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Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 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.

Of the medalists at the 1950 World Championships, only bronze winner Pietro Lombardi of Italy competed in this event in Helsinki, but he went out after the third round, eliminated on bad points. Round five was decisive as Hungarian Imre Hódos defeated Lebanon’s Zakaria Chihab. Those two and Soviet Armenian / Azerbaijani Artyom Teryan went to the medalist round, with all three posting records of 1-1 against each other. This brought bad points into effect, with Hódos and Chihab tying and Hódos’ match victory over Chihab giving him the gold medal. Chihab’s silver was the first Olympic medal won by Lebanon in any sport. At the 1953 World Championships, Teryan would defeat Hódos to win the title, with Hódos taking silver, as Chihab placed sixth at that tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MMR(BP)/RE	Bad Points
1	Imre Hódos	HUN	1-1 (8 bad points)	–	Gold	1
2	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	1-1 (8 bad points)	–	Silver
3	Artyom Teryan	URS	1-1 (9 bad points)	–	Bronze
4	Hubert Persson	SWE	–	–
5	Reidar Merli	NOR	–	–
6	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	–	–
AC	Ion Popescu	ROU	Eliminated r4/7	7
AC	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	Eliminated r3/7	5
AC	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	Eliminated r3/7	5
AC	Norbert Kohler	SAA	Eliminated r3/7	6
AC	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	Eliminated r3/7	6
AC	Leo Cortsen	DEN	Eliminated r2/7	5
AC	Maurice Faure	FRA	Eliminated r2/7	5
AC	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA	Eliminated r2/7	6
AC	Rudolf Toboła	POL	Eliminated r2/7	6
AC	Mahmoud Hassan	EGY	Withdrew r2/7	3
AC	Sotirios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	Withdrew r2/7	3

Round One (24 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	0
=1	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	0
=1	Norbert Kohler	SAA	0
=1	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	0
=1	Artyom Teryan	URS	0
=6	Imre Hódos	HUN	1
=6	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	1
=6	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	1
=6	Reidar Merli	NOR	1
=10	Hubert Persson	SWE	3
=10	Leo Cortsen	DEN	3
=10	Maurice Faure	FRA	3
=10	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA	3
=10	Rudolf Toboła	POL	3
=10	Ion Popescu	ROU	3
=10	Mahmoud Hassan	EGY	3	withdrew
=10	Sotirios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	3	withdrew

Match #1	Norbert Kohler	SAA	fall (7:05)	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA
Match #2	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	decision (2-1)	Hubert Persson	SWE
Match #3	Artyom Teryan	URS	fall (4:53)	Rudolf Toboła	POL
Match #4	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	fall (9:50)	Leo Cortsen	DEN
Match #5	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	decision (3-0)	Ion Popescu	ROU
Match #6	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	fall (2:06)	Maurice Faure	FRA
Match #7	Imre Hódos	HUN	decision (3-0)	Mahmoud Hassan	EGY
Match #8	Reidar Merli	NOR	decision (3-0)	Sotirios Panagiotopoulos	GRE
Match #9	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	bye

Round Two (25 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	0
=2	Reidar Merli	NOR	1
=2	Artyom Teryan	URS	1
=4	Imre Hódos	HUN	2
=4	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	2
=4	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	2
=7	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	3
=7	Hubert Persson	SWE	3
=7	Norbert Kohler	SAA	3
=7	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	3
11	Ion Popescu	ROU	4
=12	Leo Cortsen	DEN	6	eliminated
=12	Maurice Faure	FRA	6	eliminated
=12	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA	6	eliminated
=12	Rudolf Toboła	POL	6	eliminated

Match #1	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	fall (2:55)	Norbert Kohler	SAA
Match #2	Hubert Persson	SWE	fall (2:27)	Oswaldo Johnston	GUA
Match #3	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	decision (3-0)	Rudolf Toboła	POL
Match #4	Artyom Teryan	URS	decision (3-0)	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR
Match #5	Ion Popescu	ROU	decision (2-1)	Leo Cortsen	DEN
Match #6	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	decision (2-1)	Maurice Faure	FRA
Match #7	Imre Hódos	HUN	decision (2-1)	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN
Match #8	Reidar Merli	NOR	bye

Round Three (26 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Imre Hódos	HUN	2
=1	Reidar Merli	NOR	2
=1	Artyom Teryan	URS	2
=4	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	3
=4	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	3
=6	Hubert Persson	SWE	4
=6	Ion Popescu	ROU	4
8	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	5	eliminated
=9	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN	6	eliminated
=9	Norbert Kohler	SAA	6	eliminated
=9	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR	6	eliminated

Match #1	Reidar Merli	NOR	decision (3-0)	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER
Match #2	Hubert Persson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Norbert Kohler	SAA
Match #3	Artyom Teryan	URS	decision (3-0)	Pietro Lombardi	ITA
Match #4	Ion Popescu	ROU	fall (7:39)	Kemal Demirsüren	TUR
Match #5	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	decision (3-0)	Arvo Kyllönen	FIN
Match #6	Imre Hódos	HUN	bye

Round Four (26 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Imre Hódos	HUN	3
=1	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	3
=1	Artyom Teryan	URS	3
4	Hubert Persson	SWE	4
5	Reidar Merli	NOR	5	eliminated
6	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER	6	eliminated
7	Ion Popescu	ROU	7	eliminated

Match #1	Imre Hódos	HUN	decision (3-0)	Reidar Merli	NOR
Match #2	Hubert Persson	SWE	fall (5:38)	Ferdinand Schmitz	GER
Match #3	Artyom Teryan	URS	decision (3-0)	Ion Popescu	ROU
Match #4	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	bye

Round Five (27 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Imre Hódos	HUN	4
=1	Artyom Teryan	URS	4
3	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	6	eliminated
4	Hubert Persson	SWE	7	eliminated

Match #1	Imre Hódos	HUN	decision (2-1)	Zakaria Chihab	LBN
Match #2	Artyom Teryan	URS	decision (3-0)	Hubert Persson	SWE

Round Six (27 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Imre Hódos	HUN	4
2	Artyom Teryan	URS	5
3	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	9

Match #1	Zakaria Chihab	LBN	decision (2-1)	Artyom Teryan	URS
Match #2	Imre Hódos	HUN	bye

Final Round (27 July 1952)

Match #1	Artyom Teryan	URS	decision (3-0)	Imre Hódos	HUN