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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤62 kg), 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	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.

Sweden’s Olle Anderberg came in as the favorite, having won the 1947 European Championship, and he would come to dominate this class, winning the 1950 and 1953 World Championships, but in round three Anderberg lost by fall in only 2:48 to Turk Mehmet Oktav. This did not eliminate Anderberg, however, and after five rounds, the final round came down to him, Oktav, and Hungarian Ferenc Tóth, runner-up at the 1934 and 1947 Europeans (to Anderberg in 1947), and twice a European freestyle champion before World War II. Anderberg defeated Tóth in the final in a long match, winning by fall at 15:30, and this eliminated Tóth, but Oktav’s third-round victory over Anderberg was decisive, giving the Turk the gold medal, as Anderberg won silver, and Tóth bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	–	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	–	–	Gold
2	–	Olle Anderberg	SWE	–	–	Silver
3	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	–	–	Bronze
4	–	Georg Weidner	AUT	–	–
5	–	Luigi Campanella	ITA	–	–
=6	–	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY	–	–
=6	–	Erkki Talosela	FIN	–	–
=6	–	Safi Taha	LBN	–	–
=6	–	Egil Solsvik	NOR	–	–
AC	–	Antoine Merle	FRA	eliminated r3/6	6
AC	–	Antonios Gryllos	GRE	eliminated r3/6	7
AC	–	Henk Dijk	NED	eliminated r3/6	7
AC	–	Omar Blebel	ARG	eliminated r2/6	5
AC	–	Jack Mortimer	GBR	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	–	Raymond Strasser	LUX	eliminated r2/6	6
AC	56	Adolf Müller	SUI	DQ (overweight) r2/6	6
AC	–	Jan Stehlík	TCH	withdrew r2/6	2

Round One

Date	3 August 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	–	Antoine Merle	FRA	0	–
=1	–	Luigi Campanella	ITA	0	–
=1	–	Safi Taha	LBN	0	–
=1	–	Olle Anderberg	SWE	0	–
=1	–	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	0	–
=6	–	Erkki Talosela	FIN	1	–
=6	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	1	–
=6	–	Henk Dijk	NED	1	–
=6	–	Egil Solsvik	NOR	1	–
10	–	Jan Stehlík	TCH	2	withdrew
=11	–	Omar Blebel	ARG	3	–
=11	–	Georg Weidner	AUT	3	–
=11	–	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY	3	–
=11	–	Jack Mortimer	GBR	3	–
=11	–	Antonios Gryllos	GRE	3	–
=11	–	Raymond Strasser	LUX	3	–
=11	56	Adolf Müller	SUI	3	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	03 Aug	Erkki Talosela	FIN	Decision (3-0)	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY
Match #2	03 Aug	Henk Dijk	NED	Decision (3-0)	Omar Blebel	ARG
Match #3	03 Aug	Luigi Campanella	ITA	Fall (10:00)	Antonios Gryllos	GRE
Match #4	03 Aug	Egil Solsvik	NOR	Decision (3-0)	Adolf Müller	SUI
Match #5	03 Aug	Safi Taha	LBN	Fall (1:46)	Raymond Strasser	LUX
Match #6	03 Aug	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	Decision (2-1)	Jan Stehlík	TCH
Match #7	03 Aug	Antoine Merle	FRA	Fall (1:51)	Jack Mortimer	GBR
Match #8	03 Aug	Olle Anderberg	SWE	Fall (14:29)	Georg Weidner	AUT
Match #9	03 Aug	Mehmet Oktav	TUR

