The men's freestyle featherweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing .
This freestyle 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 Gazanfer Bilge Fall Hassan Sadian Ferenc Tóth Fall Mario Crete Antoine Raeymaeckers Fall Robert Jouaville Arnold Parsons Decision, 2–1 Sarjarao Suryavanshi Adolf Müller Decision, 2–1 José López Marco Gavelli Decision, 2–1 Kim Kuk-fan Ivar Sjölin Decision, 3–0 Paavo Hietala Ibrahim Abdel Hamid Decision, 3–0 Delmiro Bernal Hal Moore Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gazanfer Bilge 0 0 0 1 Hal Moore 0 0 0 1 Antoine Raeymaeckers 0 0 0 1 Ferenc Tóth 0 0 0 5 Ibrahim Abdel Hamid 0 1 1 5 Marco Gavelli 0 1 1 5 Adolf Müller 0 1 1 5 Arnold Parsons 0 1 1 5 Ivar Sjölin 0 1 1 10 Kim Kuk-fan 0 2 2 10 José López 0 2 2 10 Sarjarao Suryavanshi 0 2 2 13 Delmiro Bernal 0 3 3 13 Mario Crete 0 3 3 13 Paavo Hietala 0 3 3 13 Robert Jouaville 0 3 3 13 Hassan Sadian 0 3 3
Round 2
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hassan Sadian Decision, 2–1 Hal Moore Gazanfer Bilge Fall Ferenc Tóth Robert Jouaville Decision, 3–0 Mario Crete Antoine Raeymaeckers Decision, 3–0 Arnold Parsons Adolf Müller Fall Sarjarao Suryavanshi José López Decision, 3–0 Kim Kuk-fan Paavo Hietala Fall Marco Gavelli Ivar Sjölin Fall Delmiro Bernal Ibrahim Abdel Hamid Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gazanfer Bilge 0 0 0 2 Ibrahim Abdel Hamid 1 0 1 2 Adolf Müller 1 0 1 2 Antoine Raeymaeckers 0 1 1 2 Ivar Sjölin 1 0 1 6 Hal Moore 0 2 2 7 Paavo Hietala 3 0 3 7 José López 2 1 3 7 Ferenc Tóth 0 3 3 10 Marco Gavelli 1 3 4 10 Robert Jouaville 3 1 4 10 Arnold Parsons 1 3 4 10 Hassan Sadian 3 1 4 14 Kim Kuk-fan 2 3 5 14 Sarjarao Suryavanshi 2 3 5 16 Delmiro Bernal 3 3 6 16 Mario Crete 3 3 6
Round 3
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hal Moore Fall Ibrahim Abdel Hamid Ferenc Tóth Decision, 3–0 Hassan Sadian Gazanfer Bilge Fall Robert Jouaville Adolf Müller Decision, 2–1 Antoine Raeymaeckers Arnold Parsons Fall Marco Gavelli Paavo Hietala Fall José López Ivar Sjölin Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gazanfer Bilge 0 0 0 2 Ivar Sjölin 1 0 1 3 Hal Moore 2 0 2 3 Adolf Müller 1 1 2 5 Paavo Hietala 3 0 3 5 Antoine Raeymaeckers 1 2 3 7 Ibrahim Abdel Hamid 1 3 4 7 Arnold Parsons 4 0 4 7 Ferenc Tóth 3 1 4 10 José López 3 3 6 11 Marco Gavelli 4 3 7 11 Robert Jouaville 4 3 7 11 Hassan Sadian 4 3 7
Round 4
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ferenc Tóth Fall Antoine Raeymaeckers Gazanfer Bilge Fall Hal Moore Ivar Sjölin Fall Ibrahim Abdel Hamid Adolf Müller Fall Arnold Parsons Paavo Hietala Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gazanfer Bilge 0 0 0 2 Ivar Sjölin 1 0 1 3 Adolf Müller 2 0 2 4 Paavo Hietala 3 0 3 5 Ferenc Tóth 4 0 4 6 Hal Moore 2 3 5 7 Antoine Raeymaeckers 3 3 6 8 Ibrahim Abdel Hamid 4 3 7 8 Arnold Parsons 4 3 7
Round 5
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gazanfer Bilge Fall Paavo Hietala Ivar Sjölin Decision, 2–1 Ferenc Tóth Adolf Müller Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gazanfer Bilge 0 0 0 2 Adolf Müller 2 0 2 2 Ivar Sjölin 1 1 2 4 Paavo Hietala 3 3 6 4 Ferenc Tóth 4 2 6
Round 6
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ivar Sjölin Decision, 3–0 Adolf Müller Gazanfer Bilge Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gazanfer Bilge 0 0 0 2 Ivar Sjölin 2 1 3 Adolf Müller 2 3 5
Round 7
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gazanfer Bilge Decision, 3–0 Ivar Sjölin
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Gazanfer Bilge 0 1 1 Ivar Sjölin 2 3 5
References
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