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

The men's freestyle featherweight 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. Featherweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 57 to 62 kilograms (125.7 to 136.7 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 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 |
| Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | Fall | Hassan Sadian | Iran |
| Ferenc Tóth | Hungary | Fall | Mario Crete | Canada |
| Antoine Raeymaeckers | Belgium | Fall | Robert Jouaville | France |
| Arnold Parsons | Great Britain | Decision, 2–1 | Sarjarao Suryavanshi | India |
| Adolf Müller | Switzerland | Decision, 2–1 | José López | Cuba |
| Marco Gavelli | Italy | Decision, 2–1 | Kim Kuk-fan | South Korea |
| Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Paavo Hietala | Finland |
| Ibrahim Abdel Hamid | Egypt | Decision, 3–0 | Delmiro Bernal | Mexico |
| Hal Moore | United States | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Hal Moore | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Antoine Raeymaeckers | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ferenc Tóth | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ibrahim Abdel Hamid | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Marco Gavelli | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Adolf Müller | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Arnold Parsons | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Kim Kuk-fan | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | José López | Cuba | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Sarjarao Suryavanshi | India | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Delmiro Bernal | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Mario Crete | Canada | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Paavo Hietala | Finland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Robert Jouaville | France | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Hassan Sadian | Iran | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Hassan Sadian | Iran | Decision, 2–1 | Hal Moore | United States |
| Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | Fall | Ferenc Tóth | Hungary |
| Robert Jouaville | France | Decision, 3–0 | Mario Crete | Canada |
| Antoine Raeymaeckers | Belgium | Decision, 3–0 | Arnold Parsons | Great Britain |
| Adolf Müller | Switzerland | Fall | Sarjarao Suryavanshi | India |
| José López | Cuba | Decision, 3–0 | Kim Kuk-fan | South Korea |
| Paavo Hietala | Finland | Fall | Marco Gavelli | Italy |
| Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | Fall | Delmiro Bernal | Mexico |
| Ibrahim Abdel Hamid | Egypt | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ibrahim Abdel Hamid | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Adolf Müller | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Antoine Raeymaeckers | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hal Moore | United States | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Paavo Hietala | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | José López | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ferenc Tóth | Hungary | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Marco Gavelli | Italy | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Robert Jouaville | France | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Arnold Parsons | Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Hassan Sadian | Iran | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Kim Kuk-fan | South Korea | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | Sarjarao Suryavanshi | India | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Delmiro Bernal | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | Mario Crete | Canada | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Hal Moore | United States | Fall | Ibrahim Abdel Hamid | Egypt |
| Ferenc Tóth | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Hassan Sadian | Iran |
| Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | Fall | Robert Jouaville | France |
| Adolf Müller | Switzerland | Decision, 2–1 | Antoine Raeymaeckers | Belgium |
| Arnold Parsons | Great Britain | Fall | Marco Gavelli | Italy |
| Paavo Hietala | Finland | Fall | José López | Cuba |
| Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Hal Moore | United States | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Adolf Müller | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Paavo Hietala | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Antoine Raeymaeckers | Belgium | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Ibrahim Abdel Hamid | Egypt | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Arnold Parsons | Great Britain | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Ferenc Tóth | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | José López | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Marco Gavelli | Italy | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Robert Jouaville | France | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Hassan Sadian | Iran | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Ferenc Tóth | Hungary | Fall | Antoine Raeymaeckers | Belgium |
| Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | Fall | Hal Moore | United States |
| Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | Fall | Ibrahim Abdel Hamid | Egypt |
| Adolf Müller | Switzerland | Fall | Arnold Parsons | Great Britain |
| Paavo Hietala | Finland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Adolf Müller | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Paavo Hietala | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Ferenc Tóth | Hungary | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Hal Moore | United States | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Antoine Raeymaeckers | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Ibrahim Abdel Hamid | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Arnold Parsons | Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | Fall | Paavo Hietala | Finland |
| Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | Decision, 2–1 | Ferenc Tóth | Hungary |
| Adolf Müller | Switzerland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Adolf Müller | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Paavo Hietala | Finland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Ferenc Tóth | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 6 |

### Round 6
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Adolf Müller | Switzerland |
| Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | Adolf Müller | Switzerland | 2 | 3 | 5 |

### Round 7
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Ivar Sjölin | Sweden |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| | Gazanfer Bilge | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Ivar Sjölin | Sweden | 2 | 3 | 5 |