Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Venue | Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre |
Dates | 29 July – 6 August |
Competitors | 219 from 29 nations |
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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 table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Medal summary
Freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight details | Lenni Viitala![]() | Halit Balamir![]() | Thure Johansson![]() |
Bantamweight details | Nasuh Akar![]() | Gerald Leeman![]() | Charles Kouyos![]() |
Featherweight details | Gazanfer Bilge![]() | Ivar Sjölin![]() | Adolf Müller![]() |
Lightweight details | Celal Atik![]() | Gösta Frändfors![]() | Hermann Baumann![]() |
Welterweight details | Yaşar Doğu![]() | Dick Garrard![]() | Leland Merrill![]() |
Middleweight details | Glen Brand![]() | Adil Candemir![]() | Erik Lindén![]() |
Light Heavyweight details | Henry Wittenberg![]() | Fritz Stöckli![]() | Bengt Fahlqvist![]() |
Heavyweight details | Gyula Bóbis![]() | Bertil Antonsson![]() | Joseph Armstrong![]() |
Greco-Roman
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight details | Pietro Lombardi![]() | Kenan Olcay![]() | Reino Kangasmäki![]() |
Bantamweight details | Kurt Pettersén![]() | Mahmoud Hassan![]() | Halil Kaya![]() |
Featherweight details | Mehmet Oktav![]() | Olle Anderberg![]() | Ferenc Tóth![]() |
Lightweight details | Gustav Freij![]() | Aage Eriksen![]() | Károly Ferencz![]() |
Welterweight details | Gösta Andersson![]() | Miklós Szilvási![]() | Henrik Hansen![]() |
Middleweight details | Axel Grönberg![]() | Muhlis Tayfur![]() | Ercole Gallegati![]() |
Light Heavyweight details | Karl-Erik Nilsson![]() | Kelpo Gröndahl![]() | Ibrahim Orabi![]() |
Heavyweight details | Ahmet Kireççi![]() | Tor Nilsson![]() | Guido Fantoni![]() |
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.
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See also
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
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.
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External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
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