The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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. Middleweight was the third-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
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Axel Grönberg Fall Abbas Ahmad Juho Kinnunen Decision, 2–1 Gyula Németi Muhlis Tayfur Decision, 3–0 Klaas de Groot Ercole Gallegati Fall Alberto Bolzi Anton Vogel Fall Stan Bissell Jean-Baptiste Benoy Fall Ernst Kolb Kaare Larsen Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Jean-Baptiste Benoy 0 0 0 1 Ercole Gallegati 0 0 0 1 Axel Grönberg 0 0 0 1 Kaare Larsen 0 0 0 1 Anton Vogel 0 0 0 6 Juho Kinnunen 0 1 1 6 Muhlis Tayfur 0 1 1 8 Gyula Németi 0 2 2 9 Abbas Ahmad 0 3 3 9 Alberto Bolzi 0 3 3 9 Stan Bissell 0 3 3 9 Klaas de Groot 0 3 3 9 Ernst Kolb 0 3 3
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Axel Grönberg Decision, 3–0 Kaare Larsen Juho Kinnunen Fall Abbas Ahmad Gyula Németi Fall Klaas de Groot Muhlis Tayfur Fall Alberto Bolzi Ercole Gallegati Decision, 3–0 Anton Vogel Jean-Baptiste Benoy Fall Stan Bissell Ernst Kolb Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Jean-Baptiste Benoy 0 0 0 2 Ercole Gallegati 0 1 1 2 Axel Grönberg 0 1 1 2 Juho Kinnunen 1 0 1 2 Muhlis Tayfur 1 0 1 6 Gyula Németi 2 0 2 7 Ernst Kolb 3 0 3 7 Kaare Larsen 0 3 3 7 Anton Vogel 0 3 3 10 Abbas Ahmad 3 3 6 10 Alberto Bolzi 3 3 6 10 Stan Bissell 3 3 6 10 Klaas de Groot 3 3 6
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Kaare Larsen Fall Ernst Kolb Axel Grönberg Fall Juho Kinnunen Gyula Németi Fall Ercole Gallegati Muhlis Tayfur Fall Anton Vogel Jean-Baptiste Benoy Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Jean-Baptiste Benoy 0 0 0 2 Axel Grönberg 1 0 1 2 Muhlis Tayfur 1 0 1 4 Gyula Németi 2 0 2 5 Kaare Larsen 3 0 3 6 Ercole Gallegati 1 3 4 6 Juho Kinnunen 1 3 4 8 Ernst Kolb 3 3 6 8 Anton Vogel 3 3 6
Round 4
Kinnunen took 6th place over Németi based on head-to-head results from the first round.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Kaare Larsen Decision, 3–0 Jean-Baptiste Benoy Axel Grönberg Decision, 3–0 Gyula Németi Juho Kinnunen Decision, 3–0 Muhlis Tayfur Ercole Gallegati Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Axel Grönberg 1 1 2 2 Jean-Baptiste Benoy 0 3 3 3 Ercole Gallegati 4 0 4 3 Kaare Larsen 3 1 4 3 Muhlis Tayfur 1 3 4 6 Juho Kinnunen 4 1 5 7 Gyula Németi 2 3 5
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Axel Grönberg Fall Jean-Baptiste Benoy Ercole Gallegati Decision, 3–0 Kaare Larsen Muhlis Tayfur Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Axel Grönberg 2 0 2 2 Muhlis Tayfur 4 0 4 Ercole Gallegati 4 1 5 4 Jean-Baptiste Benoy 3 3 6 5 Kaare Larsen 4 3 7
Round 6
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Axel Grönberg Decision, 3–0 Muhlis Tayfur
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Axel Grönberg 2 1 3 Muhlis Tayfur 4 3 7
References
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