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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 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	16 from 16 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.

Four rounds were required to determine the finalists, but the real gold medal match took place in round four when American Glen Brand defeated Turkey’s Adil Candemir, winning by fall in 13:24. In the final round, Brand then had to face Sweden’s Erik Lindén and defeated him by unanimous decision to secure the gold medal, as Candemir received a final round bye. Candemir won the silver and Lindén bronze based on their bad point totals, but Candemir would return in 1949 and win the European Championship as a light-heavy.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Glen Brand	USA	–	–	Gold
2	Adil Candemir	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	Erik Lindén	SWE	–	–	Bronze
4	Calie Reitz	RSA	–	–
5	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	–	–
6	André Brunaud	FRA	–	–
AC	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	Eliminated r4/5	4
AC	Maurice Vachon	CAN	Eliminated r3/5	5
AC	Bruce Arthur	AUS	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	Eddie Bowey	GBR	Eliminated r3/5	7
AC	Jean Benoy	BEL	Eliminated r2/5	5
AC	Abbas Ahmad	EGY	Eliminated r2/5	5
AC	Anton Vogel	AUT	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	Keshav Roy	IND	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	Eduardo Assam	MEX	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	Abbas Hariri	IRI	Withdrew r2/5	2

Round One (29 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Maurice Vachon	CAN	0
=1	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	0
=1	Erik Lindén	SWE	0
=1	Adil Candemir	TUR	0
=5	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	1
=5	Eddie Bowey	GBR	1
=5	Calie Reitz	RSA	1
=5	Glen Brand	USA	1
=9	Abbas Ahmad	EGY	2
=9	Abbas Hariri	IRI	2	withdrew
=11	Bruce Arthur	AUS	3
=11	Anton Vogel	AUT	3
=11	Jean Benoy	BEL	3
=11	André Brunaud	FRA	3
=11	Keshav Roy	IND	3
=11	Eduardo Assam	MEX	3

Match #1	Adil Candemir	TUR	fall (7:26)	Bruce Arthur	AUS
Match #2	Maurice Vachon	CAN	fall (0:54)	Keshav Roy	IND
Match #3	Eddie Bowey	GBR	decision (3-0)	Eduardo Assam	MEX
Match #4	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	decision (3-0)	André Brunaud	FRA
Match #5	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	fall (1:53)	Anton Vogel	AUT
Match #6	Calie Reitz	RSA	decision (2-1)	Abbas Ahmad	EGY
Match #7	Erik Lindén	SWE	fall (10:35)	Jean Benoy	BEL
Match #8	Glen Brand	USA	decision (2-1)	Abbas Hariri	IRI

Round Two (30 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Erik Lindén	SWE	0
=2	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	1
=2	Calie Reitz	RSA	1
=2	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	1
=2	Adil Candemir	TUR	1
=2	Glen Brand	USA	1
7	Maurice Vachon	CAN	2
8	Bruce Arthur	AUS	3
=9	André Brunaud	FRA	4
=9	Eddie Bowey	GBR	4
=11	Jean Benoy	BEL	5	eliminated
=11	Abbas Ahmad	EGY	5	eliminated
=13	Anton Vogel	AUT	6	eliminated
=13	Keshav Roy	IND	6	eliminated
=13	Eduardo Assam	MEX	6	eliminated

Match #1	Bruce Arthur	AUS	fall (4:15)	Keshav Roy	IND
Match #2	Adil Candemir	TUR	decision (2-1)	Maurice Vachon	CAN
Match #3	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	fall (4:54)	Eduardo Assam	MEX
Match #4	André Brunaud	FRA	decision (3-0)	Eddie Bowey	GBR
Match #5	Calie Reitz	RSA	fall (5:48)	Anton Vogel	AUT
Match #6	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	decision (2-1)	Jean Benoy	BEL
Match #7	Erik Lindén	SWE	fall (5:04)	Abbas Ahmad	EGY
Match #8	Glen Brand	USA	bye

Round Three (30 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Erik Lindén	SWE	1
=1	Adil Candemir	TUR	1
=1	Glen Brand	USA	1
4	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	2
=5	André Brunaud	FRA	4
=5	Calie Reitz	RSA	4
=5	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	4	withdrew
8	Maurice Vachon	CAN	5	eliminated
9	Bruce Arthur	AUS	6	eliminated
10	Eddie Bowey	GBR	7	eliminated

Match #1	Glen Brand	USA	fall (4:21)	Bruce Arthur	AUS
Match #2	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	decision (3-0)	Maurice Vachon	CAN
Match #3	André Brunaud	FRA	retired	Paul Dätwyler	SUI
Match #4	Erik Lindén	SWE	decision (3-0)	Calie Reitz	RSA
Match #5	Adil Candemir	TUR	fall (11:57)	Eddie Bowey	GBR

Round Four (31 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Glen Brand	USA	1
2	Erik Lindén	SWE	2
3	Adil Candemir	TUR	4
=4	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	5	eliminated
=4	Calie Reitz	RSA	5	eliminated
6	André Brunaud	FRA	7	eliminated

Match #1	Glen Brand	USA	fall (13:24)	Adil Candemir	TUR
Match #2	Calie Reitz	RSA	decision (3-0)	Paavo Sepponen	FIN
Match #3	Erik Lindén	SWE	decision (3-0)	André Brunaud	FRA

Final Round (31 July 1948)

Match #1	Glen Brand	USA	decision (3-0)	Erik Lindén	SWE
Match #2	Adil Candemir	TUR	bye