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

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Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates3–6 August
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Bronze medal icon.svg Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1936
1952  

The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 lb). [2]

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. [3]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fall Abbas Ahmad Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt
Juho Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 2–1 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Klaas de Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fall Alberto Bolzi Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
Anton Vogel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Fall Stan Bissell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Fall Ernst Kolb Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 000
1 Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 000
1 Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 000
1 Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 000
1 Anton Vogel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 000
6 Juho Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 011
6 Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
8 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 022
9 Abbas Ahmad Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 033
9 Alberto Bolzi Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 033
9 Stan Bissell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 033
9 Klaas de Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 033
9 Ernst Kolb Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Juho Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Abbas Ahmad Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt
Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Fall Klaas de Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Alberto Bolzi Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Anton Vogel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Fall Stan Bissell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Ernst Kolb Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 000
2 Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 011
2 Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 011
2 Juho Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 101
2 Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
6 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 202
7 Ernst Kolb Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 303
7 Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 033
7 Anton Vogel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 033
10 Abbas Ahmad Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 336
10 Alberto Bolzi Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 336
10 Stan Bissell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 336
10 Klaas de Groot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Fall Ernst Kolb Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fall Juho Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Fall Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Anton Vogel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 000
2 Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 101
2 Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
4 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 202
5 Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 303
6 Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 134
6 Juho Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 134
8 Ernst Kolb Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 336
8 Anton Vogel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 336

Round 4

Kinnunen took 6th place over Németi based on head-to-head results from the first round.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Decision, 3–0 Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Juho Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 3–0 Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 112
2 Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 033
3 Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 404
3 Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 314
3 Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 134
6 Juho Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 415
7 Gyula Németi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 235

Round 5

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fall Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 202
2 Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 404
Bronze medal icon.svg Ercole Gallegati Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 415
4 Jean-Baptiste Benoy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 336
5 Kaare Larsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 437

Round 6

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Axel Grönberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 213
Silver medal icon.svg Muhlis Tayfur Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 437

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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. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms.

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The men's Greco-Roman welterweight 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. Welterweight is the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms.

The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 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. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 79 to 87 kilograms.

The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 3 to 6 August at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms (191.8 lb).

The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).

The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52 to 57 kilograms.

The men's freestyle featherweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms.

The men's freestyle lightweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms.

The men's freestyle welterweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms.

The men's freestyle middleweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms.

The men's freestyle light heavyweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 79 to 87 kilograms.

The men's freestyle heavyweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms (191.8 lb).

The men's Greco-Roman middleweight competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki took place from 24 July to 27 July at Messuhalli. Nations were limited to one competitor.

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The men's Greco-Roman middleweight competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne took place from 3 December to 6 December at the Royal Exhibition Building. Nations were limited to one competitor.

The men's Greco-Roman middleweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 26 to 31 August at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. Official Report 1951, p. 502.
  3. Official Report 1951, p. 496.

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