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


The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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
Axel GrönbergFallAbbas Ahmad
Juho KinnunenDecision, 2–1Gyula Németi
Muhlis TayfurDecision, 3–0Klaas de Groot
Ercole GallegatiFallAlberto Bolzi
Anton VogelFallStan Bissell
Jean-Baptiste BenoyFallErnst Kolb
Kaare LarsenByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Jean-Baptiste Benoy000
1Ercole Gallegati000
1Axel Grönberg000
1Kaare Larsen000
1Anton Vogel000
6Juho Kinnunen011
6Muhlis Tayfur011
8Gyula Németi022
9Abbas Ahmad033
9Alberto Bolzi033
9Stan Bissell033
9Klaas de Groot033
9Ernst Kolb033

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Axel GrönbergDecision, 3–0Kaare Larsen
Juho KinnunenFallAbbas Ahmad
Gyula NémetiFallKlaas de Groot
Muhlis TayfurFallAlberto Bolzi
Ercole GallegatiDecision, 3–0Anton Vogel
Jean-Baptiste BenoyFallStan Bissell
Ernst KolbByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Jean-Baptiste Benoy000
2Ercole Gallegati011
2Axel Grönberg011
2Juho Kinnunen101
2Muhlis Tayfur101
6Gyula Németi202
7Ernst Kolb303
7Kaare Larsen033
7Anton Vogel033
10Abbas Ahmad336
10Alberto Bolzi336
10Stan Bissell336
10Klaas de Groot336

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kaare LarsenFallErnst Kolb
Axel GrönbergFallJuho Kinnunen
Gyula NémetiFallErcole Gallegati
Muhlis TayfurFallAnton Vogel
Jean-Baptiste BenoyByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Jean-Baptiste Benoy000
2Axel Grönberg101
2Muhlis Tayfur101
4Gyula Németi202
5Kaare Larsen303
6Ercole Gallegati134
6Juho Kinnunen134
8Ernst Kolb336
8Anton Vogel336

Round 4

Kinnunen took 6th place over Németi based on head-to-head results from the first round.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kaare LarsenDecision, 3–0Jean-Baptiste Benoy
Axel GrönbergDecision, 3–0Gyula Németi
Juho KinnunenDecision, 3–0Muhlis Tayfur
Ercole GallegatiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Axel Grönberg112
2Jean-Baptiste Benoy033
3Ercole Gallegati404
3Kaare Larsen314
3Muhlis Tayfur134
6Juho Kinnunen415
7Gyula Németi235

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Axel GrönbergFallJean-Baptiste Benoy
Ercole GallegatiDecision, 3–0Kaare Larsen
Muhlis TayfurByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Axel Grönberg202
2Muhlis Tayfur404
Ercole Gallegati415
4Jean-Baptiste Benoy336
5Kaare Larsen437

Round 6

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Axel GrönbergDecision, 3–0Muhlis Tayfur

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Axel Grönberg213
Muhlis Tayfur437