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Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men

Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 kg), Men

Date	29 – 31 July 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.

Turkey’s Gazanfer Bilge had won the 1946 European Championship and was favored, but nobody expected him to completely dominate the class as he did. With 17 competitors, six rounds were needed to get to the final round, and Bilge won his five matches by falls before receiving a bye in round six. He then met Sweden’s Ivar Sjölin in the final round to decide the gold medal, with Bilge winning by unanimous decision.

For his gold medal, Bilge was rewarded by the Turkish government with a house and a cash bonus, which ended his amateur wrestling career.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	–	–	Gold
2	252	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	–	–	Silver
3	56	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	–	–	Bronze
=4	46	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN	–	–
=4	50	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN	–	–
6	59	Hal Moore	👁 Image USA	–	–
39	Antoine Raeymaekers	👁 Image BEL	eliminated r4/7	6
44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	👁 Image EGY	eliminated r4/7	7
48	Arnold Parsons	👁 Image GBR	eliminated r4/7	7
42	José López	👁 Image CUB	eliminated r3/7	6
47	Robert Jouaville	👁 Image FRA	eliminated r3/7	7
52	Hassan Sadian	👁 Image IRI	eliminated r3/7	7
53	Marco Gavelli	👁 Image ITA	eliminated r3/7	7
51	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	👁 Image IND	eliminated r2/7	5
54	Kim Geuk-Hwan	👁 Image KOR	eliminated r2/7	5
40	Mario Crete	👁 Image CAN	eliminated r2/7	6
55	Delmiro Bernal	👁 Image MEX	eliminated r2/7	6
37	Eddie Purcell	👁 Image AUS	–	–
38	Georg Weidner	👁 Image AUT	–	–
41	Manuel Ortiz	👁 Image COL	–	–
45	El-Sayed Kandil	👁 Image EGY	–	–
49	Joe Taylor	👁 Image GBR	–	–
43	J. Vašátko	👁 Image TCH	–	–
58	F. Ozsen	👁 Image TUR	–	–
60	Leo Thomsen	👁 Image USA	–	–

Round One

Date	29 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	39	Antoine Raeymaekers	👁 Image BEL	0
=1	50	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN	0
=1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	0
=1	59	Hal Moore	👁 Image USA	0
=5	44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	👁 Image EGY	1
=5	48	Arnold Parsons	👁 Image GBR	1
=5	53	Marco Gavelli	👁 Image ITA	1
=5	56	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	1
=5	252	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	1
=10	42	José López	👁 Image CUB	2
=10	51	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	👁 Image IND	2
=10	54	Kim Geuk-Hwan	👁 Image KOR	2
=13	40	Mario Crete	👁 Image CAN	3
=13	46	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN	3
=13	47	Robert Jouaville	👁 Image FRA	3
=13	52	Hassan Sadian	👁 Image IRI	3
=13	55	Delmiro Bernal	👁 Image MEX	3

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	Fall (9:13)	Hassan Sadian	👁 Image IRI
Match #2	29 Jul	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN	Fall (13:38)	Mario Crete	👁 Image CAN
Match #3	29 Jul	Antoine Raeymaekers	👁 Image BEL	Fall (11:56)	Robert Jouaville	👁 Image FRA
Match #4	29 Jul	Arnold Parsons	👁 Image GBR	Decision (2-1)	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	👁 Image IND
Match #5	29 Jul	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	Decision (2-1)	José López	👁 Image CUB
Match #6	29 Jul	Marco Gavelli	👁 Image ITA	Decision (2-1)	Kim Geuk-Hwan	👁 Image KOR
Match #7	29 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	Decision (3-0)	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN
Match #8	29 Jul	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	👁 Image EGY	Decision (3-0)	Delmiro Bernal	👁 Image MEX
Match #9	29 Jul	Hal Moore	👁 Image USA

