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

The men's Greco-Roman flyweight 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 flyweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates3–6 August
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Pietro Lombardi  Italy
Kenan Olcay  Turkey
Reino Kangasmäki  Finland

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
Malte Möller SwedenWithdrewAdolphe Lamot Belgium
Edmond Faure FranceDecision, 2–1Abdallah Sidani Lebanon
Gyula Szilágyi HungaryFallManuel Varela Argentina
Mohamed Abdel-El EgyptFallWalter McGuffie Great Britain
Kenan Olcay TurkeyDecision, 3–0Frithjof Clausen Norway
Pietro Lombardi ItalyDecision, 3–0Svend Aage Thomsen Denmark
Reino Kangasmäki FinlandByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Mohamed Abdel-El Egypt000
1Reino Kangasmäki Finland000
1Malte Möller Sweden000
1Gyula Szilágyi Hungary000
5Edmond Faure France011
5Pietro Lombardi Italy011
5Kenan Olcay Turkey011
8Abdallah Sidani Lebanon022
9Manuel Varela Argentina033
9Walter McGuffie Great Britain033
9Frithjof Clausen Norway033
9Svend Aage Thomsen Denmark033
13Adolphe Lamot Belgium033*

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Reino Kangasmäki FinlandDecision, 2–1Malte Möller Sweden
Gyula Szilágyi HungaryDecision, 3–0Edmond Faure France
Manuel Varela ArgentinaFallAbdallah Sidani Lebanon
Frithjof Clausen NorwayFallWalter McGuffie Great Britain
Pietro Lombardi ItalyFallMohamed Abdel-El Egypt
Kenan Olcay TurkeyDecision, 3–0Svend Aage Thomsen Denmark
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Reino Kangasmäki Finland011
1Pietro Lombardi Italy101
1Gyula Szilágyi Hungary011
4Malte Möller Sweden022
4Kenan Olcay Turkey112
6Mohamed Abdel-El Egypt033
6Frithjof Clausen Norway303
6Manuel Varela Argentina303
9Edmond Faure France134
10Abdallah Sidani Lebanon235
11Walter McGuffie Great Britain336
11Svend Aage Thomsen Denmark336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Reino Kangasmäki FinlandFallEdmond Faure France
Malte Möller SwedenDecision, 2–1Gyula Szilágyi Hungary
Frithjof Clausen NorwayDecision, 3–0Manuel Varela Argentina
Kenan Olcay TurkeyFallMohamed Abdel-El Egypt
Pietro Lombardi ItalyByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Reino Kangasmäki Finland101
1Pietro Lombardi Italy101
3Kenan Olcay Turkey202
4Malte Möller Sweden213
4Gyula Szilágyi Hungary123
6Frithjof Clausen Norway314
7Mohamed Abdel-El Egypt336
7Manuel Varela Argentina336
9Edmond Faure France437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro Lombardi ItalyDecision, 3–0Reino Kangasmäki Finland
Malte Möller SwedenFallFrithjof Clausen Norway
Gyula Szilágyi HungaryDecision, 2–1Kenan Olcay Turkey
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Pietro Lombardi Italy112
2Malte Möller Sweden303
3Reino Kangasmäki Finland134
3Kenan Olcay Turkey224
3Gyula Szilágyi Hungary314
6Frithjof Clausen Norway437

Round 5

The Official Report gives final rankings for the top 6 wrestlers. It is not clear why Kangasmäki received the bronze. Of the three men eliminated in this round, each was 1–1 against the others (Szilágyi defeated Kangasmäki, who defeated Möller, who defeated Szilágyi). Szilágyi had the fewest bad points, at 5 to the other two wrestlers' 6. Szilágyi was also 4–1 overall, compared to Kangasmäki's 2–2 and Möller's 3–2. Sports-Reference says that Kangasmäki took bronze based on the victory over Möller, but does not explain Szilágyi finishing 5th.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro Lombardi ItalyDecision, 3–0Malte Möller Sweden
Gyula Szilágyi HungaryDecision, 2–1Reino Kangasmäki Finland
Kenan Olcay TurkeyByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Pietro Lombardi Italy213
2Kenan Olcay Turkey404
Reino Kangasmäki Finland426
4Malte Möller Sweden336
5Gyula Szilágyi Hungary415

Round 6

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro Lombardi ItalyDecision, 2–1Kenan Olcay Turkey
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Pietro Lombardi Italy314
Kenan Olcay Turkey426

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, 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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