The men's Greco-Roman welterweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 3 August to 6 August at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Welterweight is the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing .
This Greco-Roman 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 bye 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.
Results
Round 1
Özdemir retired after his loss.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Miklós Szilvási Decision, 3–0 Julien Dobbelaere Josef Schmidt Fall Andy Wilson René Chesneau Fall Nic Felgen Alberto Longarella Decision, 2–1 Robert Diggelmann Veikko Männikkö Decision, 3–0 Ali Özdemir Bjørn Cook Decision, 3–0 Luigi Rigamonti Henrik Hansen Fall Kemal Munir Gösta Andersson Fall Johan Schouten
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gösta Andersson 0 0 0 1 René Chesneau 0 0 0 1 Henrik Hansen 0 0 0 1 Josef Schmidt 0 0 0 5 Bjørn Cook 0 1 1 5 Alberto Longarella 0 1 1 5 Veikko Männikkö 0 1 1 5 Miklós Szilvási 0 1 1 9 Robert Diggelmann 0 2 2 10 Julien Dobbelaere 0 3 3 10 Nic Felgen 0 3 3 10 Kemal Munir 0 3 3 10 Luigi Rigamonti 0 3 3 10 Johan Schouten 0 3 3 10 Andy Wilson 0 3 3 16 Ali Özdemir 0 3 3*
Round 2
Dobbelaere and Schouten withdrew after this round.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Julien Dobbelaere Fall Andy Wilson Miklós Szilvási Decision, 3–0 Josef Schmidt Nic Felgen Fall Robert Diggelmann Bjørn Cook Decision, 3–0 Veikko Männikkö René Chesneau Decision, 3–0 Alberto Longarella Luigi Rigamonti Fall Kemal Munir Gösta Andersson Decision, 3–0 Henrik Hansen Johan Schouten Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gösta Andersson 0 1 1 1 René Chesneau 0 1 1 3 Bjørn Cook 1 1 2 3 Miklós Szilvási 1 1 2 5 Nic Felgen 3 0 3 5 Henrik Hansen 0 3 3 5 Luigi Rigamonti 3 0 3 5 Josef Schmidt 0 3 3 9 Alberto Longarella 1 3 4 9 Veikko Männikkö 1 3 4 11 Julien Dobbelaere 3 0 3* 11 Johan Schouten 3 0 3* 13 Robert Diggelmann 2 3 5 14 Kemal Munir 3 3 6 14 Andy Wilson 3 3 6
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Miklós Szilvási Fall René Chesneau Josef Schmidt Decision, 3–0 Nic Felgen Veikko Männikkö Fall Alberto Longarella Henrik Hansen Decision, 3–0 Bjørn Cook Gösta Andersson Decision, 3–0 Luigi Rigamonti
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gösta Andersson 1 1 2 1 Miklós Szilvási 2 0 2 3 René Chesneau 1 3 4 3 Henrik Hansen 3 1 4 3 Veikko Männikkö 4 0 4 3 Josef Schmidt 3 1 4 7 Bjørn Cook 2 3 5 8 Nic Felgen 3 3 6 8 Luigi Rigamonti 3 3 6 10 Alberto Longarella 4 3 7
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Miklós Szilvási Decision, 3–0 Veikko Männikkö Henrik Hansen Fall Josef Schmidt Gösta Andersson Decision, 3–0 René Chesneau
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gösta Andersson 2 1 3 1 Miklós Szilvási 2 1 3 3 Henrik Hansen 4 0 4 4 René Chesneau 4 3 7 4 Veikko Männikkö 4 3 7 4 Josef Schmidt 4 3 7
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Miklós Szilvási Fall Henrik Hansen Gösta Andersson Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gösta Andersson 3 0 3 1 Miklós Szilvási 3 0 3 Henrik Hansen 4 3 7
Round 6
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gösta Andersson Decision, 3–0 Miklós Szilvási
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Gösta Andersson 3 1 4 Miklós Szilvási 3 3 6
References
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