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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤62 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
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.

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.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Mehmet OktavTURGold
2Olle AnderbergSWESilver
3Ferenc TóthHUNBronze
4Georg WeidnerAUT
5Luigi CampanellaITA
=6El-Sayed KandilEGY
=6Erkki TaloselaFIN
=6Safi TahaLBN
=6Egil SolsvikNOR
ACAntoine MerleFRAEliminated r3/66
ACAntonios GryllosGREEliminated r3/67
ACHenk DijkNEDEliminated r3/67
ACOmar BlebelARGEliminated r2/65
ACJack MortimerGBREliminated r2/66
ACRaymond StrasserLUXEliminated r2/66
ACAdolf MüllerSUIDQ (overweight) r2/66
ACJan StehlíkTCHWithdrew r2/62

Round One (3 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Antoine MerleFRA0
=1Luigi CampanellaITA0
=1Safi TahaLBN0
=1Olle AnderbergSWE0
=1Mehmet OktavTUR0
=6Erkki TaloselaFIN1
=6Ferenc TóthHUN1
=6Henk DijkNED1
=6Egil SolsvikNOR1
10Jan StehlíkTCH2withdrew
=11Omar BlebelARG3
=11Georg WeidnerAUT3
=11El-Sayed KandilEGY3
=11Jack MortimerGBR3
=11Antonios GryllosGRE3
=11Raymond StrasserLUX3
=11Adolf MüllerSUI3

Match #1 Erkki TaloselaFIN
decision (3-0)
El-Sayed KandilEGY
Match #2 Henk DijkNED
decision (3-0)
Omar BlebelARG
Match #3 Luigi CampanellaITA
fall (10:00)
Antonios GryllosGRE
Match #4 Egil SolsvikNOR
decision (3-0)
Adolf MüllerSUI
Match #5 Safi TahaLBN
fall (1:46)
Raymond StrasserLUX
Match #6 Ferenc TóthHUN
decision (2-1)
Jan StehlíkTCH
Match #7 Antoine MerleFRA
fall (1:51)
Jack MortimerGBR
Match #8 Olle AnderbergSWE
fall (14:29)
Georg WeidnerAUT
Match #9 Mehmet OktavTUR bye

Round Two (4 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Olle AnderbergSWE0
=2Ferenc TóthHUN1
=2Luigi CampanellaITA1
=2Safi TahaLBN1
=2Mehmet OktavTUR1
=6Georg WeidnerAUT3
=6Antoine MerleFRA3
=6Egil SolsvikNOR3
=9El-Sayed KandilEGY4
=9Erkki TaloselaFIN4
=9Antonios GryllosGRE4
=9Henk DijkNED4
13Omar BlebelARG5eliminated
=14Jack MortimerGBR6eliminated
=14Raymond StrasserLUX6eliminated

Match #1 Mehmet OktavTUR
decision (3-0)
Erkki TaloselaFIN
Match #2 El-Sayed KandilEGY
decision (3-0)
Henk DijkNED
Match #3 Antonios GryllosGRE
decision (2-1)
Omar BlebelARG
Match #4 Luigi CampanellaITA
decision (2-1)
Egil SolsvikNOR
Match #5 Ferenc TóthHUN
fall (5:01)
Jack MortimerGBR
Match #6 Georg WeidnerAUT
fall (1:51)
Raymond StrasserLUX
Match #7 Safi TahaLBN
decision (3-0)
Antoine MerleFRA
Match #8 Olle AnderbergSWE bye
Match #9 bye
Match #10 bye

Round Three (5 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Mehmet OktavTUR1
2Luigi CampanellaITA2
=3Georg WeidnerAUT3
=3Ferenc TóthHUN3
=3Olle AnderbergSWE3
=6El-Sayed KandilEGY4
=6Erkki TaloselaFIN4
=6Safi TahaLBN4
=6Egil SolsvikNOR4
10Antoine MerleFRA6eliminated
=11Antonios GryllosGRE7eliminated
=11Henk DijkNED7eliminated

Match #1 Mehmet OktavTUR
fall (2:48)
Olle AnderbergSWE
Match #2 Erkki TaloselaFIN
fall (7:21)
Henk DijkNED
Match #3 El-Sayed KandilEGY
fall (3:31)
Antonios GryllosGRE
Match #4 Luigi CampanellaITA
decision (2-1)
Ferenc TóthHUN
Match #5 Egil SolsvikNOR
decision (3-0)
Antoine MerleFRA
Match #6 Georg WeidnerAUT
fall (11:21)
Safi TahaLBN

Round Four (5 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Mehmet OktavTUR2
=2Georg WeidnerAUT3
=2Ferenc TóthHUN3
=2Luigi CampanellaITA3
=2Olle AnderbergSWE3
=6El-Sayed KandilEGY7eliminated
=6Erkki TaloselaFIN7eliminated
=6Safi TahaLBN7eliminated
=6Egil SolsvikNOR7eliminated

Match #1 Olle AnderbergSWE
fall (13:02)
Erkki TaloselaFIN
Match #2 Mehmet OktavTUR
decision (3-0)
El-Sayed KandilEGY
Match #3 Luigi CampanellaITA
decision (3-0)
Safi TahaLBN
Match #4 Ferenc TóthHUN
fall (16:36)
Egil SolsvikNOR
Match #5 Georg WeidnerAUT bye

Round Five (6 August 1948)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Ferenc TóthHUN3
=1Olle AnderbergSWE3
=1Mehmet OktavTUR3
4Georg WeidnerAUT5eliminated
5Luigi CampanellaITA6eliminated

Match #1 Mehmet OktavTUR
decision (2-1)
Georg WeidnerAUT
Match #2 Olle AnderbergSWE
fall (13:02)
Luigi CampanellaITA
Match #3 Ferenc TóthHUN bye

Final Round (6 August 1948)

Match #1 Olle AnderbergSWE
fall (15:30)
Ferenc TóthHUN
Match #2 Mehmet OktavTUR bye