Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight


The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 29 July to 31 July at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor.
This freestyle wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, with the slight modification introduced in 1936. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout. The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.

Results

Round 1

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Lajos BenczeDecision, 2–1Erkki Johansson
Erik PerssonDecision, 3–0Walter Wenger
Charles KouyosDecision, 3–0Sayed Hafez Shehata
Joseph TrimpontFallFabio Santamaria
Nasuh AkarFallNorman May
Ray CazauxDecision, 3–0Francisco Vicera
Gerald LeemanFallNirmal Bhose
Han Sang-ryongByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Nasuh Akar000
1Han Sang-ryong000
1Gerald Leeman000
1Joseph Trimpont000
5Lajos Bencze011
5Ray Cazaux011
5Charles Kouyos011
5Erik Persson011
9Erkki Johansson022
10Nirmal Bhose033
10Sayed Hafez Shehata033
10Norman May033
10Fabio Santamaria033
10Francisco Vicera033
10Walter Wenger033

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Erik PerssonDecision, 3–0Han Sang-ryong
Nasuh AkarDecision, 3–0Walter Wenger
Lajos BenczeDecision, 3–0Norman May
Erkki JohanssonDecision, 2–1Nirmal Bhose
Gerald LeemanFallRay Cazaux
Charles KouyosFallFrancisco Vicera
Sayed Hafez ShehataFallFabio Santamaria
Joseph TrimpontByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Gerald Leeman000
1Joseph Trimpont000
3Nasuh Akar011
3Charles Kouyos101
5Lajos Bencze112
6Erik Persson112
7Sayed Hafez Shehata303
7Han Sang-ryong033
7Erkki Johansson213
10Ray Cazaux134
11Nirmal Bhose325
12Norman May336
12Fabio Santamaria336
12Francisco Vicera336
12Walter Wenger336

Round 3

Hafez Shehata is officially listed as part of the tie for 5th place despite having 6 points to the other 5th place finishers' 5 points.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Joseph TrimpontDecision, 3–0Han Sang-ryong
Nasuh AkarDecision, 3–0Erik Persson
Gerald LeemanDecision, 3–0Lajos Bencze
Charles KouyosFallErkki Johansson
Ray CazauxDecision, 3–0Sayed Hafez Shehata

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Charles Kouyos101
1Gerald Leeman011
1Joseph Trimpont011
4Nasuh Akar112
5Lajos Bencze235
5Ray Cazaux415
5Erik Persson235
5Sayed Hafez Shehata336
9Han Sang-ryong336
9Erkki Johansson336

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Nasuh AkarFallJoseph Trimpont
Gerald LeemanDecision, 3–0Charles Kouyos

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Nasuh Akar202
1Gerald Leeman112
3Charles Kouyos134
3Joseph Trimpont134

Round 5

Kouyos took the bronze over Trimpont "based on more wins." Both finished with 7 points and had not faced each other. Kouyos was 3–2 while Trimpont was only 2–2 after receiving a second-round bye.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gerald LeemanDecision, 3–0Joseph Trimpont
Nasuh AkarFallCharles Kouyos

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Nasuh Akar202
2Gerald Leeman213
Charles Kouyos437
4Joseph Trimpont437

Round 6

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Nasuh AkarFallGerald Leeman

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Nasuh Akar202
Gerald Leeman235