Round Two

Date	4 August 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	–	Olle Anderberg	SWE	0	–
=2	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	1	–
=2	–	Luigi Campanella	ITA	1	–
=2	–	Safi Taha	LBN	1	–
=2	–	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	1	–
=6	–	Georg Weidner	AUT	3	–
=6	–	Antoine Merle	FRA	3	–
=6	–	Egil Solsvik	NOR	3	–
=9	–	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY	4	–
=9	–	Erkki Talosela	FIN	4	–
=9	–	Antonios Gryllos	GRE	4	–
=9	–	Henk Dijk	NED	4	–
13	–	Omar Blebel	ARG	5	eliminated
=14	–	Jack Mortimer	GBR	6	eliminated
=14	–	Raymond Strasser	LUX	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Erkki Talosela	FIN
Match #2	04 Aug	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY	Decision (3-0)	Henk Dijk	NED
Match #3	04 Aug	Antonios Gryllos	GRE	Decision (2-1)	Omar Blebel	ARG
Match #4	04 Aug	Luigi Campanella	ITA	Decision (2-1)	Egil Solsvik	NOR
Match #5	04 Aug	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	Fall (5:01)	Jack Mortimer	GBR
Match #6	04 Aug	Georg Weidner	AUT	Fall (1:51)	Raymond Strasser	LUX
Match #7	04 Aug	Safi Taha	LBN	Decision (3-0)	Antoine Merle	FRA
Match #8	04 Aug	Olle Anderberg	SWE
Match #9	04 Aug
Match #10	04 Aug

Round Three

Date	5 August 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	–	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	1	–
2	–	Luigi Campanella	ITA	2	–
=3	–	Georg Weidner	AUT	3	–
=3	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	3	–
=3	–	Olle Anderberg	SWE	3	–
=6	–	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY	4	–
=6	–	Erkki Talosela	FIN	4	–
=6	–	Safi Taha	LBN	4	–
=6	–	Egil Solsvik	NOR	4	–
10	–	Antoine Merle	FRA	6	eliminated
=11	–	Antonios Gryllos	GRE	7	eliminated
=11	–	Henk Dijk	NED	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	Fall (2:48)	Olle Anderberg	SWE
Match #2	05 Aug	Erkki Talosela	FIN	Fall (7:21)	Henk Dijk	NED
Match #3	05 Aug	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY	Fall (3:31)	Antonios Gryllos	GRE
Match #4	05 Aug	Luigi Campanella	ITA	Decision (2-1)	Ferenc Tóth	HUN
Match #5	05 Aug	Egil Solsvik	NOR	Decision (3-0)	Antoine Merle	FRA
Match #6	05 Aug	Georg Weidner	AUT	Fall (11:21)	Safi Taha	LBN

Round Four

Date	5 August 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	–	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	2	–
=2	–	Georg Weidner	AUT	3	–
=2	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	3	–
=2	–	Luigi Campanella	ITA	3	–
=2	–	Olle Anderberg	SWE	3	–
=6	–	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY	7	eliminated
=6	–	Erkki Talosela	FIN	7	eliminated
=6	–	Safi Taha	LBN	7	eliminated
=6	–	Egil Solsvik	NOR	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Olle Anderberg	SWE	Fall (13:02)	Erkki Talosela	FIN
Match #2	05 Aug	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	Decision (3-0)	El-Sayed Kandil	EGY
Match #3	05 Aug	Luigi Campanella	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Safi Taha	LBN
Match #4	05 Aug	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	Fall (16:36)	Egil Solsvik	NOR
Match #5	05 Aug	Georg Weidner	AUT

Round Five

Date	6 August 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	50	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	3	–
=1	–	Olle Anderberg	SWE	3	–
=1	–	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	3	–
4	–	Georg Weidner	AUT	5	eliminated
5	–	Luigi Campanella	ITA	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug	Mehmet Oktav	TUR	Decision (2-1)	Georg Weidner	AUT
Match #2	06 Aug	Olle Anderberg	SWE	Fall (13:02)	Luigi Campanella	ITA
Match #3	06 Aug	Ferenc Tóth	HUN

Final Round

Date	6 August 1948

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug	Olle Anderberg	SWE	Fall (15:30)	Ferenc Tóth	HUN
Match #2	06 Aug	Mehmet Oktav	TUR