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

The men's freestyle welterweight 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]

Men's freestyle welterweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates29–31 July
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Yaşar Doğu  Turkey
Dick Garrard  Australia
Leland Merrill  United States

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

Round 1

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kálmán Sóvári HungaryDecision, 3–0Aleksanteri Keisala Finland
Dick Garrard AustraliaDecision, 3–0Willy Angst Switzerland
Yaşar Doğu TurkeyFallAnant Bhargava India
Abbas Zandi IranFallEduardo Estrada Mexico
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc FranceDecision, 3–0Adel Ibrahim Moustafa Egypt
Hwang Byeong-gwan South KoreaDecision, 3–0Louis Culot Belgium
Leland Merrill United StatesDecision, 3–0Harry Peace Canada
Frans Westergren SwedenDecision, 2–1Don Irvine Great Britain
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Yaşar Doğu Turkey000
1Abbas Zandi Iran000
3Dick Garrard Australia011
3Hwang Byeong-gwan South Korea011
3Jean-Baptiste Leclerc France011
3Leland Merrill United States011
3Kálmán Sóvári Hungary011
3Frans Westergren Sweden011
9Don Irvine Great Britain022
10Willy Angst Switzerland033
10Anant Bhargava India033
10Louis Culot Belgium033
10Eduardo Estrada Mexico033
10Aleksanteri Keisala Finland033
10Adel Ibrahim Moustafa Egypt033
10Harry Peace Canada033

Round 2

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dick Garrard AustraliaDecision, 2–1Kálmán Sóvári Hungary
Willy Angst SwitzerlandDecision, 3–0Aleksanteri Keisala Finland
Anant Bhargava IndiaDecision, 2–1Eduardo Estrada Mexico
Yaşar Doğu TurkeyFallAbbas Zandi Iran
Adel Ibrahim Moustafa EgyptDecision, 2–1Hwang Byeong-gwan South Korea
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc FranceDecision, 3–0Louis Culot Belgium
Leland Merrill United StatesDecision, 3–0Frans Westergren Sweden
Harry Peace CanadaFallDon Irvine Great Britain
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Yaşar Doğu Turkey000
2Dick Garrard Australia112
2Jean-Baptiste Leclerc France112
2Leland Merrill United States112
5Hwang Byeong-gwan South Korea123
5Harry Peace Canada303
5Kálmán Sóvári Hungary123
5Abbas Zandi Iran033
9Willy Angst Switzerland314
9Anant Bhargava India314
9Adel Ibrahim Moustafa Egypt314
9Frans Westergren Sweden134
13Eduardo Estrada Mexico325
13Don Irvine Great Britain235
15Louis Culot Belgium336
15Aleksanteri Keisala Finland336

Round 3

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kálmán Sóvári HungaryDecision, 2–1Willy Angst Switzerland
Dick Garrard AustraliaFallAnant Bhargava India
Yaşar Doğu TurkeyFallAdel Ibrahim Moustafa Egypt
Frans Westergren SwedenDecision, 3–0Harry Peace Canada
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc FranceDecision, 3–0Abbas Zandi Iran
Leland Merrill United StatesDecision, 3–0Hwang Byeong-gwan South Korea
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Yaşar Doğu Turkey000
2Dick Garrard Australia202
3Jean-Baptiste Leclerc France213
3Leland Merrill United States213
5Kálmán Sóvári Hungary314
6Frans Westergren Sweden415
7Willy Angst Switzerland426
7Hwang Byeong-gwan South Korea336
7Harry Peace Canada336
7Abbas Zandi Iran336
11Anant Bhargava India437
11Adel Ibrahim Moustafa Egypt437

Round 4

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Dick Garrard AustraliaFallJean-Baptiste Leclerc France
Yaşar Doğu TurkeyFallKálmán Sóvári Hungary
Leland Merrill United StatesByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Yaşar Doğu Turkey000
2Dick Garrard Australia202
3Leland Merrill United States303
4Jean-Baptiste Leclerc France336
5Kálmán Sóvári Hungary437

Round 5

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Leland Merrill United StatesDecision, 2–1Dick Garrard Australia
Yaşar Doğu TurkeyByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Yaşar Doğu Turkey000
2Dick Garrard Australia224
2Leland Merrill United States314

Round 6

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Yaşar Doğu TurkeyDecision, 3–0Leland Merrill United States
Dick Garrard AustraliaByeN/AN/A
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Yaşar Doğu Turkey011
2Dick Garrard Australia404
Leland Merrill United States437

Round 7

Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Yaşar Doğu TurkeyFallDick Garrard Australia
Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Yaşar Doğu Turkey101
Dick Garrard Australia437

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 496.
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