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


The men's Greco-Roman welterweight 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.
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. The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1. 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.

Results

Round 1

Özdemir retired after his loss.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Miklós SzilvásiDecision, 3–0Julien Dobbelaere
Josef SchmidtFallJames Wilson
René ChesneauFallNic Felgen
Alberto LongarellaDecision, 2–1Robert Diggelmann
Veikko MännikköDecision, 3–0Ali Özdemir
Bjørn CookDecision, 3–0Luigi Rigamonti
Henrik HansenFallKemal Munir
Gösta AnderssonFallJohan Schouten

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gösta Andersson000
1René Chesneau000
1Henrik Hansen000
1Josef Schmidt000
5Bjørn Cook011
5Alberto Longarella011
5Veikko Männikkö011
5Miklós Szilvási011
9Robert Diggelmann022
10Julien Dobbelaere033
10Nic Felgen033
10Kemal Munir033
10Luigi Rigamonti033
10Johan Schouten033
10James Wilson033
16Ali Özdemir033*

Round 2

Dobbelaere and Schouten withdrew after this round.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Julien DobbelaereFallJames Wilson
Miklós SzilvásiDecision, 3–0Josef Schmidt
Nic FelgenFallRobert Diggelmann
Bjørn CookDecision, 3–0Veikko Männikkö
René ChesneauDecision, 3–0Alberto Longarella
Luigi RigamontiFallKemal Munir
Gösta AnderssonDecision, 3–0Henrik Hansen
Johan SchoutenByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gösta Andersson011
1René Chesneau011
3Bjørn Cook112
3Miklós Szilvási112
5Nic Felgen303
5Henrik Hansen033
5Luigi Rigamonti303
5Josef Schmidt033
9Alberto Longarella134
9Veikko Männikkö134
11Julien Dobbelaere303*
11Johan Schouten303*
13Robert Diggelmann235
14Kemal Munir336
14James Wilson336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Miklós SzilvásiFallRené Chesneau
Josef SchmidtDecision, 3–0Nic Felgen
Veikko MännikköFallAlberto Longarella
Henrik HansenDecision, 3–0Bjørn Cook
Gösta AnderssonDecision, 3–0Luigi Rigamonti

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gösta Andersson112
1Miklós Szilvási202
3René Chesneau134
3Henrik Hansen314
3Veikko Männikkö404
3Josef Schmidt314
7Bjørn Cook235
8Nic Felgen336
8Luigi Rigamonti336
10Alberto Longarella437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Miklós SzilvásiDecision, 3–0Veikko Männikkö
Henrik HansenFallJosef Schmidt
Gösta AnderssonDecision, 3–0René Chesneau

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gösta Andersson213
1Miklós Szilvási213
3Henrik Hansen404
4René Chesneau437
4Veikko Männikkö437
4Josef Schmidt437

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Miklós SzilvásiFallHenrik Hansen
Gösta AnderssonByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gösta Andersson303
1Miklós Szilvási303
Henrik Hansen437

Round 6

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gösta AnderssonDecision, 3–0Miklós Szilvási

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Gösta Andersson314
Miklós Szilvási336