# Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight

The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).

## Competition format

This freestyle wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, removing the slight modification introduced in 1936 and used until 1948 (which had a reduced penalty for a loss by 2–1 decision). Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated. This elimination continued until the medal rounds, which began when 3 wrestlers remained. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin medal round (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.

## Results
### Round 1

Timonen withdrew after his bout.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Japan | Decision, 3–0 | Rolf Johansson | Sweden |
| Hugh Peery | United States | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | Egypt |
| Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Marcel Sigiran | France |
| Giordano De Giorgi | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | Belgium |
| Hasan Gemici | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Oiva Timonen | Finland |
| Heini Weber | Germany | Fall | Leslie Cheetham | Great Britain |
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | Fall | Niranjan Das | India |
| Louis Baise | South Africa | Decision, 3–0 | Rodolfo Dávila | Mexico |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Heini Weber | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Louis Baise | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Giordano De Giorgi | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Hasan Gemici | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Yushu Kitano | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Hugh Peery | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Leslie Cheetham | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Niranjan Das | India | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Rodolfo Dávila | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Rolf Johansson | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Maurice Mewis | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Marcel Sigiran | France | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Oiva Timonen | Finland | 0 | 3 | 3* |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Japan | Fall | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | Egypt |
| Hugh Peery | United States | Decision, 3–0 | Rolf Johansson | Sweden |
| Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Mewis | Belgium |
| Giordano De Giorgi | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Marcel Sigiran | France |
| Hasan Gemici | Turkey | Fall | Leslie Cheetham | Great Britain |
| Heini Weber | Germany | Fall | Niranjan Das | India |
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | Fall | Louis Baise | South Africa |
| Rodolfo Dávila | Mexico | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Heini Weber | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hasan Gemici | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Yushu Kitano | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Giordano De Giorgi | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hugh Peery | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Rodolfo Dávila | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Louis Baise | South Africa | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Leslie Cheetham | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Niranjan Das | India | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Maurice Mewis | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Rolf Johansson | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Marcel Sigiran | France | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Japan | Fall | Rodolfo Dávila | Mexico |
| Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Hugh Peery | United States |
| Hasan Gemici | Turkey | Fall | Giordano De Giorgi | Italy |
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | Decision, 3–0 | Heini Weber | Germany |
| Louis Baise | South Africa | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Hasan Gemici | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Yushu Kitano | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Heini Weber | Germany | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Louis Baise | South Africa | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Giordano De Giorgi | Italy | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Hugh Peery | United States | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Rodolfo Dávila | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Japan | Fall | Louis Baise | South Africa |
| Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Heini Weber | Germany |
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | Decision, 2–1 | Hasan Gemici | Turkey |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yushu Kitano | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Hasan Gemici | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Heini Weber | Germany | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Louis Baise | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Hasan Gemici | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Yushu Kitano | Japan |
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | Decision, 2–1 | Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Yushu Kitano | Japan | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Hasan Gemici | Turkey | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Georgy Sayadov | Soviet Union | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Medal rounds

Gemici's victory over Kitano in round 4 and Mollaghasemi's victory over Gemici counted for the medal round. Kitano defeated Mollaghasemi in the medal round, leaving each wrestler at a record of 1–1 against the other medalists. Bad points were used to break this tie, leaving Mollaghasemi with the bronze medal but Gemici and Kitano still tied. Head-to-head results were the next tie-breaker, with Gemici taking the gold medal due to his round 4 win.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yushu Kitano | Japan | Decision, 3–0 | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
| Hasan Gemici | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Yushu Kitano | Japan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Iran | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |