# Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman welterweight

The men's Greco-Roman welterweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor. Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 lb).

## Competition format

This Greco-Roman 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
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Osvaldo Riva | Italy | Decision, 2–1 | Bela Čuzdi | Yugoslavia |
| Veikko Männikkö | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Marin Beluşica | Romania |
| Semyon Marushkin | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Vladislav Sekal | Czechoslovakia |
| Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Antoni Gołaś | Poland |
| Khalil Taha | Lebanon | Decision, 3–0 | Heng Freylinger | Luxembourg |
| René Chesneau | France | Decision, 3–0 | Gottfried Anglberger | Austria |
| Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt | Fall | Jos De Jong | Belgium |
| Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | Fall | Håkon Olsen | Norway |
| Gösta Andersson | Sweden | Fall | Anton Mackowiak | Germany |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gösta Andersson | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | René Chesneau | France | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Veikko Männikkö | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Semyon Marushkin | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Osvaldo Riva | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Khalil Taha | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Gottfried Anglberger | Austria | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Marin Beluşica | Romania | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Bela Čuzdi | Yugoslavia | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Jos De Jong | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Heng Freylinger | Luxembourg | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Antoni Gołaś | Poland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Anton Mackowiak | Germany | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Håkon Olsen | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Vladislav Sekal | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2

Männikkö withdrew after his bout.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Marin Beluşica | Romania | Decision, 3–0 | Bela Čuzdi | Yugoslavia |
| Osvaldo Riva | Italy | Decision, 2–1 | Veikko Männikkö | Finland |
| Semyon Marushkin | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Antoni Gołaś | Poland |
| Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Vladislav Sekal | Czechoslovakia |
| Gottfried Anglberger | Austria | Decision, 3–0 | Heng Freylinger | Luxembourg |
| Khalil Taha | Lebanon | Fall | René Chesneau | France |
| Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | Fall | Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt |
| Anton Mackowiak | Germany | Fall | Jos De Jong | Belgium |
| Gösta Andersson | Sweden | Fall | Håkon Olsen | Norway |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gösta Andersson | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Khalil Taha | Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Semyon Marushkin | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Osvaldo Riva | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Anton Mackowiak | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Gottfried Anglberger | Austria | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Marin Beluşica | Romania | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | René Chesneau | France | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Veikko Männikkö | Finland | 1 | 3 | 4* |
| 13 | Bela Čuzdi | Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Jos De Jong | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Heng Freylinger | Luxembourg | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Antoni Gołaś | Poland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Håkon Olsen | Norway | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Vladislav Sekal | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Marin Beluşica | Romania | Decision, 3–0 | Osvaldo Riva | Italy |
| Semyon Marushkin | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey |
| Khalil Taha | Lebanon | Decision, 3–0 | Gottfried Anglberger | Austria |
| René Chesneau | France | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt |
| Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Anton Mackowiak | Germany |
| Gösta Andersson | Sweden | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gösta Andersson | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Khalil Taha | Lebanon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Semyon Marushkin | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Marin Beluşica | Romania | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | René Chesneau | France | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Osvaldo Riva | Italy | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Anton Mackowiak | Germany | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Gottfried Anglberger | Austria | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gösta Andersson | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Semyon Marushkin | Soviet Union |
| Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | Fall | Khalil Taha | Lebanon |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gösta Andersson | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Khalil Taha | Lebanon | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Semyon Marushkin | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Medal rounds

Szilvásy's victory over Taha in round 4 counted for the medal rounds.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gösta Andersson | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Khalil Taha | Lebanon |
| Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Gösta Andersson | Sweden |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
| Miklós Szilvásy | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gösta Andersson | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Khalil Taha | Lebanon | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 |