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

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Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates3–6 August
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mehmet Oktav  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olle Anderberg  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ferenc Tóth  Hungary
← 1936
1952 →

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.[1] Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms (125.7 to 136.7 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

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Erkki Talosela  Finland Decision, 3–0 El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil  Egypt
Henk Dijk  Netherlands Decision, 3–0 Omar Blebel  Argentina
Luigi Campanella  Italy Fall Antonios Gryllos  Greece
Egil Solsvik  Norway Decision, 3–0 Adolf Müller  Switzerland
Safi Taha  Lebanon Fall Raymond Strasser  Luxembourg
Ferenc Tóth  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Jan Stehlík  Czechoslovakia
Antoine Merle  France Fall Jack Mortimer  Great Britain
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Fall Georg Weidner  Austria
Mehmet Oktav  Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Luigi Campanella  Italy 0 0 0
1 Antoine Merle  France 0 0 0
1 Mehmet Oktav  Turkey 0 0 0
1 Safi Taha  Lebanon 0 0 0
6 Henk Dijk  Netherlands 0 1 1
6 Egil Solsvik  Norway 0 1 1
6 Erkki Talosela  Finland 0 1 1
6 Ferenc Tóth  Hungary 0 1 1
10 Jan Stehlík  Czechoslovakia 0 2 2
11 Omar Blebel  Argentina 0 3 3
11 Antonios Gryllos  Greece 0 3 3
11 El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil  Egypt 0 3 3
11 Jack Mortimer  Great Britain 0 3 3
11 Adolf Müller  Switzerland 0 3 3
11 Raymond Strasser  Luxembourg 0 3 3
11 Georg Weidner  Austria 0 3 3

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mehmet Oktav  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Erkki Talosela  Finland
El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil  Egypt Decision, 3–0 Henk Dijk  Netherlands
Antonios Gryllos  Greece Decision, 2–1 Omar Blebel  Argentina
Luigi Campanella  Italy Decision, 2–1 Egil Solsvik  Norway
Ferenc Tóth  Hungary Fall Jack Mortimer  Great Britain
Georg Weidner  Austria Fall Raymond Strasser  Luxembourg
Safi Taha  Lebanon Decision, 3–0 Antoine Merle  France
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Bye N/A N/A
N/A N/A Over weight Adolf Müller  Switzerland
N/A N/A Retired Jan Stehlík  Czechoslovakia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 0 0 0
2 Luigi Campanella  Italy 0 1 1
2 Mehmet Oktav  Turkey 0 1 1
2 Safi Taha  Lebanon 0 1 1
2 Ferenc Tóth  Hungary 1 0 1
6 Antoine Merle  France 0 3 3
6 Egil Solsvik  Norway 1 2 3
6 Georg Weidner  Austria 3 0 3
9 Henk Dijk  Netherlands 1 3 4
9 Antonios Gryllos  Greece 3 1 4
9 El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil  Egypt 3 1 4
9 Erkki Talosela  Finland 1 3 4
13 Omar Blebel  Argentina 3 2 5
13 Jan Stehlík  Czechoslovakia 2 3 5
15 Jack Mortimer  Great Britain 3 3 6
15 Adolf Müller  Switzerland 3 3 6
15 Raymond Strasser  Luxembourg 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mehmet Oktav  Turkey Fall Olle Anderberg  Sweden
Erkki Talosela  Finland Fall Henk Dijk  Netherlands
El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil  Egypt Fall Antonios Gryllos  Greece
Luigi Campanella  Italy Decision, 2–1 Ferenc Tóth  Hungary
Egil Solsvik  Norway Decision, 3–0 Antoine Merle  France
Georg Weidner  Austria Fall Safi Taha  Lebanon
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mehmet Oktav  Turkey 1 0 1
2 Luigi Campanella  Italy 1 1 2
3 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 0 3 3
3 Ferenc Tóth  Hungary 1 2 3
3 Georg Weidner  Austria 3 0 3
6 El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil  Egypt 4 0 4
6 Egil Solsvik  Norway 3 1 4
6 Safi Taha  Lebanon 1 3 4
6 Erkki Talosela  Finland 4 0 4
10 Antoine Merle  France 3 3 6
11 Henk Dijk  Netherlands 4 3 7
11 Antonios Gryllos  Greece 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Fall Erkki Talosela  Finland
Mehmet Oktav  Turkey Decision, 3–0 El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil  Egypt
Luigi Campanella  Italy Decision, 3–0 Safi Taha  Lebanon
Ferenc Tóth  Hungary Fall Egil Solsvik  Norway
Georg Weidner  Austria Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mehmet Oktav  Turkey 1 1 2
2 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 3 0 3
2 Luigi Campanella  Italy 2 1 3
2 Ferenc Tóth  Hungary 3 0 3
5 Georg Weidner  Austria 3 0 3
6 El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil  Egypt 4 3 7
6 Egil Solsvik  Norway 4 3 7
6 Safi Taha  Lebanon 4 3 7
6 Erkki Talosela  Finland 4 3 7

Round 5

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Mehmet Oktav  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Georg Weidner  Austria
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Fall Luigi Campanella  Italy
Ferenc Tóth  Hungary Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Olle Anderberg  Sweden 3 0 3
1 Mehmet Oktav  Turkey 2 1 3
1 Ferenc Tóth  Hungary 3 0 3
4 Georg Weidner  Austria 3 2 5
5 Luigi Campanella  Italy 3 3 6

Round 6

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Of the three remaining wrestlers, Oktav had previously defeated Anderberg but Tóth had faced neither. Oktav received the bye in the sixth round. Anderberg beat Tóth, eliminating the latter. With two men who had already faced each left, previous head-to-head results were decisive and Oktav received the gold medal. (A Tóth victory over Anderberg in this round would have set up a seventh round pitting Tóth against Oktav.)

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Olle Anderberg  Sweden Fall Ferenc Tóth  Hungary
Mehmet Oktav  Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mehmet Oktav  Turkey 3 0 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olle Anderberg  Sweden 3 0 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ferenc Tóth  Hungary 3 3 6

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report 1951, p. 499.
  3. ^ Official Report 1951, p. 496.

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