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Wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:

Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman Round Three

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Exhibition Hall I, Helsinki
Date Started: July 26, 1952
Date Finished: July 26, 1952

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

Round Three

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 Johannes Kotkas 37 Soviet Union URS 0
2T Josef Růžička 27 Czechoslovakia TCH 3
2T Tauno Kovanen 35 Finland FIN 3
4 Willi Waltner 18 Germany GER 4
5 Alexandru Şuli 23 Romania ROU 5 eliminated
6T Antonios Georgoulis 24 Greece GRE 6 eliminated
6T Bengt Fahlkvist 30 Sweden SWE 6 eliminated
8 Guido Fantoni 33 Italy ITA 7 eliminated

Round Three

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1952-07-26 Kovanen (FIN) decision (3-0), Waltner (GER)
Match #2 1952-07-26 Şuli (ROU) decision (3-0), Georgoulis (GRE)
Match #3 1952-07-26 Růžička (TCH) fall (10:09), Fahlkvist (SWE)
Match #4 1952-07-26 Kotkas (URS) fall (3:41), Fantoni (ITA)