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

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Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
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 Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Bronze medal icon.svg Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
1952  

The men's Greco-Roman flyweight 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]

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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. [2]

Results

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Withdrew Adolphe Lamot Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Edmond Faure Flag of France.svg  France Decision, 2–1 Abdallah Sidani Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Fall Manuel Varela Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Mohamed Abdel-El Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt Fall Walter McGuffie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Frithjof Clausen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Svend Aage Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Mohamed Abdel-El Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 000
1 Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000
1 Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 000
1 Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 000
5 Edmond Faure Flag of France.svg  France 011
5 Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 011
5 Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 011
8 Abdallah Sidani Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 022
9 Manuel Varela Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 033
9 Walter McGuffie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 033
9 Frithjof Clausen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 033
9 Svend Aage Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 033
13 Adolphe Lamot Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 033*

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Decision, 2–1 Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Edmond Faure Flag of France.svg  France
Manuel Varela Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Fall Abdallah Sidani Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Frithjof Clausen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Fall Walter McGuffie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fall Mohamed Abdel-El Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt
Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Svend Aage Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 011
1 Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 101
1 Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 011
4 Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 022
4 Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 112
6 Mohamed Abdel-El Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 033
6 Frithjof Clausen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 303
6 Manuel Varela Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 303
9 Edmond Faure Flag of France.svg  France 134
10 Abdallah Sidani Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 235
11 Walter McGuffie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 336
11 Svend Aage Thomsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fall Edmond Faure Flag of France.svg  France
Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Frithjof Clausen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Decision, 3–0 Manuel Varela Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Fall Mohamed Abdel-El Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt
Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 101
1 Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 101
3 Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 202
4 Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 213
4 Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 123
6 Frithjof Clausen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 314
7 Mohamed Abdel-El Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 336
7 Manuel Varela Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 336
9 Edmond Faure Flag of France.svg  France 437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Fall Frithjof Clausen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 112
2 Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 303
3 Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 134
3 Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 224
3 Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 314
6 Frithjof Clausen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 437

Round 5

The Official Report gives final rankings for the top 6 wrestlers. It is not clear why Kangasmäki received the bronze. Of the three men eliminated in this round, each was 1–1 against the others (Szilágyi defeated Kangasmäki, who defeated Möller, who defeated Szilágyi). Szilágyi had the fewest bad points, at 5 to the other two wrestlers' 6. Szilágyi was also 4–1 overall, compared to Kangasmäki's 2–2 and Möller's 3–2. Sports-Reference says that Kangasmäki took bronze based on the victory over Möller, but does not explain Szilágyi finishing 5th.

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 3–0 Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey ByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1 Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 213
2 Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 404
Bronze medal icon.svg Reino Kangasmäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 426
4 Malte Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 336
5 Gyula Szilágyi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 415

Round 6

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Decision, 2–1 Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Pietro Lombardi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 314
Silver medal icon.svg Kenan Olcay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 426

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References

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