Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Wrestling
Games:	1948 Summer
Venue:	Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates:	29 July – 6 August
Competitors:	219
Nations:	29
Prev:	1936
Next:	1952

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 summary

Freestyle

Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight

Greco-Roman

Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight

Participating nations

A total of 219 wrestlers from 29 nations competed at the London Games:^[1]

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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.

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

External links

• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2006-12-05 .

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200428182715/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/WRE/ . dead . 28 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 1 March 2019.
2. THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD . 1951. I . 76. 22 September 2015.