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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤73 kilograms), 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	16 from 16 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 Yaşar Doğu was the 1947 European Champion in welterweight Greco-Roman, but he also won the 1946 title in freestyle, and elected to compete only in freestyle in London, which opened up this class. His replacement, Ali Özdemir lost his first-round match, and then withdrew, furthering confusing the drawsheet. After five rounds, only Sweden’s Gösta Andersson and Hungary’s Miklós Szilvásy were still unbeaten, and they met in the final round to decide the gold medal, Andersson winning on unanimous decision. Denmark’s Henrik Hansen was the only other survivor to the fifth round, where he lost to Szilvásy by a fall in 8:36, but this still brought the Dane a bronze medal. Andersson and Szilvásy returned in four years at Helsinki, this time Szilvásy winning gold and Andersson silver. Szilvásy was also runner-up at the 1953 World Championships.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	–	–	Gold
2	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	–	–	Silver
3	Henrik Hansen	DEN	–	–	Bronze
=4	Josef Schmidt	AUT	–	–
=4	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	–	–
=4	René Chesneau	FRA	–	–
AC	Bjørn Cook	NOR	Eliminated r3/6	5
AC	Luigi Rigamonti	ITA	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Nic Felgen	LUX	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Alberto Longarella	ARG	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Julien Dobbelaer	BEL	Withdrew r3/6	3
AC	Johan Schouten	NED	Withdrew r3/6	3
AC	Robert Diggelmann	SUI	Eliminated r2/6	5
AC	Kemal Munir	EGY	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Andy Wilson	GBR	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Ali Özdemir	TUR	Withdrew r2/6	3

Round One (3 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Josef Schmidt	AUT	0
=1	Henrik Hansen	DEN	0
=1	René Chesneau	FRA	0
=1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	0
=5	Alberto Longarella	ARG	1
=5	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	1
=5	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	1
=5	Bjørn Cook	NOR	1
9	Robert Diggelmann	SUI	2
=10	Julien Dobbelaer	BEL	3
=10	Kemal Munir	EGY	3
=10	Andy Wilson	GBR	3
=10	Luigi Rigamonti	ITA	3
=10	Nic Felgen	LUX	3
=10	Johan Schouten	NED	3
=10	Ali Özdemir	TUR	3	withdrew

Match #1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	decision (3-0)	Julien Dobbelaer	BEL
Match #2	Josef Schmidt	AUT	fall (6:13)	Andy Wilson	GBR
Match #3	René Chesneau	FRA	fall (17:37)	Nic Felgen	LUX
Match #4	Alberto Longarella	ARG	decision (2-1)	Robert Diggelmann	SUI
Match #5	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	decision (3-0)	Ali Özdemir	TUR
Match #6	Bjørn Cook	NOR	decision (3-0)	Luigi Rigamonti	ITA
Match #7	Henrik Hansen	DEN	fall (8:14)	Kemal Munir	EGY
Match #8	Gösta Andersson	SWE	fall (14:49)	Johan Schouten	NED

Round Two (4 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	René Chesneau	FRA	1
=1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	1
=3	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	2
=3	Bjørn Cook	NOR	2
=5	Josef Schmidt	AUT	3
=5	Julien Dobbelaer	BEL	3
=5	Henrik Hansen	DEN	3
=5	Luigi Rigamonti	ITA	3
=5	Nic Felgen	LUX	3
=5	Johan Schouten	NED	3
=11	Alberto Longarella	ARG	4
=11	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	4
13	Robert Diggelmann	SUI	5	eliminated
=14	Kemal Munir	EGY	6	eliminated
=14	Andy Wilson	GBR	6	eliminated

Match #1	Julien Dobbelaer	BEL	fall (2:38)	Andy Wilson	GBR
Match #2	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	decision (3-0)	Josef Schmidt	AUT
Match #3	Nic Felgen	LUX	fall (14:18)	Robert Diggelmann	SUI
Match #4	Bjørn Cook	NOR	decision (3-0)	Veikko Männikkö	FIN
Match #5	René Chesneau	FRA	decision (3-0)	Alberto Longarella	ARG
Match #6	Luigi Rigamonti	ITA	fall (12:48)	Kemal Munir	EGY
Match #7	Gösta Andersson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Henrik Hansen	DEN
Match #8	Johan Schouten	NED	bye

Round Three (5 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	2
=1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	2
=3	Josef Schmidt	AUT	4
=3	Henrik Hansen	DEN	4
=3	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	4
=3	René Chesneau	FRA	4
7	Bjørn Cook	NOR	5	eliminated
=8	Luigi Rigamonti	ITA	6	eliminated
=8	Nic Felgen	LUX	6	eliminated
10	Alberto Longarella	ARG	7	eliminated

Match #1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	fall (19:01)	René Chesneau	FRA
Match #2	Josef Schmidt	AUT	decision (3-0)	Nic Felgen	LUX
Match #3	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	fall (3:48)	Alberto Longarella	ARG
Match #4	Henrik Hansen	DEN	decision (3-0)	Bjørn Cook	NOR
Match #5	Gösta Andersson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Luigi Rigamonti	ITA

Round Four (5 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	3
=1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	3
3	Henrik Hansen	DEN	4
=4	Josef Schmidt	AUT	7	eliminated
=4	Veikko Männikkö	FIN	7	eliminated
=4	René Chesneau	FRA	7	eliminated

Match #1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	decision (3-0)	Veikko Männikkö	FIN
Match #2	Henrik Hansen	DEN	fall (12:10)	Josef Schmidt	AUT
Match #3	Gösta Andersson	SWE	decision (3-0)	René Chesneau	FRA

Round Five (6 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	3
=1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	3
3	Henrik Hansen	DEN	7	eliminated

Match #1	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN	fall (8:36)	Henrik Hansen	DEN
Match #2	Gösta Andersson	SWE	bye

Final Round (6 August 1948)

Match #1	Gösta Andersson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Miklós Szilvásy	HUN