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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤73 kilograms), Men

Date	24 – 27 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli I, Helsinki
Participants	18 from 18 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.

At the 1948 Olympics Sweden’s Gösta Andersson defeated Hungary’s Miklós Szilvásy for the gold medal, and they were both back in Helsinki, Andersson having won a bronze medal at the 1950 World Championships, which were won by Finland’s Matti Simanainen, who never competed at the Olympics. Andersson and Szilvási made it to the medalist round in Helsinki, joined by Lebanon’s Khalil Taha. Taha lost both his medalist matches which brought the final bout down to the London gold and silver medalists, but this time Szilvási won by split decision to win gold. Szilvási would later add a silver medal at the 1953 World Championships in this class. This was Taha’s only major podium appearance but his medal was the second ever won by a Lebanese, after Zakaria Chihab in bantamweight Greco-Roman.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MMR/RE	Bad Points
1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	2-0	–	Gold
2	Gösta Andersson	SWE	1-1	–	Silver
3	Khalil Taha	LBN	0-2	–	Bronze
4	Semyon Marushkin	URS	–	–
=5	René Chesneau	FRA	–	–
=5	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	–	–
=5	Marin Belușica	ROU	–	–
=5	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	–	–
AC	Mahmud Osman	EGY	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Anton Mackowiak	GER	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	Withdrew r3/6	3
AC	Bela Čuzdi	YUG	Eliminated r2/6	5
AC	Jos De Jong	BEL	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Heng Freylinger	LUX	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Håkon Olsen	NOR	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Antoni Gołaś	POL	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Vladislav Sekal	TCH	Eliminated r2/6	6

Round One (24 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mahmud Osman	EGY	0
=1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	0
=1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	0
=4	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	1
=4	René Chesneau	FRA	1
=4	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	1
=4	Khalil Taha	LBN	1
=4	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	1
=4	Semyon Marushkin	URS	1
=10	Bela Čuzdi	YUG	3
=10	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	3
=10	Jos De Jong	BEL	3
=10	Anton Mackowiak	GER	3
=10	Heng Freylinger	LUX	3
=10	Håkon Olsen	NOR	3
=10	Antoni Gołaś	POL	3
=10	Marin Belușica	ROU	3
=10	Vladislav Sekal	TCH	3

Match #1	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	decision (2-1)	Bela Čuzdi	YUG
Match #2	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	decision (3-0)	Marin Belușica	ROU
Match #3	Semyon Marushkin	URS	decision (3-0)	Vladislav Sekal	TCH
Match #4	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	decision (3-0)	Antoni Gołaś	POL
Match #5	Khalil Taha	LBN	decision (3-0)	Heng Freylinger	LUX
Match #6	René Chesneau	FRA	decision (3-0)	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT
Match #7	Mahmud Osman	EGY	fall (1:30)	Jos De Jong	BEL
Match #8	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	fall (4:01)	Håkon Olsen	NOR
Match #9	Gösta Andersson	SWE	fall (7:10)	Anton Mackowiak	GER

Round Two (25 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	0
=1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	0
3	Khalil Taha	LBN	1
=4	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	2
=4	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	2
=4	Semyon Marushkin	URS	2
=7	Mahmud Osman	EGY	3
=7	Anton Mackowiak	GER	3
=9	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	4	withdrew
=9	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	4
=9	René Chesneau	FRA	4
=9	Marin Belușica	ROU	4
=13	Bela Čuzdi	YUG	6	eliminated
=13	Jos De Jong	BEL	6	eliminated
=13	Heng Freylinger	LUX	6	eliminated
=13	Håkon Olsen	NOR	6	eliminated
=13	Antoni Gołaś	POL	6	eliminated
=13	Vladislav Sekal	TCH	6	eliminated

Match #1	Marin Belușica	ROU	decision (3-0)	Bela Čuzdi	YUG
Match #2	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	decision (2-1)	Veikko Männikkö	FIN
Match #3	Semyon Marushkin	URS	decision (3-0)	Antoni Gołaś	POL
Match #4	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	decision (3-0)	Vladislav Sekal	TCH
Match #5	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	decision (3-0)	Heng Freylinger	LUX
Match #6	Khalil Taha	LBN	fall (5:15)	René Chesneau	FRA
Match #7	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	fall (9:30)	Mahmud Osman	EGY
Match #8	Anton Mackowiak	GER	fall (3:40)	Jos De Jong	BEL
Match #9	Gösta Andersson	SWE	fall (9:12)	Håkon Olsen	NOR

Round Three (26 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	0
2	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	1
3	Khalil Taha	LBN	2
4	Semyon Marushkin	URS	3
=5	René Chesneau	FRA	5	eliminated
=5	Osvaldo Riva	ITA	5	eliminated
=5	Marin Belușica	ROU	5	eliminated
=5	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	5	eliminated
=9	Mahmud Osman	EGY	6	eliminated
=9	Anton Mackowiak	GER	6	eliminated
11	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT	7	eliminated

Match #1	Marin Belușica	ROU	decision (3-0)	Osvaldo Riva	ITA
Match #2	Semyon Marushkin	URS	decision (3-0)	Ahmet Şenol	TUR
Match #3	Khalil Taha	LBN	decision (3-0)	Gottfried Anglberger	AUT
Match #4	René Chesneau	FRA	decision (3-0)	Mahmud Osman	EGY
Match #5	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	decision (3-0)	Anton Mackowiak	GER
Match #6	Gösta Andersson	SWE	bye

Round Four (27 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	1
=1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	1
3	Khalil Taha	LBN	5	eliminated
4	Semyon Marushkin	URS	6	eliminated

Match #1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Semyon Marushkin	URS
Match #2	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	fall (9:00)	Khalil Taha	LBN

Round Five (27 July 1952)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	1
2	Gösta Andersson	SWE	2
3	Khalil Taha	LBN	8	eliminated

Match #1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Khalil Taha	LBN
Match #2	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	bye

Final Round (27 July 1952)

Match #1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	decision (2-1)	Gösta Andersson	SWE
Match #2	Khalil Taha	LBN	bye