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Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kilograms), Men

Date29 – 31 July 1948 — 10:00-13:30-18:00-23:30 (all days)
StatusOlympic
LocationEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Participants17 from 17 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.

Turkey’s Gazanfer Bilge had won the 1946 European Championship and was favored but nobody expected him to completely dominate the class as he did. With 17 competitors six rounds were needed to get to the final round, and Bilge won his five matches by falls, before receiving a bye in round six. He then met Sweden’s Ivar Sjölin in the final round to decide the gold medal, with Bilge winning by unanimous decision. For his gold medal Bilge was rewarded by the Turkish government with a house and a cash bonus, which ended his amateur wrestling career.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Gazanfer BilgeTURGold
2Ivar SjölinSWESilver
3Adolf MüllerSUIBronze
=4Paavo HietalaFIN
=4Ferenc TóthHUN
6Hal MooreUSA
ACAntoine RaeymaekersBELEliminated r4/76
ACIbrahim Abdel HamidEGYEliminated r4/77
ACArnold ParsonsGBREliminated r4/77
ACJosé LópezCUBEliminated r3/76
ACRobert JouavilleFRAEliminated r3/77
ACHassan SadianIRIEliminated r3/77
ACMarco GavelliITAEliminated r3/77
ACSarjarao SuryavanshiINDEliminated r2/75
ACKim Kuk-FanKOREliminated r2/75
ACMario CreteCANEliminated r2/76
ACDelmiro BernalMEXEliminated r2/76

Round One (29 July 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Antoine RaeymaekersBEL0
=1Ferenc TóthHUN0
=1Gazanfer BilgeTUR0
=1Hal MooreUSA0
=5Ibrahim Abdel HamidEGY1
=5Arnold ParsonsGBR1
=5Marco GavelliITA1
=5Adolf MüllerSUI1
=5Ivar SjölinSWE1
=10José LópezCUB2
=10Sarjarao SuryavanshiIND2
=10Kim Kuk-FanKOR2
=13Mario CreteCAN3
=13Paavo HietalaFIN3
=13Robert JouavilleFRA3
=13Hassan SadianIRI3
=13Delmiro BernalMEX3

Match #1 Gazanfer BilgeTUR
fall (9:13)
Hassan SadianIRI
Match #2 Ferenc TóthHUN
fall (13:38)
Mario CreteCAN
Match #3 Antoine RaeymaekersBEL
fall (11:56)
Robert JouavilleFRA
Match #4 Arnold ParsonsGBR
decision (2-1)
Sarjarao SuryavanshiIND
Match #5 Adolf MüllerSUI
decision (2-1)
José LópezCUB
Match #6 Marco GavelliITA
decision (2-1)
Kim Kuk-FanKOR
Match #7 Ivar SjölinSWE
decision (3-0)
Paavo HietalaFIN
Match #8 Ibrahim Abdel HamidEGY
decision (3-0)
Delmiro BernalMEX
Match #9 Hal MooreUSA bye

Round Two (30 July 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Gazanfer BilgeTUR0
=2Antoine RaeymaekersBEL1
=2Ibrahim Abdel HamidEGY1
=2Adolf MüllerSUI1
=2Ivar SjölinSWE1
6Hal MooreUSA2
=7José LópezCUB3
=7Paavo HietalaFIN3
=7Ferenc TóthHUN3
=10Robert JouavilleFRA4
=10Arnold ParsonsGBR4
=10Hassan SadianIRI4
=10Marco GavelliITA4
=14Sarjarao SuryavanshiIND5eliminated
=14Kim Kuk-FanKOR5eliminated
=16Mario CreteCAN6eliminated
=16Delmiro BernalMEX6eliminated

Match #1 Hassan SadianIRI
decision (2-1)
Hal MooreUSA
Match #2 Gazanfer BilgeTUR
fall (4:01)
Ferenc TóthHUN
Match #3 Robert JouavilleFRA
decision (3-0)
Mario CreteCAN
Match #4 Antoine RaeymaekersBEL
decision (3-0)
Arnold ParsonsGBR
Match #5 Adolf MüllerSUI
fall (6:32)
Sarjarao SuryavanshiIND
Match #6 José LópezCUB
decision (3-0)
Kim Kuk-FanKOR
Match #7 Paavo HietalaFIN
fall (8:02)
Marco GavelliITA
Match #8 Ivar SjölinSWE
fall (8:40)
Delmiro BernalMEX
Match #9 Ibrahim Abdel HamidEGY bye

Round Three (30 July 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Gazanfer BilgeTUR0
2Ivar SjölinSWE1
=3Adolf MüllerSUI2
=3Hal MooreUSA2
=5Antoine RaeymaekersBEL3
=5Paavo HietalaFIN3
=7Ibrahim Abdel HamidEGY4
=7Arnold ParsonsGBR4
=7Ferenc TóthHUN4
10José LópezCUB6eliminated
=11Robert JouavilleFRA7eliminated
=11Hassan SadianIRI7eliminated
=11Marco GavelliITA7eliminated

Match #1 Hal MooreUSA
fall (13:51)
Ibrahim Abdel HamidEGY
Match #2 Ferenc TóthHUN
decision (3-0)
Hassan SadianIRI
Match #3 Gazanfer BilgeTUR
fall (2:49)
Robert JouavilleFRA
Match #4 Adolf MüllerSUI
decision (2-1)
Antoine RaeymaekersBEL
Match #5 Arnold ParsonsGBR
fall (11:59)
Marco GavelliITA
Match #6 Paavo HietalaFIN
fall (2:05)
José LópezCUB
Match #7 Ivar SjölinSWE bye

Round Four (30 July 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Gazanfer BilgeTUR0
2Ivar SjölinSWE1
3Adolf MüllerSUI2
4Paavo HietalaFIN3
5Ferenc TóthHUN4
6Hal MooreUSA5eliminated
7Antoine RaeymaekersBEL6eliminated
=8Ibrahim Abdel HamidEGY7eliminated
=8Arnold ParsonsGBR7eliminated

Match #1 Ferenc TóthHUN
fall (7:31)
Antoine RaeymaekersBEL
Match #2 Gazanfer BilgeTUR
fall (14:28)
Hal MooreUSA
Match #3 Ivar SjölinSWE
fall (9:07)
Ibrahim Abdel HamidEGY
Match #4 Adolf MüllerSUI
fall (9:15)
Arnold ParsonsGBR
Match #5 Paavo HietalaFIN bye

Round Five (31 July 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Gazanfer BilgeTUR0
=2Adolf MüllerSUI2
=2Ivar SjölinSWE2
=4Paavo HietalaFIN6eliminated
=4Ferenc TóthHUN6eliminated

Match #1 Gazanfer BilgeTUR
fall (11:10)
Paavo HietalaFIN
Match #2 Ivar SjölinSWE
decision (2-1)
Ferenc TóthHUN
Match #3 Adolf MüllerSUI bye

Round Six (31 July 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Gazanfer BilgeTUR0
2Ivar SjölinSWE3
3Adolf MüllerSUI5eliminated

Match #1 Ivar SjölinSWE
decision (3-0)
Adolf MüllerSUI
Match #2 Gazanfer BilgeTUR bye

Final Round (31 July 1948)

Match #1 Gazanfer BilgeTUR
decision (3-0)
Ivar SjölinSWE