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

The men's freestyle middleweight 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. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 73 to 79 kilograms (160.9 to 174.2 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

Hariri retired after his bout.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Adil Candemir | Turkey | Fall | Bruce Arthur | Australia |
| Maurice Vachon | Canada | Fall | Keshav Roy | India |
| Eddie Bowey | Great Britain | Decision, 3–0 | Eduardo Assam | Mexico |
| Paavo Sepponen | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | André Brunaud | France |
| Paul Dätwyler | Switzerland | Fall | Anton Vogel | Austria |
| Callie Reitz | South Africa | Decision, 2–1 | Abbas Ahmad | Egypt |
| Erik Lindén | Sweden | Fall | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium |
| Glen Brand | United States | Decision, 2–1 | Abbas Hariri | Iran |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Adil Candemir | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Paul Dätwyler | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Erik Lindén | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Maurice Vachon | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Eddie Bowey | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Glen Brand | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Callie Reitz | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Paavo Sepponen | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Abbas Ahmad | Egypt | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Bruce Arthur | Australia | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Eduardo Assam | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | André Brunaud | France | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Keshav Roy | India | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Anton Vogel | Austria | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Abbas Hariri | Iran | 0 | 2 | 2* |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Bruce Arthur | Australia | Fall | Keshav Roy | India |
| Adil Candemir | Turkey | Decision, 2–1 | Maurice Vachon | Canada |
| Paavo Sepponen | Finland | Fall | Eduardo Assam | Mexico |
| André Brunaud | France | Decision, 3–0 | Eddie Bowey | Great Britain |
| Callie Reitz | South Africa | Fall | Anton Vogel | Austria |
| Paul Dätwyler | Switzerland | Decision, 2–1 | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium |
| Erik Lindén | Sweden | Fall | Abbas Ahmad | Egypt |
| Glen Brand | United States | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Erik Lindén | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Brand | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Adil Candemir | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Paul Dätwyler | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Callie Reitz | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Paavo Sepponen | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Maurice Vachon | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Bruce Arthur | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Eddie Bowey | Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | André Brunaud | France | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Abbas Ahmad | Egypt | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Jean-Baptiste Benoy | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Eduardo Assam | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Keshav Roy | India | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Anton Vogel | Austria | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Glen Brand | United States | Fall | Bruce Arthur | Australia |
| Paavo Sepponen | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Maurice Vachon | Canada |
| André Brunaud | France | Abandoned | Paul Dätwyler | Switzerland |
| Erik Lindén | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Callie Reitz | South Africa |
| Adil Candemir | Turkey | Fall | Eddie Bowey | Great Britain |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Glen Brand | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Adil Candemir | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Erik Lindén | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Paavo Sepponen | Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | André Brunaud | France | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Callie Reitz | South Africa | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Maurice Vachon | Canada | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Bruce Arthur | Australia | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Eddie Bowey | Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Paul Dätwyler | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3* |

### Round 4

Reitz defeated Sepponen but received one point result was by decision; because the point was Reitz's fifth, he was eliminated despite the victory. The bout ultimately served as the fourth-place tie-breaker between the two men as well, as both finished with five points.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Glen Brand | United States | Fall | Adil Candemir | Turkey |
| Callie Reitz | South Africa | Decision, 3–0 | Paavo Sepponen | Finland |
| Erik Lindén | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | André Brunaud | France |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Glen Brand | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Erik Lindén | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Adil Candemir | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Callie Reitz | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Paavo Sepponen | Finland | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | André Brunaud | France | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5

Brand defeated Lindén to eliminate the latter. Because Brand and Candemir, the only two wrestlers remaining after that, had already faced each other, they did not compete again and Brand took the gold medal with 2 points to Candemir's 4.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Glen Brand | United States | Decision, 3–0 | Erik Lindén | Sweden |
| Adil Candemir | Turkey | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| Glen Brand | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adil Candemir | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Erik Lindén | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 6 |