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Featherweight, Freestyle (≤62 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	17 from 17 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.

Turkey’s Gazanfer Bilge had won the 1946 European Championship and was favored but nobody expected him to completely dominate the class as he did. With 17 competitors six rounds were needed to get to the final round, and Bilge won his five matches by falls, before receiving a bye in round six. He then met Sweden’s Ivar Sjölin in the final round to decide the gold medal, with Bilge winning by unanimous decision. For his gold medal Bilge was rewarded by the Turkish government with a house and a cash bonus, which ended his amateur wrestling career.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	–	–	Gold
2	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	–	–	Silver
3	Adolf Müller	SUI	–	–	Bronze
=4	Paavo Hietala	FIN	–	–
=4	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	–	–
6	Hal Moore	USA	–	–
AC	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	Eliminated r4/7	6
AC	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	Eliminated r4/7	7
AC	Arnold Parsons	GBR	Eliminated r4/7	7
AC	José López	CUB	Eliminated r3/7	6
AC	Robert Jouaville	FRA	Eliminated r3/7	7
AC	Hassan Sadian	IRI	Eliminated r3/7	7
AC	Marco Gavelli	ITA	Eliminated r3/7	7
AC	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND	Eliminated r2/7	5
AC	Kim Kuk-Fan	KOR	Eliminated r2/7	5
AC	Mario Crete	CAN	Eliminated r2/7	6
AC	Delmiro Bernal	MEX	Eliminated r2/7	6

Round One (29 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	0
=1	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	0
=1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0
=1	Hal Moore	USA	0
=5	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	1
=5	Arnold Parsons	GBR	1
=5	Marco Gavelli	ITA	1
=5	Adolf Müller	SUI	1
=5	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	1
=10	José López	CUB	2
=10	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND	2
=10	Kim Kuk-Fan	KOR	2
=13	Mario Crete	CAN	3
=13	Paavo Hietala	FIN	3
=13	Robert Jouaville	FRA	3
=13	Hassan Sadian	IRI	3
=13	Delmiro Bernal	MEX	3

Match #1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	fall (9:13)	Hassan Sadian	IRI
Match #2	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	fall (13:38)	Mario Crete	CAN
Match #3	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	fall (11:56)	Robert Jouaville	FRA
Match #4	Arnold Parsons	GBR	decision (2-1)	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND
Match #5	Adolf Müller	SUI	decision (2-1)	José López	CUB
Match #6	Marco Gavelli	ITA	decision (2-1)	Kim Kuk-Fan	KOR
Match #7	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	decision (3-0)	Paavo Hietala	FIN
Match #8	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	decision (3-0)	Delmiro Bernal	MEX
Match #9	Hal Moore	USA	bye

Round Two (30 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0
=2	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	1
=2	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	1
=2	Adolf Müller	SUI	1
=2	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	1
6	Hal Moore	USA	2
=7	José López	CUB	3
=7	Paavo Hietala	FIN	3
=7	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	3
=10	Robert Jouaville	FRA	4
=10	Arnold Parsons	GBR	4
=10	Hassan Sadian	IRI	4
=10	Marco Gavelli	ITA	4
=14	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND	5	eliminated
=14	Kim Kuk-Fan	KOR	5	eliminated
=16	Mario Crete	CAN	6	eliminated
=16	Delmiro Bernal	MEX	6	eliminated

Match #1	Hassan Sadian	IRI	decision (2-1)	Hal Moore	USA
Match #2	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	fall (4:01)	Ferenc Tóth	HUN
Match #3	Robert Jouaville	FRA	decision (3-0)	Mario Crete	CAN
Match #4	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	decision (3-0)	Arnold Parsons	GBR
Match #5	Adolf Müller	SUI	fall (6:32)	Sarjarao Suryavanshi	IND
Match #6	José López	CUB	decision (3-0)	Kim Kuk-Fan	KOR
Match #7	Paavo Hietala	FIN	fall (8:02)	Marco Gavelli	ITA
Match #8	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	fall (8:40)	Delmiro Bernal	MEX
Match #9	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	bye

Round Three (30 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0
2	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	1
=3	Adolf Müller	SUI	2
=3	Hal Moore	USA	2
=5	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	3
=5	Paavo Hietala	FIN	3
=7	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	4
=7	Arnold Parsons	GBR	4
=7	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	4
10	José López	CUB	6	eliminated
=11	Robert Jouaville	FRA	7	eliminated
=11	Hassan Sadian	IRI	7	eliminated
=11	Marco Gavelli	ITA	7	eliminated

Match #1	Hal Moore	USA	fall (13:51)	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY
Match #2	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	decision (3-0)	Hassan Sadian	IRI
Match #3	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	fall (2:49)	Robert Jouaville	FRA
Match #4	Adolf Müller	SUI	decision (2-1)	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL
Match #5	Arnold Parsons	GBR	fall (11:59)	Marco Gavelli	ITA
Match #6	Paavo Hietala	FIN	fall (2:05)	José López	CUB
Match #7	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	bye

Round Four (30 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0
2	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	1
3	Adolf Müller	SUI	2
4	Paavo Hietala	FIN	3
5	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	4
6	Hal Moore	USA	5	eliminated
7	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL	6	eliminated
=8	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY	7	eliminated
=8	Arnold Parsons	GBR	7	eliminated

Match #1	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	fall (7:31)	Antoine Raeymaekers	BEL
Match #2	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	fall (14:28)	Hal Moore	USA
Match #3	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	fall (9:07)	Ibrahim Abdel Hamid	EGY
Match #4	Adolf Müller	SUI	fall (9:15)	Arnold Parsons	GBR
Match #5	Paavo Hietala	FIN	bye

Round Five (31 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0
=2	Adolf Müller	SUI	2
=2	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	2
=4	Paavo Hietala	FIN	6	eliminated
=4	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	6	eliminated

Match #1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	fall (11:10)	Paavo Hietala	FIN
Match #2	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	decision (2-1)	Ferenc Tóth	HUN
Match #3	Adolf Müller	SUI	bye

Round Six (31 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	0
2	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	3
3	Adolf Müller	SUI	5	eliminated

Match #1	Ivar Sjölin	SWE	decision (3-0)	Adolf Müller	SUI
Match #2	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	bye

Final Round (31 July 1948)

Match #1	Gazanfer Bilge	TUR	decision (3-0)	Ivar Sjölin	SWE