Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight
The men's freestyle flyweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor.
This freestyle 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
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Thure Johansson | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | ||
| Lennart Viitala | Decision, 2–1 | Halit Balamir | ||
| Billy Jernigan | Decision, 3–0 | Mansour Raisi | ||
| Roland Baudric | Decision, 2–1 | Adolphe Lamot | ||
| Khashaba Jadhav | Decision, 3–0 | Bert Harris | ||
| Harry Parker | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Harry Parker | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Roland Baudric | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Khashaba Jadhav | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Billy Jernigan | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Thure Johansson | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Lennart Viitala | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Halit Balamir | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 7 | Adolphe Lamot | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 | Bert Harris | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 | Mansour Raisi | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Round 2
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Thure Johansson | Fall | Harry Parker | ||
| Halit Balamir | Decision, 3–0 | Roland Baudric | ||
| Lennart Viitala | Fall | Adolphe Lamot | ||
| Mansour Raisi | Fall | Bert Harris | ||
| Khashaba Jadhav | Decision, 3–0 | Billy Jernigan | ||
| N/A | N/A | Over weight | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Thure Johansson | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | Lennart Viitala | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Khashaba Jadhav | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Halit Balamir | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Harry Parker | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mansour Raisi | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | Roland Baudric | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7 | Billy Jernigan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 9 | Adolphe Lamot | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 10 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 10 | Bert Harris | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Roland Baudric | Retired | Harry Parker | ||
| Halit Balamir | Fall | Thure Johansson | ||
| Lennart Viitala | Decision, 3–0 | Billy Jernigan | ||
| Mansour Raisi | Fall | Khashaba Jadhav |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Lennart Viitala | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | Halit Balamir | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | Mansour Raisi | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Roland Baudric | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Thure Johansson | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 6 | Khashaba Jadhav | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 | Harry Parker | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 8 | Billy Jernigan | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
; Bouts| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Thure Johansson | Fall | Roland Baudric | ||
| Halit Balamir | Decision, 3–0 | Mansour Raisi | ||
| Lennart Viitala | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Lennart Viitala | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | Halit Balamir | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | Thure Johansson | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Mansour Raisi | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Roland Baudric | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
By the fifth round, three wrestlers were left. Viitala had already defeated Balamir, in round 1, and Balamir had previously defeated Johansson, in round 3. Thus, the only possible match left was Viitala against Johansson. Viitala won to secure the gold medal, with Balamir receiving silver due to the previous head-to-head result against Viitala.; Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Lennart Viitala | Fall | Thure Johansson | ||
| Halit Balamir | Bye | N/A | N/A |
; Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| Lennart Viitala | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Halit Balamir | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Thure Johansson | 4 | 3 | 7 |