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


The men's Greco-Roman flyweight 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
Malte MöllerWithdrewAdolphe Lamot
Edmond FaureDecision, 2–1Abdallah Sidani
Gyula SzilágyiFallManuel Varela
Mohamed Abdel-ElFallWalter McGuffie
Kenan OlcayDecision, 3–0Frithjof Clausen
Pietro LombardiDecision, 3–0Svend Aage Thomsen
Reino KangasmäkiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Mohamed Abdel-El000
1Reino Kangasmäki000
1Malte Möller000
1Gyula Szilágyi000
5Edmond Faure011
5Pietro Lombardi011
5Kenan Olcay011
8Abdallah Sidani022
9Manuel Varela033
9Walter McGuffie033
9Frithjof Clausen033
9Svend Aage Thomsen033
13Adolphe Lamot033*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Reino KangasmäkiDecision, 2–1Malte Möller
Gyula SzilágyiDecision, 3–0Edmond Faure
Manuel VarelaFallAbdallah Sidani
Frithjof ClausenFallWalter McGuffie
Pietro LombardiFallMohamed Abdel-El
Kenan OlcayDecision, 3–0Svend Aage Thomsen

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Reino Kangasmäki011
1Pietro Lombardi101
1Gyula Szilágyi011
4Malte Möller022
4Kenan Olcay112
6Mohamed Abdel-El033
6Frithjof Clausen303
6Manuel Varela303
9Edmond Faure134
10Abdallah Sidani235
11Walter McGuffie336
11Svend Aage Thomsen336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Reino KangasmäkiFallEdmond Faure
Malte MöllerDecision, 2–1Gyula Szilágyi
Frithjof ClausenDecision, 3–0Manuel Varela
Kenan OlcayFallMohamed Abdel-El
Pietro LombardiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Reino Kangasmäki101
1Pietro Lombardi101
3Kenan Olcay202
4Malte Möller213
4Gyula Szilágyi123
6Frithjof Clausen314
7Mohamed Abdel-El336
7Manuel Varela336
9Edmond Faure437

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro LombardiDecision, 3–0Reino Kangasmäki
Malte MöllerFallFrithjof Clausen
Gyula SzilágyiDecision, 2–1Kenan Olcay

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Pietro Lombardi112
2Malte Möller303
3Reino Kangasmäki134
3Kenan Olcay224
3Gyula Szilágyi314
6Frithjof Clausen437

Round 5

The Official Report gives final rankings for the top 6 wrestlers. It is not clear why Kangasmäki received the bronze. Of the three men eliminated in this round, each was 1–1 against the others. Szilágyi had the fewest bad points, at 5 to the other two wrestlers' 6. Szilágyi was also 4–1 overall, compared to Kangasmäki's 2–2 and Möller's 3–2. Sports-Reference says that Kangasmäki took bronze based on the victory over Möller, but does not explain Szilágyi finishing 5th.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro LombardiDecision, 3–0Malte Möller
Gyula SzilágyiDecision, 2–1Reino Kangasmäki
Kenan OlcayByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Pietro Lombardi213
2Kenan Olcay404
Reino Kangasmäki426
4Malte Möller336
5Gyula Szilágyi415

Round 6

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Pietro LombardiDecision, 2–1Kenan Olcay

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Pietro Lombardi314
Kenan Olcay426