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

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Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates3–6 August
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gustav Freij  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aage Eriksen  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Károly Ferencz  Hungary
← 1936
1952 →

The men's Greco-Roman lightweight 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]

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[]

Jauch withdrew during his match. Tuhý withdrew after his victory.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Giacomo Gesino  Italy Decision, 3–0 Frans Rombaut  Belgium
Károly Ferencz  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Aage Eriksen  Norway
Georgios Petmezas  Greece Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt
Charif Damage  Lebanon Fall Luis Rosado  Argentina
Abraham Kurland  Denmark Retired Alfred Jauch  Switzerland
Ahmet Şenol  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Albert Falaux  France
Gustav Freij  Sweden Fall Ray Myland  Great Britain
Václav Tuhý  Czechoslovakia Decision, 3–0 Eero Virtanen  Finland
Johannes Munnikes  Netherlands Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Charif Damage  Lebanon 0 0 0
1 Gustav Freij  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Abraham Kurland  Denmark 0 0 0
1 Johannes Munnikes  Netherlands 0 0 0
5 Károly Ferencz  Hungary 0 1 1
5 Giacomo Gesino  Italy 0 1 1
5 Georgios Petmezas  Greece 0 1 1
5 Ahmet Şenol  Turkey 0 1 1
9 Albert Falaux  France 0 2 2
10 Aage Eriksen  Norway 0 3 3
10 Ray Myland  Great Britain 0 3 3
10 Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt 0 3 3
10 Frans Rombaut  Belgium 0 3 3
10 Luis Rosado  Argentina 0 3 3
10 Eero Virtanen  Finland 0 3 3
16 Václav Tuhý  Czechoslovakia 0 1 1*
17 Alfred Jauch  Switzerland 0 3 3*

Round 2[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Johannes Munnikes  Netherlands Fall Frans Rombaut  Belgium
Aage Eriksen  Norway Decision, 2–1 Giacomo Gesino  Italy
Károly Ferencz  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt
Georgios Petmezas  Greece Fall Luis Rosado  Argentina
Charif Damage  Lebanon Decision, 3–0 Abraham Kurland  Denmark
Gustav Freij  Sweden Fall Albert Falaux  France
Ahmet Şenol  Turkey Fall Ray Myland  Great Britain
Eero Virtanen  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gustav Freij  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Johannes Munnikes  Netherlands 0 0 0
3 Charif Damage  Lebanon 0 1 1
3 Georgios Petmezas  Greece 1 0 1
3 Ahmet Şenol  Turkey 1 0 1
6 Károly Ferencz  Hungary 1 1 2
7 Giacomo Gesino  Italy 1 2 3
7 Abraham Kurland  Denmark 0 3 3
7 Eero Virtanen  Finland 3 0 3
10 Aage Eriksen  Norway 3 1 4
11 Albert Falaux  France 2 3 5
11 Mohamed Ahmed Osman  Egypt 3 2 5
13 Ray Myland  Great Britain 3 3 6
13 Frans Rombaut  Belgium 3 3 6
13 Luis Rosado  Argentina 3 3 6

Round 3[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Eero Virtanen  Finland Decision, 3–0 Johannes Munnikes  Netherlands
Károly Ferencz  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Giacomo Gesino  Italy
Aage Eriksen  Norway Declared Georgios Petmezas  Greece
Charif Damage  Lebanon Decision, 3–0 Ahmet Şenol  Turkey
Gustav Freij  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Abraham Kurland  Denmark
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gustav Freij  Sweden 0 1 1
2 Charif Damage  Lebanon 1 1 2
3 Károly Ferencz  Hungary 2 1 3
3 Johannes Munnikes  Netherlands 0 3 3
5 Aage Eriksen  Norway 4 0 4
5 Georgios Petmezas  Greece 1 3 4
5 Ahmet Şenol  Turkey 1 3 4
5 Eero Virtanen  Finland 3 1 4
9 Giacomo Gesino  Italy 3 2 5
9 Abraham Kurland  Denmark 3 2 5

Round 4[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Aage Eriksen  Norway Retired Eero Virtanen  Finland
Károly Ferencz  Hungary Fall Johannes Munnikes  Netherlands
Charif Damage  Lebanon Decision, 3–0 Georgios Petmezas  Greece
Gustav Freij  Sweden Fall Ahmet Şenol  Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Gustav Freij  Sweden 1 0 1
2 Charif Damage  Lebanon 2 1 3
2 Károly Ferencz  Hungary 3 0 3
4 Aage Eriksen  Norway 4 0 4
5 Johannes Munnikes  Netherlands 3 3 6
6 Georgios Petmezas  Greece 4 3 7
6 Ahmet Şenol  Turkey 4 3 7
6 Eero Virtanen  Finland 4 3 7

Round 5[]

Eriksen was eliminated despite winning, as the victory by decision gave him his fifth point. Freij was the only remaining wrestler with fewer than five, winning gold. Eriksen took silver. Ferencz and Damage each had six points, and had not previously faced each other, so a bronze medal match was staged.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gustav Freij  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Károly Ferencz  Hungary
Aage Eriksen  Norway Decision, 3–0 Charif Damage  Lebanon
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gustav Freij  Sweden 1 1 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aage Eriksen  Norway 4 1 5
3 Charif Damage  Lebanon 3 3 6
3 Károly Ferencz  Hungary 3 3 6

Bronze medal match[]

Ferencz took the bronze medal in a split decision.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Károly Ferencz  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Charif Damage  Lebanon
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Károly Ferencz  Hungary 6 1 7
4 Charif Damage  Lebanon 6 2 8

References[]

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