# Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The events were held at Messuhalli.

## Medal summary
### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Boris Gurevich Soviet Union | Ignazio Fabra Italy | Leo Honkala Finland |
| Bantamweight details | Imre Hódos Hungary | Zakaria Chibab Lebanon | Artem Teryan Soviet Union |
| Featherweight details | Yakov Punkin Soviet Union | Imre Polyák Hungary | Abdel Aaal Rashed Egypt |
| Lightweight details | Shazam Safin Soviet Union | Gustav Freij Sweden | Mikuláš Athanasov Czechoslovakia |
| Welterweight details | Miklós Szilvásy Hungary | Gösta Andersson Sweden | Khalil Taha Lebanon |
| Middleweight details | Axel Grönberg Sweden | Kalervo Rauhala Finland | Nikolay Belov Soviet Union |
| Light heavyweight details | Kelpo Gröndahl Finland | Shalva Chikhladze Soviet Union | Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden |
| Heavyweight details | Johannes Kotkas Soviet Union | Josef Růžička Czechoslovakia | Tauno Kovanen Finland |

### Freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight details | Hasan Gemici Turkey | Yushu Kitano Japan | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Iran |
| Bantamweight details | Shohachi Ishii Japan | Rashid Mammadbeyov Soviet Union | Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav India |
| Featherweight details | Bayram Sit Turkey | Nasser Givehchi Iran | Josiah Henson United States |
| Lightweight details | Olle Anderberg Sweden | Jay Thomas Evans United States | Tofigh Jahanbakht Iran |
| Welterweight details | William Smith United States | Per Berlin Sweden | Abdollah Mojtabavi Iran |
| Middleweight details | David Tsimakuridze Soviet Union | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | György Gurics Hungary |
| Light heavyweight details | Viking Palm Sweden | Henry Wittenberg United States | Adil Atan Turkey |
| Heavyweight details | Arsen Mekokishvili Soviet Union | Bertil Antonsson Sweden | Kenneth Richmond Great Britain |

## Participating nations

A total of 244 wrestlers from 37 nations competed at the Helsinki Games:
* Argentina (5)
* Australia (4)
* Austria (3)
* Belgium (8)
* Canada (4)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* Denmark (5)
* Egypt (12)
* Finland (16)
* France (10)
* Germany (8)
* Great Britain (6)
* Greece (3)
* Guatemala (3)
* Hungary (12)
* India (4)
* Iran (8)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (14)
* Japan (5)
* South Korea (1)
* Lebanon (4)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Mexico (5)
* Norway (7)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (5)
* Romania (7)
* South Africa (5)
* Soviet Union (16)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (5)
* Turkey (15)
* United States (8)
* Venezuela (3)
* Yugoslavia (3)

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |