The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 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. Light heavyweight was the second-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 Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak Decision, 3–0 Adolfo Ramírez Karl-Erik Nilsson Fall Gyula Kovács Umberto Silvestri Decision, 3–0 Athanasios Kambaflis Kelpo Gröndahl Fall Karel Istaz Erling Stuer Lauridsen Decision, 3–0 Ibrahim Mahgoub Peter Enzinger Fall Albin Dannacher Ibrahim Orabi Fall Ken Richmond
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Peter Enzinger 0 0 0 1 Kelpo Gröndahl 0 0 0 1 Karl-Erik Nilsson 0 0 0 1 Ibrahim Orabi 0 0 0 5 Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak 0 1 1 5 Erling Stuer Lauridsen 0 1 1 5 Umberto Silvestri 0 1 1 8 Albin Dannacher 0 3 3 8 Karel Istaz 0 3 3 8 Athanasios Kambaflis 0 3 3 8 Gyula Kovács 0 3 3 8 Ibrahim Mahgoub 0 3 3 8 Adolfo Ramírez 0 3 3 8 Ken Richmond 0 3 3
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gyula Kovács Decision, 3–0 Adolfo Ramírez Karl-Erik Nilsson Decision, 3–0 Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak Karel Istaz Decision, 3–0 Athanasios Kambaflis Kelpo Gröndahl Retired Umberto Silvestri Erling Stuer Lauridsen Fall Peter Enzinger Ibrahim Orabi Fall Albin Dannacher Ken Richmond Bye N/A N/A N/A N/A Over weight Ibrahim Mahgoub
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Kelpo Gröndahl 0 0 0 1 Ibrahim Orabi 0 0 0 3 Erling Stuer Lauridsen 1 0 1 3 Karl-Erik Nilsson 0 1 1 5 Peter Enzinger 0 3 3 5 Ken Richmond 3 0 3 7 Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak 1 3 4 7 Karel Istaz 3 1 4 7 Gyula Kovács 3 1 4 10 Umberto Silvestri 1 3 4* 11 Albin Dannacher 3 3 6 11 Athanasios Kambaflis 3 3 6 11 Ibrahim Mahgoub 3 3 6 11 Adolfo Ramírez 3 3 6
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ken Richmond Fall Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak Gyula Kovács Fall Karel Istaz Karl-Erik Nilsson Decision, 3–0 Erling Stuer Lauridsen Kelpo Gröndahl Decision, 3–0 Peter Enzinger Ibrahim Orabi Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Ibrahim Orabi 0 0 0 2 Kelpo Gröndahl 0 1 1 3 Karl-Erik Nilsson 1 1 2 4 Ken Richmond 3 0 3 5 Gyula Kovács 4 0 4 5 Erling Stuer Lauridsen 1 3 4 7 Peter Enzinger 3 3 6 8 Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak 4 3 7 8 Karel Istaz 4 3 7
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gyula Kovács Decision, 3–0 Ibrahim Orabi Karl-Erik Nilsson Fall Ken Richmond Kelpo Gröndahl Fall Erling Stuer Lauridsen
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Kelpo Gröndahl 1 0 1 2 Karl-Erik Nilsson 2 0 2 3 Ibrahim Orabi 0 3 3 4 Gyula Kovács 4 1 5 5 Ken Richmond 3 3 6 6 Erling Stuer Lauridsen 4 3 7
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Karl-Erik Nilsson Fall Ibrahim Orabi Kelpo Gröndahl Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Kelpo Gröndahl 1 0 1 2 Karl-Erik Nilsson 2 0 2 Ibrahim Orabi 3 3 6
Round 6
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Karl-Erik Nilsson Decision, 3–0 Kelpo Gröndahl
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Karl-Erik Nilsson 2 1 3 Kelpo Gröndahl 1 3 4
References
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