Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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

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 summary[]

Greco-Roman[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Freestyle[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Participating nations[]

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.

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
8	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	1	2
10	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
11	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
11	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		16	16	16	48

References[]

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

External links[]

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

Coordinates: 51°33′20″N 0°16′47″W / 51.5556°N 0.2797°W / 51.5556; -0.2797

[SR-1] "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 requires |journal= (help)

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