Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Charles Kouyos France 1 0 1
1 Gerald Leeman United States 0 1 1
1 Joseph Trimpont Belgium 0 1 1
4 Nasuh Akar Turkey 1 1 2
5 Lajos Bencze Hungary 2 3 5
5 Ray Cazaux Great Britain 4 1 5
5 Erik Persson Sweden 2 3 5
5 Sayed Hafez Shehata Egypt 3 3 6
9 Han Sang-ryong South Korea 3 3 6
9 Erkki Johansson Finland 3 3 6
Results -- 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 . [ 3 ] Bouts Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Joseph Trimpont Belgium Decision , 3–0 Han Sang-ryong South Korea Nasuh Akar Turkey Decision , 3–0 Erik Persson Sweden Gerald Leeman United States Decision , 3–0 Lajos Bencze Hungary Charles Kouyos France Fall Erkki Johansson Finland Ray Cazaux Great Britain Decision , 3–0 Sayed Hafez Shehata Egypt Points
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 (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.