Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman featherweight

Men's Greco-Roman featherweight at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Dates	3–6 August
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Mehmet Oktav  Turkey Olle Anderberg  Sweden Ferenc Tóth  Hungary

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London took place from 3 August to 6 August at the Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Nations were limited to one competitor. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms (125.7 to 136.7 lb).

This Greco-Roman 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 (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1 (this was the modification from prior years, where all losses were 3 points). 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

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Erkki Talosela	Finland	Decision, 3–0	El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil	Egypt
Henk Dijk	Netherlands	Decision, 3–0	Omar Blebel	Argentina
Luigi Campanella	Italy	Fall	Antonios Gryllos	Greece
Egil Solsvik	Norway	Decision, 3–0	Adolf Müller	Switzerland
Safi Taha	Lebanon	Fall	Raymond Strasser	Luxembourg
Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	Decision, 2–1	Jan Stehlík	Czechoslovakia
Antoine Merle	France	Fall	Jack Mortimer	Great Britain
Olle Anderberg	Sweden	Fall	Georg Weidner	Austria
Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1	Olle Anderberg	Sweden	0	0	0
1	Luigi Campanella	Italy	0	0	0
1	Antoine Merle	France	0	0	0
1	Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	0	0	0
1	Safi Taha	Lebanon	0	0	0
6	Henk Dijk	Netherlands	0	1	1
6	Egil Solsvik	Norway	0	1	1
6	Erkki Talosela	Finland	0	1	1
6	Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	0	1	1
10	Jan Stehlík	Czechoslovakia	0	2	2
11	Omar Blebel	Argentina	0	3	3
11	Antonios Gryllos	Greece	0	3	3
11	El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil	Egypt	0	3	3
11	Jack Mortimer	Great Britain	0	3	3
11	Adolf Müller	Switzerland	0	3	3
11	Raymond Strasser	Luxembourg	0	3	3
11	Georg Weidner	Austria	0	3	3

Round 2

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	Decision, 3–0	Erkki Talosela	Finland
El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil	Egypt	Decision, 3–0	Henk Dijk	Netherlands
Antonios Gryllos	Greece	Decision, 2–1	Omar Blebel	Argentina
Luigi Campanella	Italy	Decision, 2–1	Egil Solsvik	Norway
Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	Fall	Jack Mortimer	Great Britain
Georg Weidner	Austria	Fall	Raymond Strasser	Luxembourg
Safi Taha	Lebanon	Decision, 3–0	Antoine Merle	France
Olle Anderberg	Sweden	Bye	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	Over weight	Adolf Müller	Switzerland
N/A	N/A	Retired	Jan Stehlík	Czechoslovakia

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1	Olle Anderberg	Sweden	0	0	0
2	Luigi Campanella	Italy	0	1	1
2	Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	0	1	1
2	Safi Taha	Lebanon	0	1	1
2	Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	1	0	1
6	Antoine Merle	France	0	3	3
6	Egil Solsvik	Norway	1	2	3
6	Georg Weidner	Austria	3	0	3
9	Henk Dijk	Netherlands	1	3	4
9	Antonios Gryllos	Greece	3	1	4
9	El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil	Egypt	3	1	4
9	Erkki Talosela	Finland	1	3	4
13	Omar Blebel	Argentina	3	2	5
13	Jan Stehlík	Czechoslovakia	2	3	5
15	Jack Mortimer	Great Britain	3	3	6
15	Adolf Müller	Switzerland	3	3	6
15	Raymond Strasser	Luxembourg	3	3	6

Round 3

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	Fall	Olle Anderberg	Sweden
Erkki Talosela	Finland	Fall	Henk Dijk	Netherlands
El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil	Egypt	Fall	Antonios Gryllos	Greece
Luigi Campanella	Italy	Decision, 2–1	Ferenc Tóth	Hungary
Egil Solsvik	Norway	Decision, 3–0	Antoine Merle	France
Georg Weidner	Austria	Fall	Safi Taha	Lebanon

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1	Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	1	0	1
2	Luigi Campanella	Italy	1	1	2
3	Olle Anderberg	Sweden	0	3	3
3	Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	1	2	3
3	Georg Weidner	Austria	3	0	3
6	El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil	Egypt	4	0	4
6	Egil Solsvik	Norway	3	1	4
6	Safi Taha	Lebanon	1	3	4
6	Erkki Talosela	Finland	4	0	4
10	Antoine Merle	France	3	3	6
11	Henk Dijk	Netherlands	4	3	7
11	Antonios Gryllos	Greece	4	3	7

Round 4

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Olle Anderberg	Sweden	Fall	Erkki Talosela	Finland
Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	Decision, 3–0	El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil	Egypt
Luigi Campanella	Italy	Decision, 3–0	Safi Taha	Lebanon
Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	Fall	Egil Solsvik	Norway
Georg Weidner	Austria	Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1	Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	1	1	2
2	Olle Anderberg	Sweden	3	0	3
2	Luigi Campanella	Italy	2	1	3
2	Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	3	0	3
5	Georg Weidner	Austria	3	0	3
6	El-Sayed Mohamed Kandil	Egypt	4	3	7
6	Egil Solsvik	Norway	4	3	7
6	Safi Taha	Lebanon	4	3	7
6	Erkki Talosela	Finland	4	3	7

Round 5

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	Decision, 2–1	Georg Weidner	Austria
Olle Anderberg	Sweden	Fall	Luigi Campanella	Italy
Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
1	Olle Anderberg	Sweden	3	0	3
1	Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	2	1	3
1	Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	3	0	3
4	Georg Weidner	Austria	3	2	5
5	Luigi Campanella	Italy	3	3	6

Round 6

Of the three remaining wrestlers, Oktav had previously defeated Anderberg but Tóth had faced neither. Oktav received the bye in the sixth round. Anderberg beat Tóth, eliminating the latter. With two men who had already faced each left, previous head-to-head results were decisive and Oktav received the gold medal. (A Tóth victory over Anderberg in this round would have set up a seventh round pitting Tóth against Oktav.)

Bouts

Winner	Nation	Victory Type	Loser	Nation
Olle Anderberg	Sweden	Fall	Ferenc Tóth	Hungary
Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	Bye	N/A	N/A

Points

Rank	Wrestler	Nation	Start	Earned	Total
	Mehmet Oktav	Turkey	3	0	3
	Olle Anderberg	Sweden	3	0	3
	Ferenc Tóth	Hungary	3	3	6

References

General

• The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. London (published 1951). 1948. Retrieved 18 August 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)