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Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:

Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman Round Five

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Exhibition Hall I, Helsinki
Date Started: July 27, 1952
Date Finished: July 27, 1952

Gold: URS Johannes Kotkas
Silver: TCH Josef Růžička
Bronze: FIN Tauno Kovanen

Round Five

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 Johannes Kotkas 37 Soviet Union URS 0
2 Josef Růžička 27 Czechoslovakia TCH 3
3 Tauno Kovanen 35 Finland FIN 9 eliminated

Round Five

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1952-07-27 Růžička (TCH) fall (4:43), Kovanen (FIN)
Match #2 1952-07-27 Kotkas (URS)