Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

at the Games of the XIV Olympiad

Venue| Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates| 29 July – 6 August
Competitors| 219 from 29 nations

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Wrestling at the
1948 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman
Fly| men
Bantam| men
Feather| men
Light| men
Welter| men
Middle| men
Light heavy| men
Heavy| men
Freestyle
Fly| men
Bantam| men
Feather| men
Light| men
Welter| men
Middle| men
Light heavy| men
Heavy| men

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At the 1948 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The freestyle competitions were held from July 29 to July 31, 1948 and the Greco-Roman events were held from August 3 to August 6, 1948.[1]

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Turkey (TUR)| 6| 4| 1| 11
2|  Sweden (SWE)| 5| 5| 3| 13
3|  United States (USA)| 2| 1| 1| 4
4|  Hungary (HUN)| 1| 1| 2| 4
5|  Finland (FIN)| 1| 1| 1| 3
6|  Italy (ITA)| 1| 0| 2| 3
7|  Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 1| 2| 3
8|  Australia (AUS)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Egypt (EGY)| 0| 1| 1| 2
10|  Norway (NOR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
11|  Denmark (DEN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
France (FRA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (12 entries)| 16| 16| 16| 48

## Medal summary

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### Freestyle

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Flyweight
details | Lenni Viitala
Finland | Halit Balamir
Turkey | Thure Johansson
Sweden
Bantamweight
details | Nasuh Akar
Turkey | Gerald Leeman
United States | Charles Kouyos
France
Featherweight
details | Gazanfer Bilge
Turkey | Ivar Sjölin
Sweden | Adolf Müller
Switzerland
Lightweight
details | Celal Atik
Turkey | Gösta Frändfors
Sweden | Hermann Baumann
Switzerland
Welterweight
details | Yaşar Doğu
Turkey | Dick Garrard
Australia | Leland Merrill
United States
Middleweight
details | Glen Brand
United States | Adil Candemir
Turkey | Erik Lindén
Sweden
Light Heavyweight
details | Henry Wittenberg
United States | Fritz Stöckli
Switzerland | Bengt Fahlqvist
Sweden
Heavyweight
details | Gyula Bóbis
Hungary | Bertil Antonsson
Sweden | Joseph Armstrong
Australia

### Greco-Roman

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Flyweight
details | Pietro Lombardi
Italy | Kenan Olcay
Turkey | Reino Kangasmäki
Finland
Bantamweight
details | Kurt Pettersén
Sweden | Mahmoud Hassan
Egypt | Halil Kaya
Turkey
Featherweight
details | Mehmet Oktav
Turkey | Olle Anderberg
Sweden | Ferenc Tóth
Hungary
Lightweight
details | Gustav Freij
Sweden | Aage Eriksen
Norway | Károly Ferencz
Hungary
Welterweight
details | Gösta Andersson
Sweden | Miklós Szilvási
Hungary | Henrik Hansen
Denmark
Middleweight
details | Axel Grönberg
Sweden | Muhlis Tayfur
Turkey | Ercole Gallegati
Italy
Light Heavyweight
details | Karl-Erik Nilsson
Sweden | Kelpo Gröndahl
Finland | Ibrahim Orabi
Egypt
Heavyweight
details | Ahmet Kireççi
Turkey | Tor Nilsson
Sweden | Guido Fantoni
Italy

## Participating nations

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A total of 219 wrestlers from 29 nations competed at the London Games:[1]

* Argentina (8)
* Australia (4)
* Austria (5)
* Belgium (9)
* Canada (6)
* Cuba (3)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* Denmark (5)
* Egypt (13)
* Finland (15)
* France (11)
* Great Britain (16)
* Greece (5)
* Hungary (12)
* India (6)
* Italy (11)
* South Korea (4)
* Lebanon (5)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Mexico (4)
* Netherlands (4)
* Norway (6)
* Philippines (1)
* South Africa (3)
* Sweden (16)
* Switzerland (12)
* Turkey (16)
* United States (8)[2]

N.B. - Pakistan sent four wrestlers, but they could not compete as they had been mistakenly entered for the Greco-Roman style and not freestyle.

Olle Anderberg of Sweden wrestling Ferenc Tóth of Hungary in the Featherweight event

## See also

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* List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
* List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

## References

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1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
2. ^ "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD". I. 1951: 76. Retrieved 22 September 2015. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)

## External links

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* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.

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