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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kilograms), 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	Competitor(s)	NOC	MMR/RE	Bad Points
1	Boris Gurevich	URS	2-0	–	Gold
2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1-1	–	Silver
3	Leo Honkala	FIN	0-2	–	Bronze
4	Heini Weber	GER	–	–
=5	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	–	–
=5	Bengt Johansson	SWE	–	–
AC	Maurice Mewis	BEL	Eliminated r4/7	7
AC	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	Eliminated r4/7	7
AC	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	Eliminated r3/7	7
AC	Béla Kenéz	HUN	Eliminated r3/7	7
AC	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	Eliminated r3/7	7
AC	Franz Brunner	AUT	Eliminated r2/7	6
AC	Edmond Faure	FRA	Eliminated r2/7	6
AC	Werner Zimmer	SAA	Eliminated r2/7	6
AC	Josef Zeman	TCH	Eliminated r2/7	6
AC	Fahrettin Akbaş	TUR	Eliminated r2/7	6
AC	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	Withdrew r2/7	3

Round One (24 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	0
=1	Leo Honkala	FIN	0
=1	Heini Weber	GER	0
=4	Maurice Mewis	BEL	1
=4	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	1
=4	Béla Kenéz	HUN	1
=4	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1
=4	Bengt Johansson	SWE	1
=4	Boris Gurevich	URS	1
=10	Franz Brunner	AUT	3
=10	Edmond Faure	FRA	3
=10	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	3	withdrew
=10	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	3
=10	Werner Zimmer	SAA	3
=10	Josef Zeman	TCH	3
=10	Fahrettin Akbaş	TUR	3
=10	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	3

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

Round Two (25 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Leo Honkala	FIN	0
=2	Maurice Mewis	BEL	1
=2	Heini Weber	GER	1
=2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	1
=2	Boris Gurevich	URS	1
6	Bengt Johansson	SWE	2
=7	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	3
=7	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	3
=9	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	4
=9	Béla Kenéz	HUN	4
=9	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	4
=12	Franz Brunner	AUT	6	eliminated
=12	Edmond Faure	FRA	6	eliminated
=12	Werner Zimmer	SAA	6	eliminated
=12	Josef Zeman	TCH	6	eliminated
=12	Fahrettin Akbaş	TUR	6	eliminated

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

Round Three (26 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Leo Honkala	FIN	1
=2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	2
=2	Boris Gurevich	URS	2
=4	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	3
=4	Bengt Johansson	SWE	3
=6	Heini Weber	GER	4
=6	Maurice Mewis	BEL	4
=6	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	4
=9	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	7	eliminated
=9	Béla Kenéz	HUN	7	eliminated
=9	Dumitru Pîrvulescu	ROU	7	eliminated

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

Round Four (26 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Leo Honkala	FIN	2
=2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	3
=2	Boris Gurevich	URS	3
4	Heini Weber	GER	5	eliminated
=5	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY	6	eliminated
=5	Bengt Johansson	SWE	6	eliminated
=7	Maurice Mewis	BEL	7	eliminated
=7	Borivoj Vukov	YUG	7	eliminated

Match #1	Leo Honkala	FIN	decision (3-0)	Mahmoud Fawzy	EGY
Match #2	Heini Weber	GER	decision (3-0)	Borivoj Vukov	YUG
Match #3	Boris Gurevich	URS	decision (3-0)	Maurice Mewis	BEL
Match #4	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	decision (3-0)	Bengt Johansson	SWE

Round Five (27 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	3
2	Boris Gurevich	URS	4
3	Leo Honkala	FIN	5

Match #1	Boris Gurevich	URS	decision (3-0)	Leo Honkala	FIN
Match #2	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	bye

Round Six (27 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	4
=1	Boris Gurevich	URS	4
3	Leo Honkala	FIN	8	eliminated

Match #1	Ignazio Fabra	ITA	decision (3-0)	Leo Honkala	FIN
Match #2	Boris Gurevich	URS	bye

Final Round (27 July 1952)

Match #1	Boris Gurevich	URS	decision (3-0)	Ignazio Fabra	ITA
Match #2	Leo Honkala	FIN	bye