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Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	3 – 6 August 1948 — 10:00-13:30-18:00-23:30 (all days)
Status	Olympic
Location	Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Participants	13 from 13 countries
Format	Elimination by bad points. Win by fall = 0 points; win by decision = 1 point; loss by 2-1 decision = 2 points; loss by 3-0 decision = 3 points; loss by fall = 3 points. Three judges gave decisions, thus all decisions were either 2-1 or 3-0. Five bad points eliminated a wrestler.

The 1947 European Champion was Sweden’s Bertil Sundin but he did not compete in London. The class was closely contested with five wrestlers remaining after four rounds, all with between 2 to 4 bad points. Turkey’s Kenan Olcay benefited from a bye in round five to advance to the final round, where he met Italy’s Pietro Lombardi, who had decisioned Sweden’s Malte Möller in the fifth round. Lombardi then defeated Olcay by split decision to win the gold medal, with Olcay taking silver. The bronze went to Finland’s Reino Kangasmäki based on his second round victory over Möller, although Kangasmäki had won two and lost two matches. Lombardi would compete at the 1952 Olympics without winning a medal, but won World Championship bronze medals as a bantamweight in 1950 and 1955.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	–	–	Gold
2	Kenan Olcay	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN	–	–	Bronze
4	Malte Möller	SWE	–	–
5	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	–	–
6	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	–	–
AC	Manuel Varela	ARG	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Mahmud Abdel 'Aal	EGY	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Edmond Faure	FRA	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Abdallah Sidani	LBN	Eliminated r2/6	5
AC	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Walter McGuffie	GBR	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Adolphe Lamot	BEL	Withdrew r2/6	3

Round One (3 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Mahmud Abdel 'Aal	EGY	0
=1	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN	0
=1	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	0
=1	Malte Möller	SWE	0
=5	Edmond Faure	FRA	1
=5	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	1
=5	Kenan Olcay	TUR	1
8	Abdallah Sidani	LBN	2
=9	Manuel Varela	ARG	3
=9	Adolphe Lamot	BEL	3	withdrew
=9	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	3
=9	Walter McGuffie	GBR	3
=9	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	3

Match #1	Malte Möller	SWE	fall (3:34)	Adolphe Lamot	BEL
Match #2	Edmond Faure	FRA	decision (2-1)	Abdallah Sidani	LBN
Match #3	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	fall (12:03)	Manuel Varela	ARG
Match #4	Mahmud Abdel 'Aal	EGY	fall (7:09)	Walter McGuffie	GBR
Match #5	Kenan Olcay	TUR	decision (3-0)	Frithjof Clausen	NOR
Match #6	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	decision (3-0)	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN
Match #7	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN	bye

Round Two (4 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN	1
=1	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	1
=1	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	1
=4	Malte Möller	SWE	2
=4	Kenan Olcay	TUR	2
=6	Manuel Varela	ARG	3
=6	Mahmud Abdel 'Aal	EGY	3
=6	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	3
9	Edmond Faure	FRA	4
10	Abdallah Sidani	LBN	5	eliminated
=11	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN	6	eliminated
=11	Walter McGuffie	GBR	6	eliminated

Match #1	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN	decision (2-1)	Malte Möller	SWE
Match #2	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	decision (3-0)	Edmond Faure	FRA
Match #3	Manuel Varela	ARG	fall (9:47)	Abdallah Sidani	LBN
Match #4	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	fall (4:17)	Walter McGuffie	GBR
Match #5	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	fall (10:45)	Mahmud Abdel 'Aal	EGY
Match #6	Kenan Olcay	TUR	decision (3-0)	Svend Aage Thomsen	DEN
Match #7	Adolphe Lamot	BEL	walkover

Round Three (5 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN	1
=1	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	1
3	Kenan Olcay	TUR	2
=4	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	3
=4	Malte Möller	SWE	3
6	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	4
=7	Manuel Varela	ARG	6	eliminated
=7	Mahmud Abdel 'Aal	EGY	6	eliminated
9	Edmond Faure	FRA	7	eliminated

Match #1	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN	fall (6:09)	Edmond Faure	FRA
Match #2	Malte Möller	SWE	decision (2-1)	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN
Match #3	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	decision (3-0)	Manuel Varela	ARG
Match #4	Kenan Olcay	TUR	fall (4:45)	Mahmud Abdel 'Aal	EGY
Match #5	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	bye

Round Four (5 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	2
2	Malte Möller	SWE	3
=3	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN	4
=3	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	4
=3	Kenan Olcay	TUR	4
6	Frithjof Clausen	NOR	7	eliminated

Match #1	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	decision (3-0)	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN
Match #2	Malte Möller	SWE	fall (11:19)	Frithjof Clausen	NOR
Match #3	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	decision (2-1)	Kenan Olcay	TUR

Round Five (6 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	3
2	Kenan Olcay	TUR	4
3	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	5	eliminated
=4	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN	6	eliminated
=4	Malte Möller	SWE	6	eliminated

Match #1	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	decision (3-0)	Malte Möller	SWE
Match #2	Gyula Szilágyi	HUN	decision (2-1)	Reino Kangasmäki	FIN
Match #3	Kenan Olcay	TUR	bye

Final Round (6 August 1948)

Match #1	Pietro Lombardi	ITA	decision (2-1)	Kenan Olcay	TUR