1948 Summer Olympics / wrestling
| Wrestling at the XIV Summer Olympics |
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| venue |
 London
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| Competition venue | Harringay Arena |
| Nations | 29 |
| Athletes | 219 (219 men) |
| date | July 29 - August 6, 1948 |
| decisions | 16 |
| ← Berlin 1936 | |
At the XIV Olympic Games in London in 1948 , 16 wrestling competitions were held, eight each in freestyle and eight in Greco-Roman style. The venue was the Harringay Arena in the Harringay district . One weight class more than before was on the program.
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country |
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total |
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| 1 |
 Turkey
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6th | 4th | 1 | 11 |
| 2 |
 Sweden
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5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 |
 United States
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2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
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1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
| 5 |
 Finland
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6th |
 Italy
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1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 7th |
 Switzerland
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- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8th |
 Australia
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Egypt
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |
 Norway
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 11 |
 Denmark
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
 France
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
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Results freestyle
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FIN
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Lennart Viitala |
| 2 |
DOOR
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Halit Balamir |
| 3 |
SWE
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Thure Johansson |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} IRN
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Mansour Raisi |
| 5 |
FRA
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Pierre Baudric |
| 6th |
 IND
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Khashaba Jadhav |
| 7th |
United States
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Billy Jernigan |
| 8th |
GBR
|
Harry Parker |
Date: July 29th to 31st, 1948
11 participants from 11 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
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Nasuh Akar |
| 2 |
United States
|
Gerald Leeman |
| 3 |
FRA
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Charles Kouyos |
| 4th |
 BEL
|
Joseph Trimpont |
| 5 |
HUN
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Lajos Bencze |
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GBR
|
Raymond Cazaux | |
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SWE
|
Erik Persson | |
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EGY
|
Sayed Hafez Shehata |
Date: July 29th to 31st, 1948
15 participants from 15 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
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Gazanfer bilge |
| 2 |
SWE
|
Ivar Sjölin |
| 3 |
SUI
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Adolf Muller |
| 4th |
FIN
|
Paavo Hietala |
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HUN
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Ferenc Tóth | |
| 6th |
United States
|
Harold Moore |
| 7th |
BEL
|
Antoine Raeymaeckers |
| 8th |
EGY
|
Ibrahim Abdel Hamid |
Date: July 29th to 31st, 1948
17 participants from 17 countries
Lightweight (up to 67 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
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Celal Atik |
| 2 |
SWE
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Gösta Jönsson-Frändfors |
| 3 |
SUI
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Hermann Baumann |
| 4th |
ITA
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Garibaldo Nizzola |
| 5 |
United States
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Bill Koll |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} COR
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Kim Seog-yeong |
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FIN
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Sulo Leppänen | |
| 8th |
HUN
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László Bakos |
Date: July 29th to 31st, 1948
18 participants from 18 countries
Welter weight (up to 73 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
DOOR
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Yasar Dogu |
| 2 |
OUT
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Richard Garrard |
| 3 |
United States
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Leland Merrill |
| 4th |
FRA
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Jean-Baptiste Leclerc |
| 5 |
HUN
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Kálmán Sóvári |
| 6th |
SWE
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Frans Westergren |
| 7th |
SUI
|
Willy scared |
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COR
|
Hwang Byeong-gwan | |
.svg){kind=small} CAN
|
Harry Peace | |
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IRN
|
Abbas Zandi |
Date: July 29th to 31st, 1948
16 participants from 16 countries
Middle weight (up to 79 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
United States
|
Glen Brand |
| 2 |
DOOR
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Adil Candemir |
| 3 |
SWE
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Erik Lindén |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} RSA
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Calie Reitz |
| 5 |
FIN
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Paavo Sepponen |
| 6th |
FRA
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André Brunaud |
| 7th |
SUI
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Paul Datwyler |
| 8th |
CAN
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Maurice Vachon |
| 13 |
 AUT
|
Anton Vogel |
Date: July 29th to 31st, 1948
16 participants from 16 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
Henry Wittenberg |
| 2 |
SUI
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Fritz Stöckli |
| 3 |
SWE
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Bengt Fahlkvist |
| 4th |
CAN
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Fernand Payette |
| 5 |
DOOR
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Muharrem Candaş |
| 6th |
RSA
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Patrick Morton |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} GRE
