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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), 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	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	120	Glen Brand	USA	–	–	Gold
2	118	Adil Candemir	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	258	Erik Lindén	SWE	–	–	Bronze
4	116	Calie Reitz	RSA	–	–
5	108	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	–	–
6	109	André Brunaud	FRA	–	–
AC	117	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	eliminated r4/5	4
AC	105	Maurice Vachon	CAN	eliminated r3/5	5
AC	102	Bruce Arthur	AUS	eliminated r3/5	6
AC	110	Eddie Bowey	GBR	eliminated r3/5	7
AC	104	Jean Benoy	BEL	eliminated r2/5	5
AC	106	Abbas Ahmad	EGY	eliminated r2/5	5
AC	103	Anton Vogel	AUT	eliminated r2/5	6
AC	112	Keshav Roy	IND	eliminated r2/5	6
AC	115	Eduardo Assam	MEX	eliminated r2/5	6
AC	113	Abbas Hariri	IRI	withdrew r2/5	2
DNS	107	Mohamed Moussa	EGY	–	–
DNS	111	Bill Fox	GBR	–	–
DNS	114	Ercole Gallegati	ITA	–	–
DNS	119	M. Ceterez	TUR	–	–
DNS	121	Joseph Scarpello	USA	–	–

Round One

Date	29 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	105	Maurice Vachon	CAN	0	–
=1	117	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	0	–
=1	258	Erik Lindén	SWE	0	–
=1	118	Adil Candemir	TUR	0	–
=5	108	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	1	–
=5	110	Eddie Bowey	GBR	1	–
=5	116	Calie Reitz	RSA	1	–
=5	120	Glen Brand	USA	1	–
=9	106	Abbas Ahmad	EGY	2	–
=9	113	Abbas Hariri	IRI	2	withdrew
=11	102	Bruce Arthur	AUS	3	–
=11	103	Anton Vogel	AUT	3	–
=11	104	Jean Benoy	BEL	3	–
=11	109	André Brunaud	FRA	3	–
=11	112	Keshav Roy	IND	3	–
=11	115	Eduardo Assam	MEX	3	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Adil Candemir	TUR	Fall (7:26)	Bruce Arthur	AUS
Match #2	29 Jul	Maurice Vachon	CAN	Fall (0:54)	Keshav Roy	IND
Match #3	29 Jul	Eddie Bowey	GBR	Decision (3-0)	Eduardo Assam	MEX
Match #4	29 Jul	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	Decision (3-0)	André Brunaud	FRA
Match #5	29 Jul	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	Fall (1:53)	Anton Vogel	AUT
Match #6	29 Jul	Calie Reitz	RSA	Decision (2-1)	Abbas Ahmad	EGY
Match #7	29 Jul	Erik Lindén	SWE	Fall (10:35)	Jean Benoy	BEL
Match #8	29 Jul	Glen Brand	USA	Decision (2-1)	Abbas Hariri	IRI

Round Two

Date	30 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	258	Erik Lindén	SWE	0	–
=2	108	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	1	–
=2	116	Calie Reitz	RSA	1	–
=2	117	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	1	–
=2	118	Adil Candemir	TUR	1	–
=2	120	Glen Brand	USA	1	–
7	105	Maurice Vachon	CAN	2	–
8	102	Bruce Arthur	AUS	3	–
=9	109	André Brunaud	FRA	4	–
=9	110	Eddie Bowey	GBR	4	–
=11	104	Jean Benoy	BEL	5	eliminated
=11	106	Abbas Ahmad	EGY	5	eliminated
=13	103	Anton Vogel	AUT	6	eliminated
=13	112	Keshav Roy	IND	6	eliminated
=13	115	Eduardo Assam	MEX	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Bruce Arthur	AUS	Fall (4:15)	Keshav Roy	IND
Match #2	30 Jul	Adil Candemir	TUR	Decision (2-1)	Maurice Vachon	CAN
Match #3	30 Jul	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	Fall (4:54)	Eduardo Assam	MEX
Match #4	30 Jul	André Brunaud	FRA	Decision (3-0)	Eddie Bowey	GBR
Match #5	30 Jul	Calie Reitz	RSA	Fall (5:48)	Anton Vogel	AUT
Match #6	30 Jul	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	Decision (2-1)	Jean Benoy	BEL
Match #7	30 Jul	Erik Lindén	SWE	Fall (5:04)	Abbas Ahmad	EGY
Match #8	30 Jul	Glen Brand	USA

Round Three

Date	30 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	258	Erik Lindén	SWE	1	–
=1	118	Adil Candemir	TUR	1	–
=1	120	Glen Brand	USA	1	–
4	108	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	2	–
=5	109	André Brunaud	FRA	4	–
=5	116	Calie Reitz	RSA	4	–
=5	117	Paul Dätwyler	SUI	4	withdrew
8	105	Maurice Vachon	CAN	5	eliminated
9	102	Bruce Arthur	AUS	6	eliminated
10	110	Eddie Bowey	GBR	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Glen Brand	USA	Fall (4:21)	Bruce Arthur	AUS
Match #2	30 Jul	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	Decision (3-0)	Maurice Vachon	CAN
Match #3	30 Jul	André Brunaud	FRA	Retired	Paul Dätwyler	SUI
Match #4	30 Jul	Erik Lindén	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Calie Reitz	RSA
Match #5	30 Jul	Adil Candemir	TUR	Fall (11:57)	Eddie Bowey	GBR

Round Four

Date	31 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	120	Glen Brand	USA	1	–
2	258	Erik Lindén	SWE	2	–
3	118	Adil Candemir	TUR	4	–
=4	108	Paavo Sepponen	FIN	5	eliminated
=4	116	Calie Reitz	RSA	5	eliminated
6	109	André Brunaud	FRA	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Glen Brand	USA	Fall (13:24)	Adil Candemir	TUR
Match #2	31 Jul	Calie Reitz	RSA	Decision (3-0)	Paavo Sepponen	FIN
Match #3	31 Jul	Erik Lindén	SWE	Decision (3-0)	André Brunaud	FRA

Final Round

Date	31 July 1948

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Glen Brand	USA	Decision (3-0)	Erik Lindén	SWE
Match #2	31 Jul	Adil Candemir	TUR