Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre |
Dates | 29 July – 6 August |
Competitors | 219 from 29 nations |
Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Fly | men |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
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 table[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Turkey (TUR) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
2 | Sweden (SWE) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Medal summary[edit]
Freestyle[edit]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight | Lenni Viitala Finland | Halit Balamir Turkey | Thure Johansson Sweden |
Bantamweight | Nasuh Akar Turkey | Gerald Leeman United States | Charles Kouyos France |
Featherweight | Gazanfer Bilge Turkey | Ivar Sjölin Sweden | Adolf Müller Switzerland |
Lightweight | Celal Atik Turkey | Gösta Frändfors Sweden | Hermann Baumann Switzerland |
Welterweight | Yaşar Doğu Turkey | Dick Garrard Australia | Leland Merrill United States |
Middleweight | Glen Brand United States | Adil Candemir Turkey | Erik Lindén Sweden |
Light Heavyweight | Henry Wittenberg United States | Fritz Stöckli Switzerland | Bengt Fahlqvist Sweden |
Heavyweight | Gyula Bóbis Hungary | Bertil Antonsson Sweden | Joseph Armstrong Australia |
Greco-Roman[edit]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight | Pietro Lombardi Italy | Kenan Olcay Turkey | Reino Kangasmäki Finland |
Bantamweight | Kurt Pettersén Sweden | Mahmoud Hassan Egypt | Halil Kaya Turkey |
Featherweight | Mehmet Oktav Turkey | Olle Anderberg Sweden | Ferenc Tóth Hungary |
Lightweight | Gustav Freij Sweden | Aage Eriksen Norway | Károly Ferencz Hungary |
Welterweight | Gösta Andersson Sweden | Miklós Szilvási Hungary | Henrik Hansen Denmark |
Middleweight | Axel Grönberg Sweden | Muhlis Tayfur Turkey | Ercole Gallegati Italy |
Light Heavyweight | Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden | Kelpo Gröndahl Finland | Ibrahim Orabi Egypt |
Heavyweight | Ahmet Kireççi Turkey | Tor Nilsson Sweden | Guido Fantoni Italy |
Participating nations[edit]
A total of 219 wrestlers from 29 nations competed at the London Games:[1]
- Argentina (8)
- Australia (4)
- Austria (5)
- Belgium (9)
- Canada (6)
- Cuba (3)
- Czechoslovakia (3)
- Denmark (5)
- Egypt (13)
- Finland (15)
- France (11)
- Great Britain (16)
- Greece (5)
- Hungary (12)
- India (6)
- Italy (11)
- South Korea (4)
- Lebanon (5)
- Luxembourg (2)
- Mexico (4)
- Netherlands (4)
- Norway (6)
- Philippines (1)
- South Africa (3)
- Sweden (16)
- Switzerland (12)
- Turkey (16)
- United States (8)[2]
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[edit]
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD". I. 1951: 76. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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External links[edit]
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.