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

The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 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 |
| Axel Grönberg | Sweden | Fall | Abbas Ahmad | Egypt |
| Juho Kinnunen | Finland | Decision, 2–1 | Gyula Németi | Hungary |
| Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Klaas de Groot | Netherlands |
| Ercole Gallegati | Italy | Fall | Alberto Bolzi | Argentina |
| Anton Vogel | Austria | Fall | Stan Bissell | Great Britain |
| Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | Fall | Ernst Kolb | Switzerland |
| Kaare Larsen | Norway | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ercole Gallegati | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Axel Grönberg | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kaare Larsen | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Anton Vogel | Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Juho Kinnunen | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Gyula Németi | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Abbas Ahmad | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Alberto Bolzi | Argentina | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Stan Bissell | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Klaas de Groot | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Ernst Kolb | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Axel Grönberg | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Kaare Larsen | Norway |
| Juho Kinnunen | Finland | Fall | Abbas Ahmad | Egypt |
| Gyula Németi | Hungary | Fall | Klaas de Groot | Netherlands |
| Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | Fall | Alberto Bolzi | Argentina |
| Ercole Gallegati | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Anton Vogel | Austria |
| Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | Fall | Stan Bissell | Great Britain |
| Ernst Kolb | Switzerland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ercole Gallegati | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Axel Grönberg | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Juho Kinnunen | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Gyula Németi | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Ernst Kolb | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Kaare Larsen | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Anton Vogel | Austria | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Abbas Ahmad | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Alberto Bolzi | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Stan Bissell | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Klaas de Groot | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Kaare Larsen | Norway | Fall | Ernst Kolb | Switzerland |
| Axel Grönberg | Sweden | Fall | Juho Kinnunen | Finland |
| Gyula Németi | Hungary | Fall | Ercole Gallegati | Italy |
| Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | Fall | Anton Vogel | Austria |
| Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Axel Grönberg | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Gyula Németi | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Kaare Larsen | Norway | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Ercole Gallegati | Italy | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Juho Kinnunen | Finland | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Ernst Kolb | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Anton Vogel | Austria | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 4

Kinnunen took 6th place over Németi based on head-to-head results from the first round.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Kaare Larsen | Norway | Decision, 3–0 | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium |
| Axel Grönberg | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Gyula Németi | Hungary |
| Juho Kinnunen | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey |
| Ercole Gallegati | Italy | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Axel Grönberg | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ercole Gallegati | Italy | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Kaare Larsen | Norway | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Juho Kinnunen | Finland | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Gyula Németi | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 5 |

### Round 5
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Axel Grönberg | Sweden | Fall | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium |
| Ercole Gallegati | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Kaare Larsen | Norway |
| Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Axel Grönberg | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | Ercole Gallegati | Italy | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Kaare Larsen | Norway | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 6
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Axel Grönberg | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| | Axel Grönberg | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | Muhlis Tayfur | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 7 |