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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
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates3–6 August
Competitors13 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pietro Lombardi  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kenan Olcay  Turkey
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Reino Kangasmäki  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] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 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
Malte Möller  Sweden Withdrew Adolphe Lamot  Belgium
Edmond Faure  France Decision, 2–1 Abdallah Sidani  Lebanon
Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary Fall Manuel Varela  Argentina
Mohamed Abdel-El  Egypt Fall Walter McGuffie  Great Britain
Kenan Olcay  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Frithjof Clausen  Norway
Pietro Lombardi  Italy Decision, 3–0 Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark
Reino Kangasmäki  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Mohamed Abdel-El  Egypt 0 0 0
1 Reino Kangasmäki  Finland 0 0 0
1 Malte Möller  Sweden 0 0 0
1 Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary 0 0 0
5 Edmond Faure  France 0 1 1
5 Pietro Lombardi  Italy 0 1 1
5 Kenan Olcay  Turkey 0 1 1
8 Abdallah Sidani  Lebanon 0 2 2
9 Manuel Varela  Argentina 0 3 3
9 Walter McGuffie  Great Britain 0 3 3
9 Frithjof Clausen  Norway 0 3 3
9 Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark 0 3 3
13 Adolphe Lamot  Belgium 0 3 3*

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Reino Kangasmäki  Finland Decision, 2–1 Malte Möller  Sweden
Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Edmond Faure  France
Manuel Varela  Argentina Fall Abdallah Sidani  Lebanon
Frithjof Clausen  Norway Fall Walter McGuffie  Great Britain
Pietro Lombardi  Italy Fall Mohamed Abdel-El  Egypt
Kenan Olcay  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Reino Kangasmäki  Finland 0 1 1
1 Pietro Lombardi  Italy 1 0 1
1 Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary 0 1 1
4 Malte Möller  Sweden 0 2 2
4 Kenan Olcay  Turkey 1 1 2
6 Mohamed Abdel-El  Egypt 0 3 3
6 Frithjof Clausen  Norway 3 0 3
6 Manuel Varela  Argentina 3 0 3
9 Edmond Faure  France 1 3 4
10 Abdallah Sidani  Lebanon 2 3 5
11 Walter McGuffie  Great Britain 3 3 6
11 Svend Aage Thomsen  Denmark 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Reino Kangasmäki  Finland Fall Edmond Faure  France
Malte Möller  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary
Frithjof Clausen  Norway Decision, 3–0 Manuel Varela  Argentina
Kenan Olcay  Turkey Fall Mohamed Abdel-El  Egypt
Pietro Lombardi  Italy Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Reino Kangasmäki  Finland 1 0 1
1 Pietro Lombardi  Italy 1 0 1
3 Kenan Olcay  Turkey 2 0 2
4 Malte Möller  Sweden 2 1 3
4 Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary 1 2 3
6 Frithjof Clausen  Norway 3 1 4
7 Mohamed Abdel-El  Egypt 3 3 6
7 Manuel Varela  Argentina 3 3 6
9 Edmond Faure  France 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Pietro Lombardi  Italy Decision, 3–0 Reino Kangasmäki  Finland
Malte Möller  Sweden Fall Frithjof Clausen  Norway
Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Kenan Olcay  Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Pietro Lombardi  Italy 1 1 2
2 Malte Möller  Sweden 3 0 3
3 Reino Kangasmäki  Finland 1 3 4
3 Kenan Olcay  Turkey 2 2 4
3 Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary 3 1 4
6 Frithjof Clausen  Norway 4 3 7

Round 5

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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
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Pietro Lombardi  Italy Decision, 3–0 Malte Möller  Sweden
Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Reino Kangasmäki  Finland
Kenan Olcay  Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Pietro Lombardi  Italy 2 1 3
2 Kenan Olcay  Turkey 4 0 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Reino Kangasmäki  Finland 4 2 6
4 Malte Möller  Sweden 3 3 6
5 Gyula Szilágyi  Hungary 4 1 5

Round 6

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Pietro Lombardi  Italy Decision, 2–1 Kenan Olcay  Turkey
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pietro Lombardi  Italy 3 1 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kenan Olcay  Turkey 4 2 6

References

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  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 1951, p. 497.
  3. ^ Official Report 1951, p. 496.

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