Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight

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Men's freestyle light heavyweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates29–31 July
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henry Wittenberg  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden
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The men's freestyle light heavyweight 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.[1]

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 (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1 (this was the modification from prior years, where all losses were 3 points). 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.[2]

Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fernand Payette  Canada Fall Robert Landesmann  France
Spyros Defteraios  Greece Fall Mohamed Ragab El-Zaim  Egypt
Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Oscar Verona  Italy
Pat Morton  South Africa Decision, 3–0 Mansour Mir Ghavami  Iran
Muharrem Candaş  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Karel Istaz  Belgium
Johnny Sullivan  Great Britain Decision, 3–0 József Tarányi  Hungary
Henry Wittenberg  United States Decision, 3–0 Pekka Mellavuo  Finland
Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Spyros Defteraios  Greece 0 0 0
1 Fernand Payette  Canada 0 0 0
1 Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland 0 0 0
4 Muharrem Candaş  Turkey 0 1 1
4 Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden 0 1 1
4 Pat Morton  South Africa 0 1 1
4 Johnny Sullivan  Great Britain 0 1 1
4 Henry Wittenberg  United States 0 1 1
9 Mohamed Ragab El-Zaim  Egypt 0 3 3
9 Karel Istaz  Belgium 0 3 3
9 Robert Landesmann  France 0 3 3
9 Pekka Mellavuo  Finland 0 3 3
9 Mansour Mir Ghavami  Iran 0 3 3
9 József Tarányi  Hungary 0 3 3
9 Oscar Verona  Italy 0 3 3

Round 2[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland Fall Robert Landesmann  France
Fernand Payette  Canada Fall Spyros Defteraios  Greece
Oscar Verona  Italy Fall Mohamed Ragab El-Zaim  Egypt
Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Pat Morton  South Africa
József Tarányi  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Mansour Mir Ghavami  Iran
Henry Wittenberg  United States Fall Johnny Sullivan  Great Britain
Muharrem Candaş  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Pekka Mellavuo  Finland
Karel Istaz  Belgium Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Fernand Payette  Canada 0 0 0
1 Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland 0 0 0
3 Henry Wittenberg  United States 1 0 1
4 Muharrem Candaş  Turkey 1 1 2
4 Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden 1 1 2
6 Spyros Defteraios  Greece 0 3 3
6 Karel Istaz  Belgium 3 0 3
6 Oscar Verona  Italy 3 0 3
9 Pat Morton  South Africa 1 3 4
9 Johnny Sullivan  Great Britain 1 3 4
9 József Tarányi  Hungary 3 1 4
12 Mohamed Ragab El-Zaim  Egypt 3 3 6
12 Robert Landesmann  France 3 3 6
12 Pekka Mellavuo  Finland 3 3 6
12 Mansour Mir Ghavami  Iran 3 3 6

Round 3[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland Fall Karel Istaz  Belgium
Fernand Payette  Canada Decision, 3–0 Oscar Verona  Italy
Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden Fall Spyros Defteraios  Greece
Pat Morton  South Africa Decision, 2–1 Johnny Sullivan  Great Britain
Henry Wittenberg  United States Fall József Tarányi  Hungary
Muharrem Candaş  Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland 0 0 0
2 Fernand Payette  Canada 0 1 1
2 Henry Wittenberg  United States 1 0 1
4 Muharrem Candaş  Turkey 2 0 2
4 Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden 2 0 2
6 Pat Morton  South Africa 4 1 5
7 Spyros Defteraios  Greece 3 3 6
7 Karel Istaz  Belgium 3 3 6
7 Johnny Sullivan  Great Britain 4 2 6
7 Oscar Verona  Italy 3 3 6
11 József Tarányi  Hungary 4 3 7

Round 4[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland Decision, 2–1 Muharrem Candaş  Turkey
Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden Fall Fernand Payette  Canada
Henry Wittenberg  United States Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland 0 1 1
1 Henry Wittenberg  United States 1 0 1
3 Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden 2 0 2
4 Muharrem Candaş  Turkey 2 2 4
4 Fernand Payette  Canada 1 3 4

Round 5[edit]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Henry Wittenberg  United States Fall Muharrem Candaş  Turkey
Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland Fall Fernand Payette  Canada
Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland 1 0 1
1 Henry Wittenberg  United States 1 0 1
3 Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden 2 0 2
4 Muharrem Candaş  Turkey 4 3 7
4 Fernand Payette  Canada 4 3 7

Round 6[edit]

None of the three remaining wrestlers had faced each other. Wittenberg-Fahlkvist was the first match among them (round 6). A split decision resulted in neither wrestler receiving enough points to be eliminated.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Henry Wittenberg  United States Decision, 2–1 Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden
Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland 1 0 1
2 Henry Wittenberg  United States 1 1 2
3 Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden 2 2 4

Round 7[edit]

Stöckli-Fahlkvist was the second match among the medalists (round 7). The result was again a split decision, but this time Fahlkvist had enough points to be eliminated. Stöckli and Wittenberg were left, each with two points, not having faced each other.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland Decision, 2–1 Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden
Henry Wittenberg  United States Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland 1 1 2
2 Henry Wittenberg  United States 2 0 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bengt Fahlkvist  Sweden 4 2 6

Round 8[edit]

With only two wrestlers left, tied on points, round 8 was a de facto gold medal match. Wittenberg won in a split decision. (While neither wrestler had enough points for elimination, there were of course no possible bouts left.)

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Henry Wittenberg  United States Decision, 2–1 Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henry Wittenberg  United States 2 1 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fritz Stöckli  Switzerland 2 2 4

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Light Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 496.
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