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Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight

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Men's freestyle welterweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates29–31 July
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yaşar Doğu  Turkey
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dick Garrard  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leland Merrill  United States
← 1936
1952 →

The men's freestyle welterweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1] Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 lb).[2]

This freestyle wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, with the slight modification introduced in 1936. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a buy, if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1 (this was the modification from prior years, where all losses were 3 points). The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.[3]

Results

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Round 1

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Kálmán Sóvári  Hungary Decision, 3–0 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland
Dick Garrard  Australia Decision, 3–0 Willy Angst  Switzerland
Yaşar Doğu  Turkey Fall Anant Bhargava  India
Abbas Zandi  Iran Fall Eduardo Estrada  Mexico
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France Decision, 3–0 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt
Hwang Byeong-gwan  South Korea Decision, 3–0 Louis Culot  Belgium
Leland Merrill  United States Decision, 3–0 Harry Peace  Canada
Frans Westergren  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Don Irvine  Great Britain
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu  Turkey 0 0 0
1 Abbas Zandi  Iran 0 0 0
3 Dick Garrard  Australia 0 1 1
3 Hwang Byeong-gwan  South Korea 0 1 1
3 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France 0 1 1
3 Leland Merrill  United States 0 1 1
3 Kálmán Sóvári  Hungary 0 1 1
3 Frans Westergren  Sweden 0 1 1
9 Don Irvine  Great Britain 0 2 2
10 Willy Angst  Switzerland 0 3 3
10 Anant Bhargava  India 0 3 3
10 Louis Culot  Belgium 0 3 3
10 Eduardo Estrada  Mexico 0 3 3
10 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland 0 3 3
10 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt 0 3 3
10 Harry Peace  Canada 0 3 3

Round 2

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Dick Garrard  Australia Decision, 2–1 Kálmán Sóvári  Hungary
Willy Angst  Switzerland Decision, 3–0 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland
Anant Bhargava  India Decision, 2–1 Eduardo Estrada  Mexico
Yaşar Doğu  Turkey Fall Abbas Zandi  Iran
Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt Decision, 2–1 Hwang Byeong-gwan  South Korea
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France Decision, 3–0 Louis Culot  Belgium
Leland Merrill  United States Decision, 3–0 Frans Westergren  Sweden
Harry Peace  Canada Fall Don Irvine  Great Britain
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu  Turkey 0 0 0
2 Dick Garrard  Australia 1 1 2
2 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France 1 1 2
2 Leland Merrill  United States 1 1 2
5 Hwang Byeong-gwan  South Korea 1 2 3
5 Harry Peace  Canada 3 0 3
5 Kálmán Sóvári  Hungary 1 2 3
5 Abbas Zandi  Iran 0 3 3
9 Willy Angst  Switzerland 3 1 4
9 Anant Bhargava  India 3 1 4
9 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt 3 1 4
9 Frans Westergren  Sweden 1 3 4
13 Eduardo Estrada  Mexico 3 2 5
13 Don Irvine  Great Britain 2 3 5
15 Louis Culot  Belgium 3 3 6
15 Aleksanteri Keisala  Finland 3 3 6

Round 3

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Kálmán Sóvári  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Willy Angst  Switzerland
Dick Garrard  Australia Fall Anant Bhargava  India
Yaşar Doğu  Turkey Fall Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt
Frans Westergren  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Harry Peace  Canada
Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France Decision, 3–0 Abbas Zandi  Iran
Leland Merrill  United States Decision, 3–0 Hwang Byeong-gwan  South Korea
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu  Turkey 0 0 0
2 Dick Garrard  Australia 2 0 2
3 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France 2 1 3
3 Leland Merrill  United States 2 1 3
5 Kálmán Sóvári  Hungary 3 1 4
6 Frans Westergren  Sweden 4 1 5
7 Willy Angst  Switzerland 4 2 6
7 Hwang Byeong-gwan  South Korea 3 3 6
7 Harry Peace  Canada 3 3 6
7 Abbas Zandi  Iran 3 3 6
11 Anant Bhargava  India 4 3 7
11 Adel Ibrahim Moustafa  Egypt 4 3 7

Round 4

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Dick Garrard  Australia Fall Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France
Yaşar Doğu  Turkey Fall Kálmán Sóvári  Hungary
Leland Merrill  United States Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu  Turkey 0 0 0
2 Dick Garrard  Australia 2 0 2
3 Leland Merrill  United States 3 0 3
4 Jean-Baptiste Leclerc  France 3 3 6
5 Kálmán Sóvári  Hungary 4 3 7

Round 5

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Leland Merrill  United States Decision, 2–1 Dick Garrard  Australia
Yaşar Doğu  Turkey Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu  Turkey 0 0 0
2 Dick Garrard  Australia 2 2 4
2 Leland Merrill  United States 3 1 4

Round 6

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Yaşar Doğu  Turkey Decision, 3–0 Leland Merrill  United States
Dick Garrard  Australia Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Yaşar Doğu  Turkey 0 1 1
2 Dick Garrard  Australia 4 0 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leland Merrill  United States 4 3 7

Round 7

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Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Yaşar Doğu  Turkey Fall Dick Garrard  Australia
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yaşar Doğu  Turkey 1 0 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dick Garrard  Australia 4 3 7

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ Official Report 1951, p. 509.
  3. ^ Official Report 1951, p. 496.

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