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

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Men's freestyle lightweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates29–31 July
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Silver medal icon.svg Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1936
1952  

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. [1]

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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. [2]

Results

Round 1

Bechara withdrew during his bout. Pérez withdrew after his loss.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Bill Koll US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Mohamed Hassan Moussa Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt Decision, 3–0 Banta Singh Flag of India.svg  India
Tony Ries Sr. Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa Decision, 3–0 Ali Ghaffari State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Kim Seog-yeong Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea Retired Abou Rejaile Bechara Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Jan Cools Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Decision, 3–0 Israel Sánchez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 2–1 Sulo Leppänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Morgan Plumb Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada Decision, 3–0 Peter Luck Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Fall José Luis Pérez Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 László Bakos Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 000
1 Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 000
1 Kim Seog-yeong Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea 000
4 Jan Cools Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 011
4 Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 011
4 Mohamed Hassan Moussa Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 011
4 Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 011
4 Morgan Plumb Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 011
4 Tony Ries Sr. Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 011
10 Sulo Leppänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 022
11 László Bakos Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 033
11 Ali Ghaffari State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 033
11 Bill Koll US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 033
11 Peter Luck Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 033
11 Israel Sánchez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 033
11 Banta Singh Flag of India.svg  India 033
17 Abou Rejaile Bechara Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 033*
17 José Luis Pérez Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 033*

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Bill Koll US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Hassan Moussa Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt
Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Banta Singh Flag of India.svg  India
Ali Ghaffari State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran Fall Kim Seog-yeong Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea
Sulo Leppänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 3–0 Jan Cools Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Israel Sánchez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Decision, 3–0 Morgan Plumb Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
László Bakos Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Peter Luck Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fall Tony Ries Sr. Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 000
2 Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 011
2 Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 101
4 Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 112
5 Ali Ghaffari State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 303
5 Kim Seog-yeong Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea 033
5 Sulo Leppänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 213
8 László Bakos Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 314
8 Jan Cools Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 134
8 Mohamed Hassan Moussa Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 134
8 Bill Koll US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 314
8 Morgan Plumb Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 134
8 Tony Ries Sr. Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 134
14 Peter Luck Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 336
14 Israel Sánchez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 336
14 Banta Singh Flag of India.svg  India 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Jan Cools Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Sulo Leppänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 3–0 Morgan Plumb Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
László Bakos Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bill Koll US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Fall Ali Ghaffari State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Tony Ries Sr. Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Kim Seog-yeong Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Hassan Moussa Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt
Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 000
2 Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 101
3 Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 213
4 Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 134
4 Kim Seog-yeong Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea 314
4 Bill Koll US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 404
4 Sulo Leppänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 314
8 László Bakos Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 415
9 Ali Ghaffari State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran 336
10 Jan Cools Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 437
10 Mohamed Hassan Moussa Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 437
10 Morgan Plumb Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 437
10 Tony Ries Sr. Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Bill Koll US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Sulo Leppänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Kim Seog-yeong Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea
Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
2 Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 112
3 Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 404
3 Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 314
5 Bill Koll US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 426
6 Kim Seog-yeong Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  South Korea 437
6 Sulo Leppänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 437

Round 5

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
2 Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 213
3 Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 437
3 Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 437

Round 6

Baumann and Nizzola had each finished round 5 with 7 points and were eliminated, but faced off in a bronze medal bout won by Baumann. Atik defeated Frändfors to take the gold medal.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Decision, 3–0 Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Celal Atik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
Silver medal icon.svg Gösta Frändfors Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 213
Bronze medal icon.svg Hermann Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 718
4 Garibaldo Nizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7310

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 496.