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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yaşar Doğu  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dick Garrard  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leland Merrill  United States
← 1936
1952 →

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
Kálmán Sóvári   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Aleksanteri Keisala   Finland
Dick Garrard   Australia Decision, 3–0 Willy Angst   Switzerland
Yaşar Doğu   Turkey Fall Anant Bhargava   India
Abbas Zandi   Iran Fall Eduardo Estrada   Mexico
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc   France Decision, 3–0 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa   Egypt
Hwang Byeong-gwan   South Korea Decision, 3–0 Louis Culot   Belgium
Leland Merrill   United States Decision, 3–0 Harry Peace   Canada
Frans Westergren   Sweden Decision, 2–1 Don Irvine   Great Britain
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu   Turkey 0 0 0
1 Abbas Zandi   Iran 0 0 0
3 Dick Garrard   Australia 0 1 1
3 Hwang Byeong-gwan   South Korea 0 1 1
3 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc   France 0 1 1
3 Leland Merrill   United States 0 1 1
3 Kálmán Sóvári   Hungary 0 1 1
3 Frans Westergren   Sweden 0 1 1
9 Don Irvine   Great Britain 0 2 2
10 Willy Angst   Switzerland 0 3 3
10 Anant Bhargava   India 0 3 3
10 Louis Culot   Belgium 0 3 3
10 Eduardo Estrada   Mexico 0 3 3
10 Aleksanteri Keisala   Finland 0 3 3
10 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa   Egypt 0 3 3
10 Harry Peace   Canada 0 3 3

Round 2 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Dick Garrard   Australia Decision, 2–1 Kálmán Sóvári   Hungary
Willy Angst   Switzerland Decision, 3–0 Aleksanteri Keisala   Finland
Anant Bhargava   India Decision, 2–1 Eduardo Estrada   Mexico
Yaşar Doğu   Turkey Fall Abbas Zandi   Iran
Adel Ibrahim Moustafa   Egypt Decision, 2–1 Hwang Byeong-gwan   South Korea
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc   France Decision, 3–0 Louis Culot   Belgium
Leland Merrill   United States Decision, 3–0 Frans Westergren   Sweden
Harry Peace   Canada Fall Don Irvine   Great Britain
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu   Turkey 0 0 0
2 Dick Garrard   Australia 1 1 2
2 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc   France 1 1 2
2 Leland Merrill   United States 1 1 2
5 Hwang Byeong-gwan   South Korea 1 2 3
5 Harry Peace   Canada 3 0 3
5 Kálmán Sóvári   Hungary 1 2 3
5 Abbas Zandi   Iran 0 3 3
9 Willy Angst   Switzerland 3 1 4
9 Anant Bhargava   India 3 1 4
9 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa   Egypt 3 1 4
9 Frans Westergren   Sweden 1 3 4
13 Eduardo Estrada   Mexico 3 2 5
13 Don Irvine   Great Britain 2 3 5
15 Louis Culot   Belgium 3 3 6
15 Aleksanteri Keisala   Finland 3 3 6

Round 3 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Kálmán Sóvári   Hungary Decision, 2–1 Willy Angst   Switzerland
Dick Garrard   Australia Fall Anant Bhargava   India
Yaşar Doğu   Turkey Fall Adel Ibrahim Moustafa   Egypt
Frans Westergren   Sweden Decision, 3–0 Harry Peace   Canada
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc   France Decision, 3–0 Abbas Zandi   Iran
Leland Merrill   United States Decision, 3–0 Hwang Byeong-gwan   South Korea
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu   Turkey 0 0 0
2 Dick Garrard   Australia 2 0 2
3 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc   France 2 1 3
3 Leland Merrill   United States 2 1 3
5 Kálmán Sóvári   Hungary 3 1 4
6 Frans Westergren   Sweden 4 1 5
7 Willy Angst   Switzerland 4 2 6
7 Hwang Byeong-gwan   South Korea 3 3 6
7 Harry Peace   Canada 3 3 6
7 Abbas Zandi   Iran 3 3 6
11 Anant Bhargava   India 4 3 7
11 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa   Egypt 4 3 7

Round 4 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Dick Garrard   Australia Fall Jean-Baptiste Leclerc   France
Yaşar Doğu   Turkey Fall Kálmán Sóvári   Hungary
Leland Merrill   United States Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu   Turkey 0 0 0
2 Dick Garrard   Australia 2 0 2
3 Leland Merrill   United States 3 0 3
4 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc   France 3 3 6
5 Kálmán Sóvári   Hungary 4 3 7

Round 5 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Leland Merrill   United States Decision, 2–1 Dick Garrard   Australia
Yaşar Doğu   Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu   Turkey 0 0 0
2 Dick Garrard   Australia 2 2 4
2 Leland Merrill   United States 3 1 4

Round 6 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Yaşar Doğu   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Leland Merrill   United States
Dick Garrard   Australia Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu   Turkey 0 1 1
2 Dick Garrard   Australia 4 0 4
  Leland Merrill   United States 4 3 7

Round 7 edit

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Yaşar Doğu   Turkey Fall Dick Garrard   Australia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
  Yaşar Doğu   Turkey 1 0 1
  Dick Garrard   Australia 4 3 7

References edit

  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.