# Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight

The men's freestyle welterweight 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. Welterweight was the fourth-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 73 kilograms (147.7 to 160.9 lb).
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 buy, 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 |
| Kálmán Sóvári | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Aleksanteri Keisala | Finland |
| Dick Garrard | Australia | Decision, 3–0 | Willy Angst | Switzerland |
| Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | Fall | Anant Bhargava | India |
| Abbas Zandi | Iran | Fall | Eduardo Estrada | Mexico |
| Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | France | Decision, 3–0 | Adel Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt |
| Hwang Byeong-gwan | South Korea | Decision, 3–0 | Louis Culot | Belgium |
| Leland Merrill | United States | Decision, 3–0 | Harry Peace | Canada |
| Frans Westergren | Sweden | Decision, 2–1 | Don Irvine | Great Britain |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Abbas Zandi | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Dick Garrard | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Hwang Byeong-gwan | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | France | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Leland Merrill | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Kálmán Sóvári | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Frans Westergren | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Don Irvine | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Willy Angst | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Anant Bhargava | India | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Louis Culot | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Eduardo Estrada | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Aleksanteri Keisala | Finland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Adel Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Harry Peace | Canada | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Dick Garrard | Australia | Decision, 2–1 | Kálmán Sóvári | Hungary |
| Willy Angst | Switzerland | Decision, 3–0 | Aleksanteri Keisala | Finland |
| Anant Bhargava | India | Decision, 2–1 | Eduardo Estrada | Mexico |
| Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | Fall | Abbas Zandi | Iran |
| Adel Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | Decision, 2–1 | Hwang Byeong-gwan | South Korea |
| Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | France | Decision, 3–0 | Louis Culot | Belgium |
| Leland Merrill | United States | Decision, 3–0 | Frans Westergren | Sweden |
| Harry Peace | Canada | Fall | Don Irvine | Great Britain |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dick Garrard | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | France | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Leland Merrill | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hwang Byeong-gwan | South Korea | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Harry Peace | Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Kálmán Sóvári | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Abbas Zandi | Iran | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Willy Angst | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Anant Bhargava | India | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Adel Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Frans Westergren | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Eduardo Estrada | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Don Irvine | Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Louis Culot | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | Aleksanteri Keisala | Finland | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Kálmán Sóvári | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Willy Angst | Switzerland |
| Dick Garrard | Australia | Fall | Anant Bhargava | India |
| Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | Fall | Adel Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt |
| Frans Westergren | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Harry Peace | Canada |
| Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | France | Decision, 3–0 | Abbas Zandi | Iran |
| Leland Merrill | United States | Decision, 3–0 | Hwang Byeong-gwan | South Korea |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dick Garrard | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | France | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Leland Merrill | United States | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Kálmán Sóvári | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Frans Westergren | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Willy Angst | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Hwang Byeong-gwan | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Harry Peace | Canada | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Abbas Zandi | Iran | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Anant Bhargava | India | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Adel Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Dick Garrard | Australia | Fall | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | France |
| Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | Fall | Kálmán Sóvári | Hungary |
| Leland Merrill | United States | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dick Garrard | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Leland Merrill | United States | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc | France | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Kálmán Sóvári | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Leland Merrill | United States | Decision, 2–1 | Dick Garrard | Australia |
| Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dick Garrard | Australia | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Leland Merrill | United States | 3 | 1 | 4 |

### Round 6
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Leland Merrill | United States |
| Dick Garrard | Australia | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Dick Garrard | Australia | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | Leland Merrill | United States | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 7
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | Fall | Dick Garrard | Australia |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| | Yaşar Doğu | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Dick Garrard | Australia | 4 | 3 | 7 |