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

Event:Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Games:1948 Summer
Venue:Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates:3–6 August
Competitors:17
Nations:17
Gold:Gustav Freij
Goldnoc:SWE
Silver:Aage Eriksen
Silvernoc:NOR
Bronze:Károly Ferencz
Bronzenoc:HUN
Prev:1936
Next: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] Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62to.

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.

Results

Round 1

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

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Retired
Decision, 2–1
Fall
Decision, 3–0
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
5 0 1 1
5 0 1 1
5 0 1 1
5 0 1 1
9 0 2 2
10 0 3 3
10 0 3 3
10 0 3 3
10 0 3 3
10 0 3 3
10 0 3 3
16 0 1 1*
17 0 3 3*

Round 2

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fall
Decision, 2–1
Decision, 2–1
Fall
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Fall
Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
3 0 1 1
3 1 0 1
3 1 0 1
6 1 1 2
7 1 2 3
7 0 3 3
7 3 0 3
10 3 1 4
11 2 3 5
11 3 2 5
13 3 3 6
13 3 3 6
13 3 3 6

Round 3

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 2–1
Declared
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 2–1
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 0 1 1
2 1 1 2
3 2 1 3
3 0 3 3
5 4 0 4
5 1 3 4
5 1 3 4
5 3 1 4
9 3 2 5
9 3 2 5

Round 4

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Retired
Fall
Decision, 3–0
Fall
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 1 0 1
2 2 1 3
2 3 0 3
4 4 0 4
5 3 3 6
6 4 3 7
6 4 3 7
6 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
Decision, 3–0
Decision, 3–0
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 1 2
4 1 5
3 3 3 6
3 3 3 6

Bronze medal match

Ferencz took the bronze medal in a split decision.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Decision, 2–1
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
6 1 7
4 6 2 8

References

General

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132306/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/WRE/mens-lightweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 1 March 2019.