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

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Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates3–6 August
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Axel Grönberg  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ercole Gallegati  Italy
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The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Fall Abbas Ahmad  Egypt
Juho Kinnunen  Finland Decision, 2–1 Gyula Németi  Hungary
Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Klaas de Groot  Netherlands
Ercole Gallegati  Italy Fall Alberto Bolzi  Argentina
Anton Vogel  Austria Fall Stan Bissell  Great Britain
Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium Fall Ernst Kolb  Switzerland
Kaare Larsen  Norway Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium 0 0 0
1 Ercole Gallegati  Italy 0 0 0
1 Axel Grönberg  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Kaare Larsen  Norway 0 0 0
1 Anton Vogel  Austria 0 0 0
6 Juho Kinnunen  Finland 0 1 1
6 Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey 0 1 1
8 Gyula Németi  Hungary 0 2 2
9 Abbas Ahmad  Egypt 0 3 3
9 Alberto Bolzi  Argentina 0 3 3
9 Stan Bissell  Great Britain 0 3 3
9 Klaas de Groot  Netherlands 0 3 3
9 Ernst Kolb  Switzerland 0 3 3

Round 2[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Kaare Larsen  Norway
Juho Kinnunen  Finland Fall Abbas Ahmad  Egypt
Gyula Németi  Hungary Fall Klaas de Groot  Netherlands
Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey Fall Alberto Bolzi  Argentina
Ercole Gallegati  Italy Decision, 3–0 Anton Vogel  Austria
Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium Fall Stan Bissell  Great Britain
Ernst Kolb  Switzerland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium 0 0 0
2 Ercole Gallegati  Italy 0 1 1
2 Axel Grönberg  Sweden 0 1 1
2 Juho Kinnunen  Finland 1 0 1
2 Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey 1 0 1
6 Gyula Németi  Hungary 2 0 2
7 Ernst Kolb  Switzerland 3 0 3
7 Kaare Larsen  Norway 0 3 3
7 Anton Vogel  Austria 0 3 3
10 Abbas Ahmad  Egypt 3 3 6
10 Alberto Bolzi  Argentina 3 3 6
10 Stan Bissell  Great Britain 3 3 6
10 Klaas de Groot  Netherlands 3 3 6

Round 3[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Kaare Larsen  Norway Fall Ernst Kolb  Switzerland
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Fall Juho Kinnunen  Finland
Gyula Németi  Hungary Fall Ercole Gallegati  Italy
Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey Fall Anton Vogel  Austria
Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium 0 0 0
2 Axel Grönberg  Sweden 1 0 1
2 Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey 1 0 1
4 Gyula Németi  Hungary 2 0 2
5 Kaare Larsen  Norway 3 0 3
6 Ercole Gallegati  Italy 1 3 4
6 Juho Kinnunen  Finland 1 3 4
8 Ernst Kolb  Switzerland 3 3 6
8 Anton Vogel  Austria 3 3 6

Round 4[]

Kinnunen took 6th place over Németi based on head-to-head results from the first round.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Kaare Larsen  Norway Decision, 3–0 Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Gyula Németi  Hungary
Juho Kinnunen  Finland Decision, 3–0 Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey
Ercole Gallegati  Italy Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Axel Grönberg  Sweden 1 1 2
2 Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium 0 3 3
3 Ercole Gallegati  Italy 4 0 4
3 Kaare Larsen  Norway 3 1 4
3 Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey 1 3 4
6 Juho Kinnunen  Finland 4 1 5
7 Gyula Németi  Hungary 2 3 5

Round 5[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Fall Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium
Ercole Gallegati  Italy Decision, 3–0 Kaare Larsen  Norway
Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Axel Grönberg  Sweden 2 0 2
2 Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey 4 0 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ercole Gallegati  Italy 4 1 5
4 Jean-Baptiste Benoy  Belgium 3 3 6
5 Kaare Larsen  Norway 4 3 7

Round 6[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Axel Grönberg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Axel Grönberg  Sweden 2 1 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Muhlis Tayfur  Turkey 4 3 7

References[]

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 496.
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