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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	29 – 31 July 1948 — 10:00-13:30-18:00-23:30 (all days)
Status	Olympic
Location	Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Participants	11 from 11 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.

This was a new weight class to the Olympics, so picking a favorite was difficult. Finland’s Lenni Viitala had won the 1946 European Championship and he dominated the class in London, winning all five of his matches, defeating Sweden’s Thure Johansson by unanimous decision in the final round to win gold. The final round loss dropped Johansson down to the bronze medal, behind Turkey’s Halit Balamir, who had lost a split decision to Viitala in the first round.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Lenni Viitala	FIN	–	–	Gold
2	Halit Balamir	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	Thure Johansson	SWE	–	–	Bronze
4	Mansour Raisi	IRI	–	–
5	Roland Baudric	FRA	–	–
6	Khashaba Jadhav	IND	–	–
AC	Billy Jernigan	USA	Eliminated r3/5	7
AC	Harry Parker	GBR	Withdrew r3/5	3
AC	Adolphe Lamot	BEL	Eliminated r2/5	5
AC	Bert Harris	AUS	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	Eliminated r2/5	6

Round One (29 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Harry Parker	GBR	0
=2	Lenni Viitala	FIN	1
=2	Roland Baudric	FRA	1
=2	Khashaba Jadhav	IND	1
=2	Thure Johansson	SWE	1
=2	Billy Jernigan	USA	1
=7	Adolphe Lamot	BEL	2
=7	Halit Balamir	TUR	2
=9	Bert Harris	AUS	3
=9	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	3
=9	Mansour Raisi	IRI	3

Match #1	Thure Johansson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY
Match #2	Lenni Viitala	FIN	decision (2-1)	Halit Balamir	TUR
Match #3	Billy Jernigan	USA	decision (3-0)	Mansour Raisi	IRI
Match #4	Roland Baudric	FRA	decision (2-1)	Adolphe Lamot	BEL
Match #5	Khashaba Jadhav	IND	decision (3-0)	Bert Harris	AUS
Match #6	Harry Parker	GBR	bye

Round Two (30 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Lenni Viitala	FIN	1
=1	Thure Johansson	SWE	1
3	Khashaba Jadhav	IND	2
=4	Harry Parker	GBR	3
=4	Mansour Raisi	IRI	3
=4	Halit Balamir	TUR	3
=7	Roland Baudric	FRA	4
=7	Billy Jernigan	USA	4
9	Adolphe Lamot	BEL	5	eliminated
=10	Bert Harris	AUS	6	eliminated
=10	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	6	eliminated

Match #1	Thure Johansson	SWE	fall (7:18)	Harry Parker	GBR
Match #2	Halit Balamir	TUR	decision (3-0)	Roland Baudric	FRA
Match #3	Lenni Viitala	FIN	fall (14:11)	Adolphe Lamot	BEL
Match #4	Mansour Raisi	IRI	fall (3:18)	Bert Harris	AUS
Match #5	Khashaba Jadhav	IND	decision (3-0)	Billy Jernigan	USA
Match #6	Mohamed Abdel Hamid	EGY	bye

Round Three (30 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Lenni Viitala	FIN	2
=2	Mansour Raisi	IRI	3
=2	Halit Balamir	TUR	3
=4	Roland Baudric	FRA	4
=4	Thure Johansson	SWE	4
6	Khashaba Jadhav	IND	5	eliminated
7	Billy Jernigan	USA	7	eliminated

Match #1	Roland Baudric	FRA	walkover
Match #2	Halit Balamir	TUR	fall (13:27)	Thure Johansson	SWE
Match #3	Lenni Viitala	FIN	decision (3-0)	Billy Jernigan	USA
Match #4	Mansour Raisi	IRI	fall (5:31)	Khashaba Jadhav	IND

Round Four (31 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Lenni Viitala	FIN	2
=2	Thure Johansson	SWE	4
=2	Halit Balamir	TUR	4
4	Mansour Raisi	IRI	6	eliminated
5	Roland Baudric	FRA	7	eliminated

Match #1	Thure Johansson	SWE	fall (5:22)	Roland Baudric	FRA
Match #2	Halit Balamir	TUR	decision (3-0)	Mansour Raisi	IRI
Match #3	Lenni Viitala	FIN	bye

Final Round (31 July 1948)

Match #1	Lenni Viitala	FIN	decision (3-0)	Thure Johansson	SWE
Match #2	Halit Balamir	TUR	bye