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

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight 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 featherweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates3–6 August
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Mehmet Oktav  Turkey
Olle Anderberg  Sweden
Ferenc Tóth  Hungary

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
Erkki Talosela FinlandDecision, 3–0El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil Egypt
Henk Dijk NetherlandsDecision, 3–0Omar Blebel Argentina
Luigi Campanella ItalyFallAntonios Gryllos Greece
Egil Solsvik NorwayDecision, 3–0Adolf Müller Switzerland
Safi Taha LebanonFallRaymond Strasser Luxembourg
Ferenc Tóth HungaryDecision, 2–1Jan Stehlík Czechoslovakia
Antoine Merle FranceFallJack Mortimer Great Britain
Olle Anderberg SwedenFallGeorg Weidner Austria
Mehmet Oktav TurkeyByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Olle Anderberg Sweden000
1Luigi Campanella Italy000
1Antoine Merle France000
1Mehmet Oktav Turkey000
1Safi Taha Lebanon000
6Henk Dijk Netherlands011
6Egil Solsvik Norway011
6Erkki Talosela Finland011
6Ferenc Tóth Hungary011
10Jan Stehlík Czechoslovakia022
11Omar Blebel Argentina033
11Antonios Gryllos Greece033
11El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil Egypt033
11Jack Mortimer Great Britain033
11Adolf Müller Switzerland033
11Raymond Strasser Luxembourg033
11Georg Weidner Austria033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mehmet Oktav TurkeyDecision, 3–0Erkki Talosela Finland
El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil EgyptDecision, 3–0Henk Dijk Netherlands
Antonios Gryllos GreeceDecision, 2–1Omar Blebel Argentina
Luigi Campanella ItalyDecision, 2–1Egil Solsvik Norway
Ferenc Tóth HungaryFallJack Mortimer Great Britain
Georg Weidner AustriaFallRaymond Strasser Luxembourg
Safi Taha LebanonDecision, 3–0Antoine Merle France
Olle Anderberg SwedenByeN/AN/A
N/AN/AOver weightAdolf Müller Switzerland
N/AN/ARetiredJan Stehlík Czechoslovakia
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Olle Anderberg Sweden000
2Luigi Campanella Italy011
2Mehmet Oktav Turkey011
2Safi Taha Lebanon011
2Ferenc Tóth Hungary101
6Antoine Merle France033
6Egil Solsvik Norway123
6Georg Weidner Austria303
9Henk Dijk Netherlands134
9Antonios Gryllos Greece314
9El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil Egypt314
9Erkki Talosela Finland134
13Omar Blebel Argentina325
13Jan Stehlík Czechoslovakia235
15Jack Mortimer Great Britain336
15Adolf Müller Switzerland336
15Raymond Strasser Luxembourg336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mehmet Oktav TurkeyFallOlle Anderberg Sweden
Erkki Talosela FinlandFallHenk Dijk Netherlands
El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil EgyptFallAntonios Gryllos Greece
Luigi Campanella ItalyDecision, 2–1Ferenc Tóth Hungary
Egil Solsvik NorwayDecision, 3–0Antoine Merle France
Georg Weidner AustriaFallSafi Taha Lebanon
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Mehmet Oktav Turkey101
2Luigi Campanella Italy112
3Olle Anderberg Sweden033
3Ferenc Tóth Hungary123
3Georg Weidner Austria303
6El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil Egypt404
6Egil Solsvik Norway314
6Safi Taha Lebanon134
6Erkki Talosela Finland404
10Antoine Merle France336
11Henk Dijk Netherlands437
11Antonios Gryllos Greece437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Olle Anderberg SwedenFallErkki Talosela Finland
Mehmet Oktav TurkeyDecision, 3–0El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil Egypt
Luigi Campanella ItalyDecision, 3–0Safi Taha Lebanon
Ferenc Tóth HungaryFallEgil Solsvik Norway
Georg Weidner AustriaByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Mehmet Oktav Turkey112
2Olle Anderberg Sweden303
2Luigi Campanella Italy213
2Ferenc Tóth Hungary303
5Georg Weidner Austria303
6El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil Egypt437
6Egil Solsvik Norway437
6Safi Taha Lebanon437
6Erkki Talosela Finland437

Round 5

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mehmet Oktav TurkeyDecision, 2–1Georg Weidner Austria
Olle Anderberg SwedenFallLuigi Campanella Italy
Ferenc Tóth HungaryByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Olle Anderberg Sweden303
1Mehmet Oktav Turkey213
1Ferenc Tóth Hungary303
4Georg Weidner Austria325
5Luigi Campanella Italy336

Round 6

Of the three remaining wrestlers, Oktav had previously defeated Anderberg but Tóth had faced neither. Oktav received the bye in the sixth round. Anderberg beat Tóth, eliminating the latter. With two men who had already faced each left, previous head-to-head results were decisive and Oktav received the gold medal. (A Tóth victory over Anderberg in this round would have set up a seventh round pitting Tóth against Oktav.)

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Olle Anderberg SwedenFallFerenc Tóth Hungary
Mehmet Oktav TurkeyByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Mehmet Oktav Turkey303
Olle Anderberg Sweden303
Ferenc Tóth Hungary336

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 496.
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