Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight

The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 3 August to 6 August at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates3–6 August
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Kurt Pettersén  Sweden
Mahmoud Hassan  Egypt
Halil Kaya  Turkey

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, with the slight modification introduced in 1936. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1 (this was the modification from prior years, where all losses were 3 points). The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.[2]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Reidar Merli NorwayDecision, 3–0Kurt Elias Austria
Mahmoud Hassan EgyptDecision, 2–1Kolle Lejserowitz Denmark
Kurt Pettersén SwedenFallFrancesco Suppo Italy
Lajos Bencze HungaryDecision, 2–1Taisto Lempinen Finland
Halil Kaya TurkeyFallJésus Arenzana France
Nikolaos Biris GreeceFallKen Irvine Great Britain
Elvidio Flamini ArgentinaByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Nikolaos Biris Greece000
1Elvidio Flamini Argentina000
1Halil Kaya Turkey000
1Kurt Pettersén Sweden000
5Lajos Bencze Hungary011
5Mahmoud Hassan Egypt011
5Reidar Merli Norway011
8Kolle Lejserowitz Denmark022
8Taisto Lempinen Finland022
10Jésus Arenzana France033
10Kurt Elias Austria033
10Ken Irvine Great Britain033
10Francesco Suppo Italy033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kurt Elias AustriaDecision, 3–0Elvidio Flamini Argentina
Mahmoud Hassan EgyptFallFrancesco Suppo Italy
N/AN/A"both declared Losers"[3]Kolle Lejserowitz
Reidar Merli
 Denmark
 Norway
Kurt Pettersén SwedenDecision, 3–0Lajos Bencze Hungary
Taisto Lempinen FinlandFallJésus Arenzana France
Halil Kaya TurkeyFallNikolaos Biris Greece
Ken Irvine Great BritainByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Halil Kaya Turkey000
2Mahmoud Hassan Egypt101
2Kurt Pettersén Sweden011
4Taisto Lempinen Finland202
5Nikolaos Biris Greece033
5Elvidio Flamini Argentina033
5Ken Irvine Great Britain303
8Lajos Bencze Hungary134
8Kurt Elias Austria314
8Reidar Merli Norway134
11Kolle Lejserowitz Denmark235
12Jésus Arenzana France336
12Francesco Suppo Italy336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Elvidio Flamini ArgentinaFallKen Irvine Great Britain
Mahmoud Hassan EgyptFallKurt Elias Austria
Reidar Merli NorwayDecision, 3–0Kurt Pettersén Sweden
Lajos Bencze HungaryDecision, 3–0Halil Kaya Turkey
Taisto Lempinen FinlandFallNikolaos Biris Greece
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Mahmoud Hassan Egypt101
2Taisto Lempinen Finland202
3Elvidio Flamini Argentina303
3Halil Kaya Turkey033
5Kurt Pettersén Sweden134
6Lajos Bencze Hungary415
6Reidar Merli Norway415
8Nikolaos Biris Greece336
8Ken Irvine Great Britain336
10Kurt Elias Austria437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mahmoud Hassan EgyptFallElvidio Flamini Argentina
Kurt Pettersén SwedenFallTaisto Lempinen Finland
Halil Kaya TurkeyByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Mahmoud Hassan Egypt101
2Halil Kaya Turkey303
3Kurt Pettersén Sweden404
4Taisto Lempinen Finland235
5Elvidio Flamini Argentina336

Round 5

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mahmoud Hassan EgyptDecision, 3–0Halil Kaya Turkey
Kurt Pettersén SwedenByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Mahmoud Hassan Egypt112
2Kurt Pettersén Sweden404
Halil Kaya Turkey336

Round 6

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kurt Pettersén SwedenDecision, 3–0Mahmoud Hassan Egypt
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Kurt Pettersén Sweden415
Mahmoud Hassan Egypt235

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 496.
  3. Official Report, p.498. Sports-reference identifies "passivity" as the cause.
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