Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle heavyweight

The men's freestyle heavyweight 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.^[1] Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms (191.8 lb).^[2]

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.^[3]

Results

Round 1

Bouts

Points

Round 2

Bouts

Points

Round 3

Bouts

Points

Round 4

Bouts

Points

Round 5

Bóbis had already defeated both Armstrong and Antonsson, so the only possible match remaining was between the two of them (guaranteeing Bóbis the gold medal and making round 5 in effect a silver/bronze bout). Antonsson won by fall, taking the silver.

Bouts

Points

References

1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
2. ^ Official Report 1951, p. 512.
3. ^ Official Report 1951, p. 496.

General

• The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. London. 1948. Retrieved 18 August 2024.