Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight

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Men's freestyle flyweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates29–31 July
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Bronze medal icon.svg Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1904
1952  

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. [1] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb). [2]

This freestyle 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
Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt
Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 2–1 Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Billy Jernigan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Decision, 3–0 Mansour Raisi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Roland Baudric Flag of France.svg  France Decision, 2–1 Adolphe Lamot Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Khashaba Jadhav Flag of India.svg  India Decision, 3–0 Bert Harris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Harry Parker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Harry Parker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 000
2 Roland Baudric Flag of France.svg  France 011
2 Khashaba Jadhav Flag of India.svg  India 011
2 Billy Jernigan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 011
2 Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 011
2 Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 011
7 Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 022
7 Adolphe Lamot Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 022
9 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 033
9 Bert Harris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 033
9 Mansour Raisi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fall Harry Parker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Roland Baudric Flag of France.svg  France
Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Adolphe Lamot Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Mansour Raisi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Fall Bert Harris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Khashaba Jadhav Flag of India.svg  India Decision, 3–0 Billy Jernigan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
N/AN/AOver weight Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 101
1 Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 101
3 Khashaba Jadhav Flag of India.svg  India 112
4 Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 213
4 Harry Parker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 033
4 Mansour Raisi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 303
7 Roland Baudric Flag of France.svg  France 134
7 Billy Jernigan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 134
9 Adolphe Lamot Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 235
10 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 336
10 Bert Harris Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Roland Baudric Flag of France.svg  France Retired Harry Parker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 3–0 Billy Jernigan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Mansour Raisi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Fall Khashaba Jadhav Flag of India.svg  India
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 112
2 Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 303
2 Mansour Raisi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 303
4 Roland Baudric Flag of France.svg  France 404
4 Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 134
6 Khashaba Jadhav Flag of India.svg  India 235
7 Harry Parker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 336
8 Billy Jernigan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fall Roland Baudric Flag of France.svg  France
Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Mansour Raisi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 202
2 Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 314
2 Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 404
4 Mansour Raisi State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 336
5 Roland Baudric Flag of France.svg  France 437

Round 5

By the fifth round, three wrestlers were left. Viitala had already defeated Balamir, in round 1, and Balamir had previously defeated Johansson, in round 3. Thus, the only possible match left was Viitala against Johansson. Viitala won to secure the gold medal, with Balamir receiving silver (despite not reaching 5 points) due to the previous head-to-head result against Viitala.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Lennart Viitala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 202
Silver medal icon.svg Halit Balamir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 404
Bronze medal icon.svg Thure Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 437

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. Official Report 1951, p. 505.
  3. Official Report 1951, p. 496.

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