# Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 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. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 79 to 87 kilograms (174.2 to 191.8 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 |
| Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Adolfo Ramírez | Argentina |
| Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | Fall | Gyula Kovács | Hungary |
| Umberto Silvestri | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Athanasios Kambaflis | Greece |
| Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | Fall | Karel Istaz | Belgium |
| Erling Stuer Lauridsen | Denmark | Decision, 3–0 | Ibrahim Mahgoub | Lebanon |
| Peter Enzinger | Austria | Fall | Albin Dannacher | Switzerland |
| Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt | Fall | Ken Richmond | Great Britain |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Peter Enzinger | Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Erling Stuer Lauridsen | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Umberto Silvestri | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Albin Dannacher | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Karel Istaz | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Athanasios Kambaflis | Greece | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Gyula Kovács | Hungary | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Ibrahim Mahgoub | Lebanon | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Adolfo Ramírez | Argentina | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Ken Richmond | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gyula Kovács | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Adolfo Ramírez | Argentina |
| Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak | Turkey |
| Karel Istaz | Belgium | Decision, 3–0 | Athanasios Kambaflis | Greece |
| Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | Retired | Umberto Silvestri | Italy |
| Erling Stuer Lauridsen | Denmark | Fall | Peter Enzinger | Austria |
| Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt | Fall | Albin Dannacher | Switzerland |
| Ken Richmond | Great Britain | Bye | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | Over weight | Ibrahim Mahgoub | Lebanon |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Erling Stuer Lauridsen | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Peter Enzinger | Austria | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Ken Richmond | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Karel Istaz | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Gyula Kovács | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Umberto Silvestri | Italy | 1 | 3 | 4* |
| 11 | Albin Dannacher | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Athanasios Kambaflis | Greece | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Ibrahim Mahgoub | Lebanon | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Adolfo Ramírez | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Ken Richmond | Great Britain | Fall | Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak | Turkey |
| Gyula Kovács | Hungary | Fall | Karel Istaz | Belgium |
| Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Erling Stuer Lauridsen | Denmark |
| Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Peter Enzinger | Austria |
| Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Ken Richmond | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Gyula Kovács | Hungary | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Erling Stuer Lauridsen | Denmark | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Peter Enzinger | Austria | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Karel Istaz | Belgium | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gyula Kovács | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt |
| Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | Fall | Ken Richmond | Great Britain |
| Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | Fall | Erling Stuer Lauridsen | Denmark |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Gyula Kovács | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Ken Richmond | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Erling Stuer Lauridsen | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | Fall | Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt |
| Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Ibrahim Orabi | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 6
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| | Karl-Erik Nilsson | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | Kelpo Gröndahl | Finland | 1 | 3 | 4 |