	eliminated
=9	304	Béla Kenéz	HUN	7	eliminated
=9	182	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Leo Honkala	FIN	Decision (2-1)	Heini Weber	GER
Match #2	26 Jul	Boris Gurevich	URS	Decision (3-0)	Béla Kenéz	HUN
Match #3	26 Jul	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	Decision (3-0)	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN
Match #4	26 Jul	Bengt Johansson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #5	26 Jul	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU
Match #6	26 Jul	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY

Round Four

Date	26 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	247	Leo Honkala	FIN	2	–
=2	81	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	3	–
=2	140	Boris Gurevich	URS	3	–
4	231	Heini Weber	GER	5	eliminated
=5	33	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	6	eliminated
=5	216	Bengt Johansson	SWE	6	eliminated
=7	12	Maurice Mewis	BEL	7	eliminated
=7	98	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Leo Honkala	FIN	Decision (3-0)	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY
Match #2	26 Jul	Heini Weber	GER	Decision (3-0)	Borivoj Vukov	YUG
Match #3	26 Jul	Boris Gurevich	URS	Decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #4	26 Jul	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Bengt Johansson	SWE

Round Five

Date	27 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	81	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	3
2	140	Boris Gurevich	URS	4
3	247	Leo Honkala	FIN	5

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Boris Gurevich	URS	Decision (3-0)	Leo Honkala	FIN
Match #2	27 Jul	Ignazio Fabra	ITA

Round Six

Date	27 July 1952

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	81	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	4	–
=1	140	Boris Gurevich	URS	4	–
3	247	Leo Honkala	FIN	8	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Leo Honkala	FIN
Match #2	27 Jul	Boris Gurevich	URS

Final Round

Date	27 July 1952

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Boris Gurevich	URS	Decision (3-0)	Ignazio Fabra	ITA
Match #2	27 Jul	Leo Honkala	FIN