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Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight

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Men's freestyle flyweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates29–31 July
Competitors11 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lennart Viitala  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Halit Balamir  Turkey
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thure Johansson  Sweden
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The men's freestyle flyweight 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] Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 lb).[2]

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.[3]

Results

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Thure Johansson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward  Egypt
Lennart Viitala  Finland Decision, 2–1 Halit Balamir  Turkey
Billy Jernigan  United States Decision, 3–0 Mansour Raisi  Iran
Roland Baudric  France Decision, 2–1 Adolphe Lamot  Belgium
Khashaba Jadhav  India Decision, 3–0 Bert Harris  Australia
Harry Parker  Great Britain Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Harry Parker  Great Britain 0 0 0
2 Roland Baudric  France 0 1 1
2 Khashaba Jadhav  India 0 1 1
2 Billy Jernigan  United States 0 1 1
2 Thure Johansson  Sweden 0 1 1
2 Lennart Viitala  Finland 0 1 1
7 Halit Balamir  Turkey 0 2 2
7 Adolphe Lamot  Belgium 0 2 2
9 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward  Egypt 0 3 3
9 Bert Harris  Australia 0 3 3
9 Mansour Raisi  Iran 0 3 3

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Thure Johansson  Sweden Fall Harry Parker  Great Britain
Halit Balamir  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Roland Baudric  France
Lennart Viitala  Finland Fall Adolphe Lamot  Belgium
Mansour Raisi  Iran Fall Bert Harris  Australia
Khashaba Jadhav  India Decision, 3–0 Billy Jernigan  United States
N/A N/A Over weight Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward  Egypt
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Thure Johansson  Sweden 1 0 1
1 Lennart Viitala  Finland 1 0 1
3 Khashaba Jadhav  India 1 1 2
4 Halit Balamir  Turkey 2 1 3
4 Harry Parker  Great Britain 0 3 3
4 Mansour Raisi  Iran 3 0 3
7 Roland Baudric  France 1 3 4
7 Billy Jernigan  United States 1 3 4
9 Adolphe Lamot  Belgium 2 3 5
10 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward  Egypt 3 3 6
10 Bert Harris  Australia 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Roland Baudric  France Retired Harry Parker  Great Britain
Halit Balamir  Turkey Fall Thure Johansson  Sweden
Lennart Viitala  Finland Decision, 3–0 Billy Jernigan  United States
Mansour Raisi  Iran Fall Khashaba Jadhav  India
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Lennart Viitala  Finland 1 1 2
2 Halit Balamir  Turkey 3 0 3
2 Mansour Raisi  Iran 3 0 3
4 Roland Baudric  France 4 0 4
4 Thure Johansson  Sweden 1 3 4
6 Khashaba Jadhav  India 2 3 5
7 Harry Parker  Great Britain 3 3 6
8 Billy Jernigan  United States 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Thure Johansson  Sweden Fall Roland Baudric  France
Halit Balamir  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Mansour Raisi  Iran
Lennart Viitala  Finland Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Lennart Viitala  Finland 2 0 2
2 Halit Balamir  Turkey 3 1 4
2 Thure Johansson  Sweden 4 0 4
4 Mansour Raisi  Iran 3 3 6
5 Roland Baudric  France 4 3 7

Round 5

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By the fifth round, three wrestlers were left. Viitala had already defeated Balamir, in round 1, and Balamir had previously defeated Johansson, in round 3. Thus, the only possible match left was Viitala against Johansson. Viitala won to secure the gold medal, with Balamir receiving silver (despite not reaching 5 points) due to the previous head-to-head result against Viitala.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Lennart Viitala  Finland Fall Thure Johansson  Sweden
Halit Balamir  Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lennart Viitala  Finland 2 0 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Halit Balamir  Turkey 4 0 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thure Johansson  Sweden 4 3 7

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Flyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report 1951, p. 505.
  3. ^ Official Report 1951, p. 496.

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