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Spyros Defteraios |
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BEL
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Karel Istaz | |
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GBR
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Johnny Sullivan | |
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ITA
|
Oscar Verona |
Date: July 29th to 31st, 1948
15 participants from 15 countries
Heavy weight (over 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
HUN
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Gyula Bóbis |
| 2 |
SWE
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Bertil Antonsson |
| 3 |
OUT
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Joseph Armstrong |
| 4th |
DOOR
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Sadik Esen |
| 5 |
IRN
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Abdul Ghasem Sahkdari |
 TCH
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Josef Růžička | |
| 7th |
United States
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Richard Hutton |
| 8th |
GBR
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Fred Oberlander |
| 9 |
SUI
|
Willy Lardon |
Date: July 29th to 31st, 1948
9 participants from 9 countries
Results Greco-Roman style
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
ITA
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Pietro Lombardi |
| 2 |
DOOR
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Kenan Olcay |
| 3 |
FIN
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Reino Kangasmäki |
| 4th |
SWE
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Malte Möller |
| 5 |
HUN
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Gyula Szilágyi |
| 6th |
NOR
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Frithjof Clausen |
| 7th |
EGY
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Mohamed Abdel-El |
 ARG
|
Manuel Varela |
Date: 3rd to 6th August 1948
13 participants from 13 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
SWE
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Kurt Pettersén |
| 2 |
EGY
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Ali Mahmud Hassan |
| 3 |
DOOR
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Halil Kaya |
| 4th |
FIN
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Taisto Lempinen |
| 5 |
ARG
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Elvidio Flamini |
| 6th |
HUN
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Lajos Bencze |
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NOR
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Reidar Merli | |
| 8th |
GRE
|
Nikolaos Biris |
Date: 3rd to 6th August 1948
13 participants from 13 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
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Mehmet octave |
| 2 |
SWE
|
Olle Anderberg |
| 3 |
HUN
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Ferenc Tóth |
| 4th |
AUT
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Georg Weidner |
| 5 |
ITA
|
Luigi Campanella |
| 6th |
NOR
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Egil Solsvik |
 LIB
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Safi Taha | |
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FIN
|
Erkki Talosela |
Date: 3rd to 6th August 1948
17 participants from 17 countries
Lightweight (up to 67 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
SWE
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Gustav Freij |
| 2 |
NOR
|
Aage Eriksen |
| 3 |
HUN
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Károly Ferencz |
| 4th |
LIB
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Charif Damage |
| 5 |
 NED
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Johannes Munnikes |
| 6th |
DOOR
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Ahmet Senol |
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GRE
|
Georgios Petmezas | |
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FIN
|
Eero Virtanen | |
| 16 |
SUI
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Alfred Jauch |
Date: 3rd to 6th August 1948
17 participants from 17 countries
Welter weight (up to 73 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
SWE
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Gosta Andersson |
| 2 |
HUN
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Miklós Szilvási |
| 3 |
THE
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Henrik Hansen |
| 4th |
FRA
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René Chesneau |
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FIN
|
Veikko Männikkö | |
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AUT
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Josef Schmidt | |
| 7th |
NOR
|
Bjorn Cook |
| 8th |
ITA
|
Luigi Rigamonti |
| 13 |
SUI
|
Robert Diggelmann |
Date: 3rd to 6th August 1948
16 participants from 16 countries
Middle weight (up to 79 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SWE
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Axel Groenberg |
| 2 |
DOOR
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Muhlis Tayfur |
| 3 |
ITA
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Ercole Gallegati |
| 4th |
BEL
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Jean-Baptiste Benoy |
| 5 |
NOR
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Kaare Larsen |
| 6th |
FIN
|
Juho Kinnunen |
| 7th |
HUN
|
Gyula Németi |
| 8th |
SUI
|
Ernst Kolb |
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AUT
|
Anton Vogel |
Date: 3rd to 6th August 1948
13 participants from 13 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SWE
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Karl-Erik Nilsson |
| 2 |
FIN
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Kelpo Grondahl |
| 3 |
EGY
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Ibrahim Orabi |
| 4th |
HUN
|
Gyula Kovács |
| 5 |
GBR
|
Kenneth Richmond |
| 6th |
THE
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Erling Stuer Lauridsen |
| 7th |
AUT
|
Peter Enzinger |
| 8th |
BEL
|
Karel Istaz |
| 11 |
SUI
|
Albin Dannacher |
Date: August 3 to 6, 1948
14 participants from 14 countries
Heavy weight (over 87 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
DOOR
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Ahmet Kireççi |
| 2 |
SWE
|
Gate Nilsson |
| 3 |
ITA
|
Guido Fantoni |
| 4th |
FIN
|
Taisto Kangasniemi |
| 5 |
HUN
|
József Tarányi |
| 6th |
SUI
|
Moritz Inderbitzin |
| 7th |
ARG
|
Ernesto Noya |
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GBR
|
Len Pidduck | |
| 9 |
TCH
|
Josef Růžička |
Date: 3rd to 6th August 1948
9 participants from 9 countries
Web links
- Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1948 Summer Games (PDF, 30.9 MB)
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