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Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:

Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle Round Three

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Exhibition Hall I, Helsinki
Date Started: July 22, 1952
Date Finished: July 22, 1952

Gold: URS Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili
Silver: SWE Bertil Antonsson
Bronze: GBR Ken Richmond

Round Three

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 Bertil Antonsson 30 Sweden SWE 1
2 Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili 40 Soviet Union URS 2
3T Taisto Kangasniemi 28 Finland FIN 3
3T William Kerslake 22 United States USA 3
5T Ken Richmond 26 Great Britain GBR 4
5T Natale Vecchi 35 Italy ITA 4
5T İrfan Atan Turkey TUR 4
8 Willi Waltner 18 Germany GER 4

Round Three

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1952-07-22 Waltner (GER) decision (2-1), Vecchi (ITA)
Match #2 1952-07-22 Mek'ok'ishvili (URS) decision (2-1), Richmond (GBR)
Match #3 1952-07-22 Antonsson (SWE) decision (2-1), Atan (TUR)
Match #4 1952-07-22 Kerslake (USA) fall (2:38), Kangasniemi (FIN)