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

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms (125.7 to 136.7 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 |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | Fall | Marco Antonio Girón | Guatemala |
| Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Francisc Horvath | Romania |
| Ernest Gondzik | Poland | Decision, 2–1 | Bela Torma | Yugoslavia |
| Bartl Brötzner | Austria | Decision, 3–0 | Lucien Claes | Belgium |
| Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt | Fall | Rolf Ellerbrock | Germany |
| Umberto Trippa | Italy | Decision, 2–1 | Dagfin Huseby | Norway |
| Erkki Talosela | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Hasan Bozbey | Turkey |
| Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | Fall | Antoine Merle | France |
| Safi Taha | Lebanon | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Imre Polyák | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Safi Taha | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Ernest Gondzik | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Erkki Talosela | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Umberto Trippa | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Hasan Bozbey | Turkey | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Lucien Claes | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Rolf Ellerbrock | Germany | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Marco Antonio Girón | Guatemala | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Francisc Horvath | Romania | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Dagfin Huseby | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Antoine Merle | France | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Bela Torma | Yugoslavia | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Safi Taha | Lebanon | Fall | Marco Antonio Girón | Guatemala |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden |
| Ernest Gondzik | Poland | Decision, 2–1 | Francisc Horvath | Romania |
| Bartl Brötzner | Austria | Decision, 2–1 | Bela Torma | Yugoslavia |
| Rolf Ellerbrock | Germany | Decision, 3–0 | Lucien Claes | Belgium |
| Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt | Decision, 2–1 | Umberto Trippa | Italy |
| Erkki Talosela | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Dagfin Huseby | Norway |
| Hasan Bozbey | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Antoine Merle | France |
| Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Safi Taha | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Imre Polyák | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Ernest Gondzik | Poland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Erkki Talosela | Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Hasan Bozbey | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Rolf Ellerbrock | Germany | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Umberto Trippa | Italy | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Lucien Claes | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Marco Antonio Girón | Guatemala | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Francisc Horvath | Romania | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Dagfin Huseby | Norway | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Antoine Merle | France | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Bela Torma | Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3

Taha withdrew after his bout.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Safi Taha | Lebanon |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Ernest Gondzik | Poland |
| Bartl Brötzner | Austria | Decision, 3–0 | Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden |
| Umberto Trippa | Italy | Fall | Rolf Ellerbrock | Germany |
| Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt | Decision, 3–0 | Erkki Talosela | Finland |
| Hasan Bozbey | Turkey | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Imre Polyák | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hasan Bozbey | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Umberto Trippa | Italy | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Safi Taha | Lebanon | 0 | 3 | 3* |
| 8 | Ernest Gondzik | Poland | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Erkki Talosela | Finland | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Rolf Ellerbrock | Germany | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Gunnar Håkansson | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4

The tie for third place (and the final spot in the medal rounds) was broken by Rashed's head-to-head victory over Trippa in round 1.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | Decision, 3–0 | Hasan Bozbey | Turkey |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt |
| Umberto Trippa | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Imre Polyák | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Umberto Trippa | Italy | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Bartl Brötzner | Austria | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Hasan Bozbey | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Medal rounds

Polyák's victory over Rashed in round 4 counted for the medal round.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | Fall | Imre Polyák | Hungary |
| Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | Fall | Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Wins | Losses | Start | Earned | Total |
| Yakiv Punkin | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Imre Polyák | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Abdel Aaal Rashed | Egypt | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 |