Round Two

Date	30 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	0	–
=2	39	Antoine Raeymaekers	👁 Image BEL	1	–
=2	44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	👁 Image EGY	1	–
=2	56	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	1	–
=2	252	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	1	–
6	59	Hal Moore	👁 Image USA	2	–
=7	42	José López	👁 Image CUB	3	–
=7	46	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN	3	–
=7	50	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN	3	–
=10	47	Robert Jouaville	👁 Image FRA	4	–
=10	48	Arnold Parsons	👁 Image GBR	4	–
=10	52	Hassan Sadian	👁 Image IRI	4	–
=10	53	Marco Gavelli	👁 Image ITA	4	–
=14	51	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	👁 Image IND	5	eliminated
=14	54	Kim Geuk-Hwan	👁 Image KOR	5	eliminated
=16	40	Mario Crete	👁 Image CAN	6	eliminated
=16	55	Delmiro Bernal	👁 Image MEX	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hassan Sadian	👁 Image IRI	Decision (2-1)	Hal Moore	👁 Image USA
Match #2	30 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	Fall (4:01)	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN
Match #3	30 Jul	Robert Jouaville	👁 Image FRA	Decision (3-0)	Mario Crete	👁 Image CAN
Match #4	30 Jul	Antoine Raeymaekers	👁 Image BEL	Decision (3-0)	Arnold Parsons	👁 Image GBR
Match #5	30 Jul	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	Fall (6:32)	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	👁 Image IND
Match #6	30 Jul	José López	👁 Image CUB	Decision (3-0)	Kim Geuk-Hwan	👁 Image KOR
Match #7	30 Jul	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN	Fall (8:02)	Marco Gavelli	👁 Image ITA
Match #8	30 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	Fall (8:40)	Delmiro Bernal	👁 Image MEX
Match #9	30 Jul	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	👁 Image EGY

Round Three

Date	30 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	0	–
2	252	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	1	–
=3	56	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	2	–
=3	59	Hal Moore	👁 Image USA	2	–
=5	39	Antoine Raeymaekers	👁 Image BEL	3	–
=5	46	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN	3	–
=7	44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	👁 Image EGY	4	–
=7	48	Arnold Parsons	👁 Image GBR	4	–
=7	50	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN	4	–
10	42	José López	👁 Image CUB	6	eliminated
=11	47	Robert Jouaville	👁 Image FRA	7	eliminated
=11	52	Hassan Sadian	👁 Image IRI	7	eliminated
=11	53	Marco Gavelli	👁 Image ITA	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hal Moore	👁 Image USA	Fall (13:51)	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	👁 Image EGY
Match #2	30 Jul	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN	Decision (3-0)	Hassan Sadian	👁 Image IRI
Match #3	30 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	Fall (2:49)	Robert Jouaville	👁 Image FRA
Match #4	30 Jul	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	Decision (2-1)	Antoine Raeymaekers	👁 Image BEL
Match #5	30 Jul	Arnold Parsons	👁 Image GBR	Fall (11:59)	Marco Gavelli	👁 Image ITA
Match #6	30 Jul	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN	Fall (2:05)	José López	👁 Image CUB
Match #7	30 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE

Round Four

Date	30 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	0	–
2	252	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	1	–
3	56	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	2	–
4	46	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN	3	–
5	50	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN	4	–
6	59	Hal Moore	👁 Image USA	5	eliminated
7	39	Antoine Raeymaekers	👁 Image BEL	6	eliminated
=8	44	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	👁 Image EGY	7	eliminated
=8	48	Arnold Parsons	👁 Image GBR	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN	Fall (7:31)	Antoine Raeymaekers	👁 Image BEL
Match #2	30 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	Fall (14:28)	Hal Moore	👁 Image USA
Match #3	30 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	Fall (9:07)	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	👁 Image EGY
Match #4	30 Jul	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	Fall (9:15)	Arnold Parsons	👁 Image GBR
Match #5	30 Jul	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN

Round Five

Date	31 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	0	–
=2	56	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	2	–
=2	252	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	2	–
=4	46	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN	6	eliminated
=4	50	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	Fall (11:10)	Paavo Hietala	👁 Image FIN
Match #2	31 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	Decision (2-1)	Ferenc Tóth	👁 Image HUN
Match #3	31 Jul	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI

Round Six

Date	31 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	57	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	0	–
2	252	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	3	–
3	56	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI	5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE	Decision (3-0)	Adolf Müller	👁 Image SUI
Match #2	31 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR

Final Round

Date	31 July 1948

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Gazanfer Bilge	👁 Image TUR	Decision (3-0)	Ivar Sjölin	👁 Image SWE

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