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


The men's freestyle middleweight 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

Hariri retired after his bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adil CandemirFallBruce Arthur
Maurice VachonFallKeshav Roy
Eddie BoweyDecision, 3–0Eduardo Assam
Paavo SepponenDecision, 3–0André Brunaud
Paul DätwylerFallAnton Vogel
Callie ReitzDecision, 2–1Abbas Ahmad
Erik LindénFallJean-Baptiste Benoy
Glen BrandDecision, 2–1Abbas Hariri

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Adil Candemir000
1Paul Dätwyler000
1Erik Lindén000
1Maurice Vachon000
5Eddie Bowey011
5Glen Brand011
5Callie Reitz011
5Paavo Sepponen011
9Abbas Ahmad022
10Bruce Arthur033
10Eduardo Assam033
10Jean-Baptiste Benoy033
10André Brunaud033
10Keshav Roy033
10Anton Vogel033
16Abbas Hariri022*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Bruce ArthurFallKeshav Roy
Adil CandemirDecision, 2–1Maurice Vachon
Paavo SepponenFallEduardo Assam
André BrunaudDecision, 3–0Eddie Bowey
Callie ReitzFallAnton Vogel
Paul DätwylerDecision, 2–1Jean-Baptiste Benoy
Erik LindénFallAbbas Ahmad
Glen BrandByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Erik Lindén000
2Glen Brand101
2Adil Candemir011
2Paul Dätwyler011
2Callie Reitz101
2Paavo Sepponen101
7Maurice Vachon022
8Bruce Arthur303
9Eddie Bowey134
9André Brunaud314
11Abbas Ahmad235
11Jean-Baptiste Benoy325
13Eduardo Assam336
13Keshav Roy336
13Anton Vogel336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Glen BrandFallBruce Arthur
Paavo SepponenDecision, 3–0Maurice Vachon
André BrunaudAbandonedPaul Dätwyler
Erik LindénDecision, 3–0Callie Reitz
Adil CandemirFallEddie Bowey

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Glen Brand101
1Adil Candemir101
3Erik Lindén112
3Paavo Sepponen112
5André Brunaud404
5Callie Reitz134
7Paul Dätwyler033*
8Maurice Vachon235
9Bruce Arthur336
10Eddie Bowey437

Round 4

Reitz defeated Sepponen but received one point result was by decision; because the point was Reitz's fifth, he was eliminated despite the victory. The bout ultimately served as the fourth-place tie-breaker between the two men as well, as both finished with five points.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Glen BrandFallAdil Candemir
Callie ReitzDecision, 3–0Paavo Sepponen
Erik LindénDecision, 3–0André Brunaud

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Glen Brand101
2Erik Lindén213
3Adil Candemir134
4Callie Reitz415
5Paavo Sepponen235
6André Brunaud437

Round 5

Brand defeated Lindén to eliminate the latter. Because Brand and Candemir, the only two wrestlers remaining after that, had already faced each other, they did not compete again and Brand took the gold medal with 2 points to Candemir's 4.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Glen BrandDecision, 3–0Erik Lindén
Adil CandemirByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Glen Brand112
Adil Candemir404
Erik Lindén336