Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight

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Men's freestyle lightweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates29–31 July
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Celal Atik  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gösta Frändfors  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hermann Baumann  Switzerland
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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]

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
Celal Atik  Turkey Fall Bill Koll  United States
Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt Decision, 3–0 Banta Singh  India
Tony Ries Sr.  South Africa Decision, 3–0 Ali Ghaffari  Iran
Kim Seog-yeong  South Korea Retired Abou Rejaile Bechara  Lebanon
Jan Cools  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Israel Sánchez  Cuba
Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy Decision, 2–1 Sulo Leppänen  Finland
Morgan Plumb  Canada Decision, 3–0 Peter Luck  Great Britain
Hermann Baumann  Switzerland Fall José Luis Pérez  Mexico
Gösta Frändfors  Sweden Decision, 3–0 László Bakos  Hungary
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Celal Atik  Turkey 0 0 0
1 Hermann Baumann  Switzerland 0 0 0
1 Kim Seog-yeong  South Korea 0 0 0
4 Jan Cools  Belgium 0 1 1
4 Gösta Frändfors  Sweden 0 1 1
4 Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt 0 1 1
4 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 0 1 1
4 Morgan Plumb  Canada 0 1 1
4 Tony Ries Sr.  South Africa 0 1 1
10 Sulo Leppänen  Finland 0 2 2
11 László Bakos  Hungary 0 3 3
11 Ali Ghaffari  Iran 0 3 3
11 Bill Koll  United States 0 3 3
11 Peter Luck  Great Britain 0 3 3
11 Israel Sánchez  Cuba 0 3 3
11 Banta Singh  India 0 3 3
17 Abou Rejaile Bechara  Lebanon 0 3 3*
17 José Luis Pérez  Mexico 0 3 3*

Round 2[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Bill Koll  United States Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt
Celal Atik  Turkey Fall Banta Singh  India
Ali Ghaffari  Iran Fall Kim Seog-yeong  South Korea
Sulo Leppänen  Finland Decision, 3–0 Jan Cools  Belgium
Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy Decision, 3–0 Israel Sánchez  Cuba
Hermann Baumann  Switzerland Decision, 3–0 Morgan Plumb  Canada
László Bakos  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Peter Luck  Great Britain
Gösta Frändfors  Sweden Fall Tony Ries Sr.  South Africa
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Celal Atik  Turkey 0 0 0
2 Hermann Baumann  Switzerland 0 1 1
2 Gösta Frändfors  Sweden 1 0 1
4 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 1 1 2
5 Ali Ghaffari  Iran 3 0 3
5 Kim Seog-yeong  South Korea 0 3 3
5 Sulo Leppänen  Finland 2 1 3
8 László Bakos  Hungary 3 1 4
8 Jan Cools  Belgium 1 3 4
8 Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt 1 3 4
8 Bill Koll  United States 3 1 4
8 Morgan Plumb  Canada 1 3 4
8 Tony Ries Sr.  South Africa 1 3 4
14 Peter Luck  Great Britain 3 3 6
14 Israel Sánchez  Cuba 3 3 6
14 Banta Singh  India 3 3 6

Round 3[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy Decision, 3–0 Jan Cools  Belgium
Sulo Leppänen  Finland Decision, 3–0 Morgan Plumb  Canada
László Bakos  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Hermann Baumann  Switzerland
Bill Koll  United States Fall Ali Ghaffari  Iran
Celal Atik  Turkey Fall Tony Ries Sr.  South Africa
Kim Seog-yeong  South Korea Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt
Gösta Frändfors  Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Celal Atik  Turkey 0 0 0
2 Gösta Frändfors  Sweden 1 0 1
3 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 2 1 3
4 Hermann Baumann  Switzerland 1 3 4
4 Kim Seog-yeong  South Korea 3 1 4
4 Bill Koll  United States 4 0 4
4 Sulo Leppänen  Finland 3 1 4
8 László Bakos  Hungary 4 1 5
9 Ali Ghaffari  Iran 3 3 6
10 Jan Cools  Belgium 4 3 7
10 Mohamed Hassan Moussa  Egypt 4 3 7
10 Morgan Plumb  Canada 4 3 7
10 Tony Ries Sr.  South Africa 4 3 7

Round 4[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gösta Frändfors  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Bill Koll  United States
Celal Atik  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Sulo Leppänen  Finland
Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy Decision, 3–0 Kim Seog-yeong  South Korea
Hermann Baumann  Switzerland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Celal Atik  Turkey 0 1 1
2 Gösta Frändfors  Sweden 1 1 2
3 Hermann Baumann  Switzerland 4 0 4
3 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 3 1 4
5 Bill Koll  United States 4 2 6
6 Kim Seog-yeong  South Korea 4 3 7
6 Sulo Leppänen  Finland 4 3 7

Round 5[]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gösta Frändfors  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Hermann Baumann  Switzerland
Celal Atik  Turkey Fall Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Celal Atik  Turkey 1 0 1
2 Gösta Frändfors  Sweden 2 1 3
3 Hermann Baumann  Switzerland 4 3 7
3 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 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
Hermann Baumann  Switzerland Decision, 3–0 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy
Celal Atik  Turkey Fall Gösta Frändfors  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Celal Atik  Turkey 1 0 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gösta Frändfors  Sweden 2 1 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hermann Baumann  Switzerland 7 1 8
4 Garibaldo Nizzola  Italy 7 3 10

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 496.
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