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Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men

Date	29 – 31 July 1948 — 10:00-13:30-18:00-23:30 (all days)
Status	Olympic
Location	Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Participants	17 from 17 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.

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.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	–	–	Gold
2	252	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	–	–	Silver
3	56	Adolf Müller	SUI	–	–	Bronze
=4	46	Paavo Hietala	FIN	–	–
=4	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	–	–
6	59	Hal Moore	USA	–	–
AC	39	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	eliminated r4/7	6
AC	44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	eliminated r4/7	7
AC	48	Arnold Parsons	GBR	eliminated r4/7	7
AC	42	José López	CUB	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	47	Robert Jouaville	FRA	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	52	Hassan Sadian	IRI	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	53	Marco Gavelli	ITA	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	51	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND	eliminated r2/7	5
AC	54	Kim Geuk-Hwan	KOR	eliminated r2/7	5
AC	40	Mario Crete	CAN	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	55	Delmiro Bernal	MEX	eliminated r2/7	6
DNS	37	Eddie Purcell	AUS	–	–
DNS	38	Georg Weidner	AUT	–	–
DNS	41	Manuel Ortiz	COL	–	–
DNS	45	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY	–	–
DNS	49	Joe Taylor	GBR	–	–
DNS	43	J. Vasatko	TCH	–	–
DNS	58	F. Ozsen	TUR	–	–
DNS	60	Leo Thomsen	USA	–	–

Round One

Date	29 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	39	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	0
=1	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	0
=1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0
=1	59	Hal Moore	USA	0
=5	44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	1
=5	48	Arnold Parsons	GBR	1
=5	53	Marco Gavelli	ITA	1
=5	56	Adolf Müller	SUI	1
=5	252	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	1
=10	42	José López	CUB	2
=10	51	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND	2
=10	54	Kim Geuk-Hwan	KOR	2
=13	40	Mario Crete	CAN	3
=13	46	Paavo Hietala	FIN	3
=13	47	Robert Jouaville	FRA	3
=13	52	Hassan Sadian	IRI	3
=13	55	Delmiro Bernal	MEX	3

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	Fall (9:13)	Hassan Sadian	IRI
Match #2	29 Jul	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	Fall (13:38)	Mario Crete	CAN
Match #3	29 Jul	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	Fall (11:56)	Robert Jouaville	FRA
Match #4	29 Jul	Arnold Parsons	GBR	Decision (2-1)	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND
Match #5	29 Jul	Adolf Müller	SUI	Decision (2-1)	José López	CUB
Match #6	29 Jul	Marco Gavelli	ITA	Decision (2-1)	Kim Geuk-Hwan	KOR
Match #7	29 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Paavo Hietala	FIN
Match #8	29 Jul	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	Decision (3-0)	Delmiro Bernal	MEX
Match #9	29 Jul	Hal Moore	USA

Round Two

Date	30 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0	–
=2	39	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	1	–
=2	44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	1	–
=2	56	Adolf Müller	SUI	1	–
=2	252	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	1	–
6	59	Hal Moore	USA	2	–
=7	42	José López	CUB	3	–
=7	46	Paavo Hietala	FIN	3	–
=7	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	3	–
=10	47	Robert Jouaville	FRA	4	–
=10	48	Arnold Parsons	GBR	4	–
=10	52	Hassan Sadian	IRI	4	–
=10	53	Marco Gavelli	ITA	4	–
=14	51	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND	5	eliminated
=14	54	Kim Geuk-Hwan	KOR	5	eliminated
=16	40	Mario Crete	CAN	6	eliminated
=16	55	Delmiro Bernal	MEX	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hassan Sadian	IRI	Decision (2-1)	Hal Moore	USA
Match #2	30 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	Fall (4:01)	Ferenc Tóth	HUN
Match #3	30 Jul	Robert Jouaville	FRA	Decision (3-0)	Mario Crete	CAN
Match #4	30 Jul	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	Decision (3-0)	Arnold Parsons	GBR
Match #5	30 Jul	Adolf Müller	SUI	Fall (6:32)	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND
Match #6	30 Jul	José López	CUB	Decision (3-0)	Kim Geuk-Hwan	KOR
Match #7	30 Jul	Paavo Hietala	FIN	Fall (8:02)	Marco Gavelli	ITA
Match #8	30 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	Fall (8:40)	Delmiro Bernal	MEX
Match #9	30 Jul	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY

Round Three

Date	30 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0	–
2	252	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	1	–
=3	56	Adolf Müller	SUI	2	–
=3	59	Hal Moore	USA	2	–
=5	39	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	3	–
=5	46	Paavo Hietala	FIN	3	–
=7	44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	4	–
=7	48	Arnold Parsons	GBR	4	–
=7	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	4	–
10	42	José López	CUB	6	eliminated
=11	47	Robert Jouaville	FRA	7	eliminated
=11	52	Hassan Sadian	IRI	7	eliminated
=11	53	Marco Gavelli	ITA	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hal Moore	USA	Fall (13:51)	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY
Match #2	30 Jul	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	Decision (3-0)	Hassan Sadian	IRI
Match #3	30 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	Fall (2:49)	Robert Jouaville	FRA
Match #4	30 Jul	Adolf Müller	SUI	Decision (2-1)	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL
Match #5	30 Jul	Arnold Parsons	GBR	Fall (11:59)	Marco Gavelli	ITA
Match #6	30 Jul	Paavo Hietala	FIN	Fall (2:05)	José López	CUB
Match #7	30 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	SWE

Round Four

Date	30 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0	–
2	252	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	1	–
3	56	Adolf Müller	SUI	2	–
4	46	Paavo Hietala	FIN	3	–
5	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	4	–
6	59	Hal Moore	USA	5	eliminated
7	39	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	6	eliminated
=8	44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	7	eliminated
=8	48	Arnold Parsons	GBR	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	Fall (7:31)	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL
Match #2	30 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	Fall (14:28)	Hal Moore	USA
Match #3	30 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	Fall (9:07)	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY
Match #4	30 Jul	Adolf Müller	SUI	Fall (9:15)	Arnold Parsons	GBR
Match #5	30 Jul	Paavo Hietala	FIN

Round Five

Date	31 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0	–
=2	56	Adolf Müller	SUI	2	–
=2	252	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	2	–
=4	46	Paavo Hietala	FIN	6	eliminated
=4	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	Fall (11:10)	Paavo Hietala	FIN
Match #2	31 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	Decision (2-1)	Ferenc Tóth	HUN
Match #3	31 Jul	Adolf Müller	SUI

Round Six

Date	31 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0	–
2	252	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	3	–
3	56	Adolf Müller	SUI	5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Adolf Müller	SUI
Match #2	31 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR

Final Round

Date	31 July 1948

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Ivar Sjölin	SWE