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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67 kilograms), Men

Date	3 – 6 August 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.

Sweden’s Gösta Frändfors was the 1947 European Champion but he elected to only compete in freestyle in London. He was replaced on the Swedish team by Gustav Freij, who proved formidable, going undefeated through four rounds to make the final round, along with Norway’s Aage Eriksen, Hungarian Károly Ferencz, and Lebanese Charif Damage. Freij defeated Ferencz, and Eriksen defeated Damage, but as Eriksen had lost his first-round match against Ferencz, this gave Freij the gold medal, Eriksen taking silver. The bronze came down to an unusual tie-breaking match with Ferencz defeating Damage by a split decision. Freij would return in 1952 and win a silver medal in this class at Helsinki, also winning silver at the 1950 World Championships and gold at the 1953 Worlds. Eriksen also competed at Helsinki but failed to place.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Gustav Freij	SWE	–	–	Gold
2	Aage Eriksen	NOR	–	–	Silver
3	Károly Ferencz	HUN	–	–	Bronze
4	Charif Damage	LBN	–	–
5	Johannes Munnikes	NED	–	–
=6	Eero Virtanen	FIN	–	–
=6	Georgios Petmezas	GRE	–	–
=6	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	–	–
AC	Abraham Kurland	DEN	Eliminated r3/6	5
AC	Giacomo Gesino	ITA	Eliminated r3/6	5
AC	Mahmud Osman	EGY	Eliminated r2/6	5
AC	Albert Falaux	FRA	Eliminated r2/6	5
AC	Luis Rosado	ARG	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Frans Rombaut	BEL	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Ray Myland	GBR	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Václav Tuhý	TCH	Withdrew r2/6	1
AC	Alfred Jauch	SUI	Withdrew r2/6	3

Round One (3 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Abraham Kurland	DEN	0
=1	Charif Damage	LBN	0
=1	Johannes Munnikes	NED	0
=1	Gustav Freij	SWE	0
=5	Georgios Petmezas	GRE	1
=5	Károly Ferencz	HUN	1
=5	Giacomo Gesino	ITA	1
=5	Václav Tuhý	TCH	1	withdrew
=5	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	1
10	Albert Falaux	FRA	2
=11	Luis Rosado	ARG	3
=11	Frans Rombaut	BEL	3
=11	Mahmud Osman	EGY	3
=11	Eero Virtanen	FIN	3
=11	Ray Myland	GBR	3
=11	Aage Eriksen	NOR	3
=11	Alfred Jauch	SUI	3	withdrew

Match #1	Giacomo Gesino	ITA	decision (3-0)	Frans Rombaut	BEL
Match #2	Károly Ferencz	HUN	decision (3-0)	Aage Eriksen	NOR
Match #3	Georgios Petmezas	GRE	decision (3-0)	Mahmud Osman	EGY
Match #4	Charif Damage	LBN	fall (11:17)	Luis Rosado	ARG
Match #5	Abraham Kurland	DEN	fall (9:53)	Alfred Jauch	SUI
Match #6	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	decision (2-1)	Albert Falaux	FRA
Match #7	Gustav Freij	SWE	fall (9:27)	Ray Myland	GBR
Match #8	Václav Tuhý	TCH	decision (3-0)	Eero Virtanen	FIN
Match #9	Johannes Munnikes	NED	bye

Round Two (4 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Johannes Munnikes	NED	0
=1	Gustav Freij	SWE	0
=3	Georgios Petmezas	GRE	1
=3	Charif Damage	LBN	1
=3	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	1
6	Károly Ferencz	HUN	2
=7	Abraham Kurland	DEN	3
=7	Eero Virtanen	FIN	3
=7	Giacomo Gesino	ITA	3
10	Aage Eriksen	NOR	4
=11	Mahmud Osman	EGY	5	eliminated
=11	Albert Falaux	FRA	5	eliminated
=13	Luis Rosado	ARG	6	eliminated
=13	Frans Rombaut	BEL	6	eliminated
=13	Ray Myland	GBR	6	eliminated

Match #1	Johannes Munnikes	NED	fall (7:35)	Frans Rombaut	BEL
Match #2	Aage Eriksen	NOR	decision (2-1)	Giacomo Gesino	ITA
Match #3	Károly Ferencz	HUN	decision (2-1)	Mahmud Osman	EGY
Match #4	Georgios Petmezas	GRE	fall (19:52)	Luis Rosado	ARG
Match #5	Charif Damage	LBN	decision (3-0)	Abraham Kurland	DEN
Match #6	Gustav Freij	SWE	fall (3:57)	Albert Falaux	FRA
Match #7	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	fall (2:21)	Ray Myland	GBR
Match #8	Eero Virtanen	FIN	bye

Round Three (5 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gustav Freij	SWE	1
2	Charif Damage	LBN	2
=3	Károly Ferencz	HUN	3
=3	Johannes Munnikes	NED	3
=5	Eero Virtanen	FIN	4
=5	Georgios Petmezas	GRE	4
=5	Aage Eriksen	NOR	4
=5	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	4
=9	Abraham Kurland	DEN	5	eliminated
=9	Giacomo Gesino	ITA	5	eliminated

Match #1	Eero Virtanen	FIN	decision (3-0)	Johannes Munnikes	NED
Match #2	Károly Ferencz	HUN	decision (2-1)	Giacomo Gesino	ITA
Match #3	Aage Eriksen	NOR	default (17:41)	Georgios Petmezas	GRE
Match #4	Charif Damage	LBN	decision (3-0)	Ahmet Şenol	TUR
Match #5	Gustav Freij	SWE	decision (2-1)	Abraham Kurland	DEN

Round Four (5 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gustav Freij	SWE	1
=2	Károly Ferencz	HUN	3
=2	Charif Damage	LBN	3
4	Aage Eriksen	NOR	4
5	Johannes Munnikes	NED	6	eliminated
=6	Eero Virtanen	FIN	7	eliminated
=6	Georgios Petmezas	GRE	7	eliminated
=6	Ahmet Şenol	TUR	7	eliminated

Match #1	Aage Eriksen	NOR	retired (16:39)	Eero Virtanen	FIN
Match #2	Károly Ferencz	HUN	fall (1:48)	Johannes Munnikes	NED
Match #3	Charif Damage	LBN	decision (3-0)	Georgios Petmezas	GRE
Match #4	Gustav Freij	SWE	fall (2:14)	Ahmet Şenol	TUR

Round Five (6 August 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Gustav Freij	SWE	2
2	Aage Eriksen	NOR	5	eliminated
=3	Károly Ferencz	HUN	6	eliminated
=3	Charif Damage	LBN	6	eliminated

Match #1	Gustav Freij	SWE	decision (3-0)	Károly Ferencz	HUN
Match #2	Aage Eriksen	NOR	decision (3-0)	Charif Damage	LBN

Final Round (6 August 1948)

3rd-Place Tiebreak Match	Károly Ferencz	HUN	decision (2-1)	Charif Damage	LBN