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

The men's freestyle middleweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 20 July to 23 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 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

Everaerts withdrew after his bout.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Callie Reitz | South Africa | Fall | Pio Chirinos | Venezuela |
| Gustav Gocke | Germany | Decision, 3–0 | Eduardo Assam | Mexico |
| Haydar Zafer | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Adalberto Lepri | Italy |
| León Genuth | Argentina | Decision, 2–1 | Veikko Lahti | Finland |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | Fall | André Brunaud | France |
| Dan Hodge | United States | Fall | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | Egypt |
| Bengt Lindblad | Sweden | Decision, 2–1 | David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union |
| György Gurics | Hungary | Fall | Augustus Everaerts | Belgium |
| Felix Neuhaus | Switzerland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | György Gurics | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Dan Hodge | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Felix Neuhaus | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Callie Reitz | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | León Genuth | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Gustav Gocke | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Bengt Lindblad | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Haydar Zafer | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Eduardo Assam | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | André Brunaud | Finland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Pio Chirinos | Venezuela | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Veikko Lahti | Finland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Adalberto Lepri | Italy | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Augustus Everaerts | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3* |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Callie Reitz | South Africa | Decision, 3–0 | Felix Neuhaus | Switzerland |
| Gustav Gocke | Germany | Fall | Pio Chirinos | Venezuela |
| Haydar Zafer | Turkey | Fall | Eduardo Assam | Mexico |
| León Genuth | Argentina | Fall | Adalberto Lepri | Italy |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | Fall | Veikko Lahti | Finland |
| Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | Egypt | Decision, 3–0 | André Brunaud | France |
| David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | Fall | Dan Hodge | United States |
| György Gurics | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Bengt Lindblad | Sweden |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | León Genuth | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Gustav Gocke | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | György Gurics | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Callie Reitz | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Haydar Zafer | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Dan Hodge | United States | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Felix Neuhaus | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Bengt Lindblad | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Eduardo Assam | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | André Brunaud | Finland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Pio Chirinos | Venezuela | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Veikko Lahti | Finland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Adalberto Lepri | Italy | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gustav Gocke | Germany | Decision, 3–0 | Felix Neuhaus | Switzerland |
| Haydar Zafer | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Callie Reitz | South Africa |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | Fall | León Genuth | Argentina |
| David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | Fall | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | Egypt |
| Bengt Lindblad | Sweden | Decision, 2–1 | Dan Hodge | United States |
| György Gurics | Hungary | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | György Gurics | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Gustav Gocke | Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Haydar Zafer | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | León Genuth | Argentina | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Callie Reitz | South Africa | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Bengt Lindblad | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Dan Hodge | United States | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Felix Neuhaus | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Mohamed Abdul Ramada Hussain | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| György Gurics | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Callie Reitz | South Africa |
| Gustav Gocke | Germany | Decision, 3–0 | León Genuth | Argentina |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | Decision, 3–0 | Haydar Zafer | Turkey |
| David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | György Gurics | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Gustav Gocke | Germany | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Haydar Zafer | Turkey | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | León Genuth | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Callie Reitz | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | György Gurics | Hungary |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | Decision, 3–0 | Gustav Gocke | Germany |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | György Gurics | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Gustav Gocke | Germany | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Medal rounds

Tsimakuridze's victory over Gurics in round 5 counted for the medal rounds. The Soviet wrestler defeated Takhti to finish 2–0 against the other medalists and earn the gold medal. Gurics was injured after the round 5 bout and was unable to face Takhti for the silver medal.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | Decision, 2–1 | Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | Walkover | György Gurics | Hungary |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
| David Tsimakuridze | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Gholam Reza Takhti | Iran | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| György Gurics | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 |