Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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| Venue | Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre |
| Dates | 29 July – 6 August |
| Competitors | 219 from 29 nations |
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At the 1948 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The freestyle competitions were held from July 29 to July 31, 1948 and the Greco-Roman events were held from August 3 to August 6, 1948.[1]
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Turkey (TUR) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 |  Sweden (SWE) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
Medal summary
Freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Flyweight details | Lenni Viitala Finland | Halit Balamir Turkey | Thure Johansson Sweden |
| Bantamweight details | Nasuh Akar Turkey | Gerald Leeman United States | Charles Kouyos France |
| Featherweight details | Gazanfer Bilge Turkey | Ivar Sjölin Sweden | Adolf Müller Switzerland |
| Lightweight details | Celal Atik Turkey | Gösta Frändfors Sweden | Hermann Baumann Switzerland |
| Welterweight details | Yaşar Doğu Turkey | Dick Garrard Australia | Leland Merrill United States |
| Middleweight details | Glen Brand United States | Adil Candemir Turkey | Erik Lindén Sweden |
| Light Heavyweight details | Henry Wittenberg United States | Fritz Stöckli Switzerland | Bengt Fahlqvist Sweden |
| Heavyweight details | Gyula Bóbis Hungary | Bertil Antonsson Sweden | Joseph Armstrong Australia |
Greco-Roman
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Flyweight details | Pietro Lombardi Italy | Kenan Olcay Turkey | Reino Kangasmäki Finland |
| Bantamweight details | Kurt Pettersén Sweden | Mahmoud Hassan Egypt | Halil Kaya Turkey |
| Featherweight details | Mehmet Oktav Turkey | Olle Anderberg Sweden | Ferenc Tóth Hungary |
| Lightweight details | Gustav Freij Sweden | Aage Eriksen Norway | Károly Ferencz Hungary |
| Welterweight details | Gösta Andersson Sweden | Miklós Szilvási Hungary | Henrik Hansen Denmark |
| Middleweight details | Axel Grönberg Sweden | Muhlis Tayfur Turkey | Ercole Gallegati Italy |
| Light Heavyweight details | Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden | Kelpo Gröndahl Finland | Ibrahim Orabi Egypt |
| Heavyweight details | Ahmet Kireççi Turkey | Tor Nilsson Sweden | Guido Fantoni Italy |
Participating nations
A total of 219 wrestlers from 29 nations competed at the London Games:[1]
Argentina (8)
Australia (4)
Austria (5)
Belgium (9)
Canada (6)
Cuba (3)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Denmark (5)
Egypt (13)
Finland (15)
France (11)
Great Britain (16)
Greece (5)
Hungary (12)
India (6)
Italy (11)
South Korea (4)
Lebanon (5)
Luxembourg (2)
Mexico (4)
Netherlands (4)
Norway (6)
Philippines (1)
South Africa (3)
Sweden (16)
Switzerland (12)
Turkey (16)
United States (8)[2]
N.B. - Pakistan sent four wrestlers, but they could not compete as they had been mistakenly entered for the Greco-Roman style and not freestyle.
See also
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE XIV OLYMPIAD". I. 1951: 76. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
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