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

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Games:	1948 Summer
Venue:	Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates:	3–6 August
Competitors:	17
Nations:	17
Gold:	Mehmet Oktav
Goldnoc:	TUR
Silver:	Olle Anderberg
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Ferenc Tóth
Bronzenoc:	HUN
Prev:	1936
Next:	1952

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight 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] Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57to.

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

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision, 3–0
		Decision, 3–0
		Fall
		Decision, 3–0
		Fall
		Decision, 2–1
		Fall
		Fall
		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
1			0	0	0
6			0	1	1
6			0	1	1
6			0	1	1
6			0	1	1
10			0	2	2
11			0	3	3
11			0	3	3
11			0	3	3
11			0	3	3
11			0	3	3
11			0	3	3
11			0	3	3

Round 2

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision, 3–0
		Decision, 3–0
		Decision, 2–1
		Decision, 2–1
		Fall
		Fall
		Decision, 3–0
		Bye	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	Over weight
N/A	N/A	Retired

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1			0	0	0
2			0	1	1
2			0	1	1
2			0	1	1
2			1	0	1
6			0	3	3
6			1	2	3
6			3	0	3
9			1	3	4
9			3	1	4
9			3	1	4
9			1	3	4
13			3	2	5
13			2	3	5
15			3	3	6
15			3	3	6
15			3	3	6

Round 3

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Fall
		Fall
		Fall
		Decision, 2–1
		Decision, 3–0
		Fall

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1			1	0	1
2			1	1	2
3			0	3	3
3			1	2	3
3			3	0	3
6			4	0	4
6			3	1	4
6			1	3	4
6			4	0	4
10			3	3	6
11			4	3	7
11			4	3	7

Round 4

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Fall
		Decision, 3–0
		Decision, 3–0
		Fall
		Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1			1	1	2
2			3	0	3
2			2	1	3
2			3	0	3
5			3	0	3
6			4	3	7
6			4	3	7
6			4	3	7
6			4	3	7

Round 5

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Decision, 2–1
		Fall
		Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1			3	0	3
1			2	1	3
1			3	0	3
4			3	2	5
5			3	3	6

Round 6

Of the three remaining wrestlers, Oktav had previously defeated Anderberg but Tóth had faced neither. Oktav received the bye in the sixth round. Anderberg beat Tóth, eliminating the latter. With two men who had already faced each left, previous head-to-head results were decisive and Oktav received the gold medal. (A Tóth victory over Anderberg in this round would have set up a seventh round pitting Tóth against Oktav.)

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
		Fall
		Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
			3	0	3
			3	0	3
			3	3	6

References

General

Book: 1948 . 1951 . The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad . London . 18 August 2024 . .

Notes and References

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