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VOOZH | about |
| Date | 3 – 6 August 1948 — 10:00-13:30-18:00-23:30 (all days) | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London | |
| Participants | 9 from 9 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. | |
The heavy favorite should have been the Estonian Soviet Johannes Kotkas, who was the 1938-39 European Champion, representing Estonia, and won again in 1947 for the Soviet Union. Kotkas could not compete, however, as the Soviet Union did not enter the Olympics until 1952, and Estonia was no longer an independent nation. He would return in 1952 and win the gold medal in this class at Helsinki.
In Kotkas’ absence, the gold medal went to Turkey’s Ahmet Kireççi, who had won a bronze medal in middleweight freestyle at the 1936 Olympics. Kireççi won the gold with a final round unanimous decision over Italy’s Guido Fantoni, who took the bronze behind Sweden’s Tor Nilsson. Nilsson had lost to Kireççi by fall in 15:48 of the second round.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Round Eliminated | Bad Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR | – | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Taisto Kangasniemi | 👁 Image FIN | – | – | |||
| 5 | 130 | József Tarányi | 👁 Image HUN | – | – | |||
| 6 | – | Moritz Inderbitzin | 👁 Image SUI | – | – | |||
| – | Ernesto Noya | 👁 Image ARG | eliminated r2/5 | 6 | ||||
| – | Len Pidduck | 👁 Image GBR | eliminated r2/5 | 6 | ||||
| 142 | Josef Růžička | 👁 Image TCH | withdrew r2/5 | 0 |
| Date | 3 August 1948 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Bad Points | Event Status | ||
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| =1 | – | Taisto Kangasniemi | 👁 Image FIN | 0 | – | ||
| =1 | – | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA | 0 | – | ||
| =1 | – | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE | 0 | – | ||
| =1 | 142 | Josef Růžička | 👁 Image TCH | 0 | withdrew | ||
| =1 | – | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR | 0 | – | ||
| =6 | – | Ernesto Noya | 👁 Image ARG | 3 | – | ||
| =6 | – | Len Pidduck | 👁 Image GBR | 3 | – | ||
| =6 | 130 | József Tarányi | 👁 Image HUN | 3 | – | ||
| =6 | – | Moritz Inderbitzin | 👁 Image SUI | 3 | – |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 03 Aug | Josef Růžička | 👁 Image TCH | Fall (13:27) | József Tarányi | 👁 Image HUN | |
| Match #2 | 03 Aug | Taisto Kangasniemi | 👁 Image FIN | Fall (4:59) | Ernesto Noya | 👁 Image ARG | |
| Match #3 | 03 Aug | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE | Fall (4:41) | Len Pidduck | 👁 Image GBR | |
| Match #4 | 03 Aug | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR | Fall (13:51) | Moritz Inderbitzin | 👁 Image SUI | |
| Match #5 | 03 Aug | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA |
| Date | 4 August 1948 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Bad Points | Event Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR | 0 | – | ||
| 2 | – | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA | 1 | – | ||
| 3 | – | Taisto Kangasniemi | 👁 Image FIN | 2 | – | ||
| =4 | 130 | József Tarányi | 👁 Image HUN | 3 | – | ||
| =4 | – | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE | 3 | – | ||
| 6 | – | Moritz Inderbitzin | 👁 Image SUI | 4 | – | ||
| =7 | – | Ernesto Noya | 👁 Image ARG | 6 | eliminated | ||
| =7 | – | Len Pidduck | 👁 Image GBR | 6 | eliminated |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 04 Aug | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA | Decision (2-1) | Taisto Kangasniemi | 👁 Image FIN | |
| Match #2 | 04 Aug | József Tarányi | 👁 Image HUN | Fall (4:49) | Ernesto Noya | 👁 Image ARG | |
| Match #3 | 04 Aug | Moritz Inderbitzin | 👁 Image SUI | Decision (3-0) | Len Pidduck | 👁 Image GBR | |
| Match #4 | 04 Aug | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR | Fall (15:48) | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE |
| Date | 5 August 1948 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Bad Points | Event Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | – | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA | 1 | – | ||
| =1 | – | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR | 1 | – | ||
| 3 | – | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE | 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | Taisto Kangasniemi | 👁 Image FIN | 5 | eliminated | ||
| 5 | 130 | József Tarányi | 👁 Image HUN | 6 | eliminated | ||
| 6 | – | Moritz Inderbitzin | 👁 Image SUI | 7 | eliminated |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 05 Aug | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA | Fall (6:06) | József Tarányi | 👁 Image HUN | |
| Match #2 | 05 Aug | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR | Decision (3-0) | Taisto Kangasniemi | 👁 Image FIN | |
| Match #3 | 05 Aug | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE | Fall (2:54) | Moritz Inderbitzin | 👁 Image SUI |
| Date | 5 August 1948 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Bad Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR | 1 | ||
| 2 | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE | 3 | ||
| 3 | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA | 4 |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 05 Aug | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE | Fall (13:12) | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA | |
| Match #2 | 05 Aug | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR |
| Date | 6 August 1948 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 06 Aug | Ahmet Kireççi | 👁 Image TUR | Decision (3-0) | Guido Fantoni | 👁 Image ITA | |
| Match #2 | 06 Aug | Tor Nilsson | 👁 Image SWE |
