Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight


The men's freestyle lightweight 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

Bechara withdrew during his bout. Pérez withdrew after his loss.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Celal AtikFallBill Koll
Mohamed Hassan MoussaDecision, 3–0Banta Singh
Tony Ries Sr.Decision, 3–0Ali Ghaffari
Kim Seog-yeongRetiredAbou Rejaile Bechara
Jan CoolsDecision, 3–0Israel Sánchez
Garibaldo NizzolaDecision, 2–1Sulo Leppänen
Morgan PlumbDecision, 3–0Peter Luck
Hermann BaumannFallJosé Luis Pérez
Gösta FrändforsDecision, 3–0László Bakos

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Celal Atik000
1Hermann Baumann000
1Kim Seog-yeong000
4Jan Cools011
4Gösta Frändfors011
4Mohamed Hassan Moussa011
4Garibaldo Nizzola011
4Morgan Plumb011
4Tony Ries Sr.011
10Sulo Leppänen022
11László Bakos033
11Ali Ghaffari033
11Bill Koll033
11Peter Luck033
11Israel Sánchez033
11Banta Singh033
17Abou Rejaile Bechara033*
17José Luis Pérez033*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Bill KollDecision, 3–0Mohamed Hassan Moussa
Celal AtikFallBanta Singh
Ali GhaffariFallKim Seog-yeong
Sulo LeppänenDecision, 3–0Jan Cools
Garibaldo NizzolaDecision, 3–0Israel Sánchez
Hermann BaumannDecision, 3–0Morgan Plumb
László BakosDecision, 3–0Peter Luck
Gösta FrändforsFallTony Ries Sr.

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Celal Atik000
2Hermann Baumann011
2Gösta Frändfors101
4Garibaldo Nizzola112
5Ali Ghaffari303
5Kim Seog-yeong033
5Sulo Leppänen213
8László Bakos314
8Jan Cools134
8Mohamed Hassan Moussa134
8Bill Koll314
8Morgan Plumb134
8Tony Ries Sr.134
14Peter Luck336
14Israel Sánchez336
14Banta Singh336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Garibaldo NizzolaDecision, 3–0Jan Cools
Sulo LeppänenDecision, 3–0Morgan Plumb
László BakosDecision, 3–0Hermann Baumann
Bill KollFallAli Ghaffari
Celal AtikFallTony Ries Sr.
Kim Seog-yeongDecision, 3–0Mohamed Hassan Moussa
Gösta FrändforsByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Celal Atik000
2Gösta Frändfors101
3Garibaldo Nizzola213
4Hermann Baumann134
4Kim Seog-yeong314
4Bill Koll404
4Sulo Leppänen314
8László Bakos415
9Ali Ghaffari336
10Jan Cools437
10Mohamed Hassan Moussa437
10Morgan Plumb437
10Tony Ries Sr.437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gösta FrändforsDecision, 2–1Bill Koll
Celal AtikDecision, 3–0Sulo Leppänen
Garibaldo NizzolaDecision, 3–0Kim Seog-yeong
Hermann BaumannByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Celal Atik011
2Gösta Frändfors112
3Hermann Baumann404
3Garibaldo Nizzola314
5Bill Koll426
6Kim Seog-yeong437
6Sulo Leppänen437

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gösta FrändforsDecision, 3–0Hermann Baumann
Celal AtikFallGaribaldo Nizzola

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Celal Atik101
2Gösta Frändfors213
3Hermann Baumann437
3Garibaldo Nizzola437

Round 6

Baumann and Nizzola had each finished round 5 with 7 points and were eliminated, but faced off in a bronze medal bout won by Baumann. Atik defeated Frändfors to take the gold medal.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Hermann BaumannDecision, 3–0Garibaldo Nizzola
Celal AtikFallGösta Frändfors

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Celal Atik101
Gösta Frändfors213
Hermann Baumann718
4Garibaldo Nizzola7310