Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight
The men's freestyle lightweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1]
Men's freestyle lightweight at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 29–31 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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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 |
This freestyle 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
Bechara withdrew during his bout. Pérez withdrew after his loss.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Celal Atik | ![]() | Fall | Bill Koll | ![]() |
Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Banta Singh | ![]() |
Tony Ries Sr. | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Ali Ghaffari | ![]() |
Kim Seog-yeong | ![]() | Retired | Abou Rejaile Bechara | ![]() |
Jan Cools | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Israel Sánchez | ![]() |
Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Sulo Leppänen | ![]() |
Morgan Plumb | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Peter Luck | ![]() |
Hermann Baumann | ![]() | Fall | José Luis Pérez | ![]() |
Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | László Bakos | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Celal Atik | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Hermann Baumann | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Kim Seog-yeong | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Jan Cools | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Morgan Plumb | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Tony Ries Sr. | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
10 | Sulo Leppänen | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | László Bakos | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Ali Ghaffari | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Bill Koll | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Peter Luck | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Israel Sánchez | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
11 | Banta Singh | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
17 | Abou Rejaile Bechara | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3* |
17 | José Luis Pérez | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3* |
Round 2
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Bill Koll | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() |
Celal Atik | ![]() | Fall | Banta Singh | ![]() |
Ali Ghaffari | ![]() | Fall | Kim Seog-yeong | ![]() |
Sulo Leppänen | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Jan Cools | ![]() |
Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Israel Sánchez | ![]() |
Hermann Baumann | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Morgan Plumb | ![]() |
László Bakos | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Peter Luck | ![]() |
Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | Fall | Tony Ries Sr. | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Celal Atik | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Hermann Baumann | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Ali Ghaffari | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Kim Seog-yeong | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 |
5 | Sulo Leppänen | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
8 | László Bakos | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Jan Cools | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Bill Koll | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Morgan Plumb | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
8 | Tony Ries Sr. | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
14 | Peter Luck | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Israel Sánchez | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
14 | Banta Singh | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Jan Cools | ![]() |
Sulo Leppänen | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Morgan Plumb | ![]() |
László Bakos | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Hermann Baumann | ![]() |
Bill Koll | ![]() | Fall | Ali Ghaffari | ![]() |
Celal Atik | ![]() | Fall | Tony Ries Sr. | ![]() |
Kim Seog-yeong | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() |
Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Celal Atik | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Hermann Baumann | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Kim Seog-yeong | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Bill Koll | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Sulo Leppänen | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
8 | László Bakos | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Ali Ghaffari | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Jan Cools | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
10 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
10 | Morgan Plumb | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
10 | Tony Ries Sr. | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | Decision, 2–1 | Bill Koll | ![]() |
Celal Atik | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Sulo Leppänen | ![]() |
Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Kim Seog-yeong | ![]() |
Hermann Baumann | ![]() | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Celal Atik | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Hermann Baumann | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Bill Koll | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Kim Seog-yeong | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
6 | Sulo Leppänen | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Hermann Baumann | ![]() |
Celal Atik | ![]() | Fall | Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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1 | Celal Atik | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Hermann Baumann | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 6
Baumann and Nizzola had each finished round 5 with 7 points and were eliminated, but faced off in a bronze medal bout won by Baumann. Atik defeated Frändfors to take the gold medal.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Hermann Baumann | ![]() | Decision, 3–0 | Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() |
Celal Atik | ![]() | Fall | Gösta Frändfors | ![]() |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
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![]() | Celal Atik | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | Gösta Frändfors | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | Hermann Baumann | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 8 |
4 | Garibaldo Nizzola | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 10 |
References
- "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- Official Report, p. 496.