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


The men's Greco-Roman featherweight 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

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Erkki TaloselaDecision, 3–0El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil
Henk DijkDecision, 3–0Omar Blebel
Luigi CampanellaFallAntonios Gryllos
Egil SolsvikDecision, 3–0Adolf Müller
Safi TahaFallRaymond Strasser
Ferenc TóthDecision, 2–1Jan Stehlík
Antoine MerleFallJack Mortimer
Olle AnderbergFallGeorg Weidner
Mehmet OktavByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Olle Anderberg000
1Luigi Campanella000
1Antoine Merle000
1Mehmet Oktav000
1Safi Taha000
6Henk Dijk011
6Egil Solsvik011
6Erkki Talosela011
6Ferenc Tóth011
10Jan Stehlík022
11Omar Blebel033
11Antonios Gryllos033
11El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil033
11Jack Mortimer033
11Adolf Müller033
11Raymond Strasser033
11Georg Weidner033

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mehmet OktavDecision, 3–0Erkki Talosela
El-Sayed Mohamed KandilDecision, 3–0Henk Dijk
Antonios GryllosDecision, 2–1Omar Blebel
Luigi CampanellaDecision, 2–1Egil Solsvik
Ferenc TóthFallJack Mortimer
Georg WeidnerFallRaymond Strasser
Safi TahaDecision, 3–0Antoine Merle
Olle AnderbergByeN/AN/A
N/AN/AOver weightAdolf Müller
N/AN/ARetiredJan Stehlík

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Olle Anderberg000
2Luigi Campanella011
2Mehmet Oktav011
2Safi Taha011
2Ferenc Tóth101
6Antoine Merle033
6Egil Solsvik123
6Georg Weidner303
9Henk Dijk134
9Antonios Gryllos314
9El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil314
9Erkki Talosela134
13Omar Blebel325
13Jan Stehlík235
15Jack Mortimer336
15Adolf Müller336
15Raymond Strasser336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mehmet OktavFallOlle Anderberg
Erkki TaloselaFallHenk Dijk
El-Sayed Mohamed KandilFallAntonios Gryllos
Luigi CampanellaDecision, 2–1Ferenc Tóth
Egil SolsvikDecision, 3–0Antoine Merle
Georg WeidnerFallSafi Taha

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Mehmet Oktav101
2Luigi Campanella112
3Olle Anderberg033
3Ferenc Tóth123
3Georg Weidner303
6El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil404
6Egil Solsvik314
6Safi Taha134
6Erkki Talosela404
10Antoine Merle336
11Henk Dijk437
11Antonios Gryllos437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Olle AnderbergFallErkki Talosela
Mehmet OktavDecision, 3–0El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil
Luigi CampanellaDecision, 3–0Safi Taha
Ferenc TóthFallEgil Solsvik
Georg WeidnerByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Mehmet Oktav112
2Olle Anderberg303
2Luigi Campanella213
2Ferenc Tóth303
5Georg Weidner303
6El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil437
6Egil Solsvik437
6Safi Taha437
6Erkki Talosela437

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Mehmet OktavDecision, 2–1Georg Weidner
Olle AnderbergFallLuigi Campanella
Ferenc TóthByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Olle Anderberg303
1Mehmet Oktav213
1Ferenc Tóth303
4Georg Weidner325
5Luigi Campanella336

Round 6

Of the three remaining wrestlers, Oktav had previously defeated Anderberg but Tóth had faced neither. Oktav received the bye in the sixth round. Anderberg beat Tóth, eliminating the latter. With two men who had already faced each left, previous head-to-head results were decisive and Oktav received the gold medal.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Olle AnderbergFallFerenc Tóth
Mehmet OktavByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Mehmet Oktav303
Olle Anderberg303
Ferenc Tóth336