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Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date3 – 6 August 1948 — 10:00-13:30-18:00-23:30 (all days)
StatusOlympic
LocationEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Participants13 from 13 countries
FormatElimination 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.

Egypt’s Mahmoud Hassan had won the 1947 European Championships and came in as the favorite. He led after rounds 3-5, and advanced to a final against Sweden’s Kurt Pettersén, although Pettersén had lost his third-round match against Norway’s Reidar Merli. In the final round, Pettersén upset the Egyptian by unanimous decision to win the gold medal, with Hassan taking silver. Turkey’s Halil Kaya won bronze despite losing unanimous decisions in round three to Hungarian Lajos Bencze and to Hassan in round five.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Kurt PettersénSWEGold
2Mahmoud HassanEGYSilver
3Halil KayaTURBronze
4Taisto LempinenFIN
5Elvidio FlaminiARG
=6Lajos BenczeHUN
=6Reidar MerliNOR
ACKen IrvineGBREliminated r3/66
ACNikolaos BirisGREEliminated r3/66
ACKurt EliasAUTEliminated r3/67
ACKolle LejserowitzDENEliminated r2/65
ACJésus ArenzanaFRAEliminated r2/66
ACFrancesco SuppoITAEliminated r2/66

Round One (3 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Elvidio FlaminiARG0
=1Nikolaos BirisGRE0
=1Kurt PettersénSWE0
=1Halil KayaTUR0
=5Mahmoud HassanEGY1
=5Lajos BenczeHUN1
=5Reidar MerliNOR1
=8Kolle LejserowitzDEN2
=8Taisto LempinenFIN2
=10Kurt EliasAUT3
=10Jésus ArenzanaFRA3
=10Ken IrvineGBR3
=10Francesco SuppoITA3

Match #1 Reidar MerliNOR
decision (3-0)
Kurt EliasAUT
Match #2 Mahmoud HassanEGY
decision (2-1)
Kolle LejserowitzDEN
Match #3 Kurt PettersénSWE
fall (11:54)
Francesco SuppoITA
Match #4 Lajos BenczeHUN
decision (2-1)
Taisto LempinenFIN
Match #5 Halil KayaTUR
fall (12:01)
Jésus ArenzanaFRA
Match #6 Nikolaos BirisGRE
fall (5:46)
Ken IrvineGBR
Match #7 Elvidio FlaminiARG bye

Round Two (4 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Halil KayaTUR0
=2Mahmoud HassanEGY1
=2Kurt PettersénSWE1
4Taisto LempinenFIN2
=5Elvidio FlaminiARG3
=5Ken IrvineGBR3
=5Nikolaos BirisGRE3
=8Kurt EliasAUT4
=8Lajos BenczeHUN4
=8Reidar MerliNOR4
11Kolle LejserowitzDEN5eliminated
=12Jésus ArenzanaFRA6eliminated
=12Francesco SuppoITA6eliminated

Match #1 Kurt EliasAUT
decision (3-0)
Elvidio FlaminiARG
Match #2 Mahmoud HassanEGY
fall (5:49)
Francesco SuppoITA
Match #3 Reidar MerliNOR
DQ (both passivity)
Kolle LejserowitzDEN
Match #4 Kurt PettersénSWE
decision (3-0)
Lajos BenczeHUN
Match #5 Taisto LempinenFIN
fall (8:16)
Jésus ArenzanaFRA
Match #6 Halil KayaTUR
fall (13:55)
Nikolaos BirisGRE
Match #7 Ken IrvineGBR bye

Round Three (5 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Mahmoud HassanEGY1
2Taisto LempinenFIN2
=3Elvidio FlaminiARG3
=3Halil KayaTUR3
5Kurt PettersénSWE4
=6Lajos BenczeHUN5eliminated
=6Reidar MerliNOR5eliminated
=8Ken IrvineGBR6eliminated
=8Nikolaos BirisGRE6eliminated
10Kurt EliasAUT7eliminated

Match #1 Elvidio FlaminiARG
fall (12:43)
Ken IrvineGBR
Match #2 Mahmoud HassanEGY
fall (8:14)
Kurt EliasAUT
Match #3 Reidar MerliNOR
decision (3-0)
Kurt PettersénSWE
Match #4 Lajos BenczeHUN
decision (3-0)
Halil KayaTUR
Match #5 Taisto LempinenFIN
fall (3:53)
Nikolaos BirisGRE

Round Four (5 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Mahmoud HassanEGY1
2Halil KayaTUR3
3Kurt PettersénSWE4
4Taisto LempinenFIN5eliminated
5Elvidio FlaminiARG6eliminated

Match #1 Mahmoud HassanEGY
fall (19:53)
Elvidio FlaminiARG
Match #2 Kurt PettersénSWE
fall (14:17)
Taisto LempinenFIN
Match #3 Halil KayaTUR bye

Round Five (6 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Mahmoud HassanEGY2
2Kurt PettersénSWE4
3Halil KayaTUR6eliminated

Match #1 Mahmoud HassanEGY
decision (3-0)
Halil KayaTUR
Match #2 Kurt PettersénSWE bye

Final Round (6 August 1948)

Match #1 Kurt PettersénSWE
decision (3-0)
Mahmoud HassanEGY