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

The men's freestyle flyweight 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. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 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 |
| Thure Johansson | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | Egypt |
| Lennart Viitala | Finland | Decision, 2–1 | Halit Balamir | Turkey |
| Billy Jernigan | United States | Decision, 3–0 | Mansour Raisi | Iran |
| Roland Baudric | France | Decision, 2–1 | Adolphe Lamot | Belgium |
| Khashaba Jadhav | India | Decision, 3–0 | Bert Harris | Australia |
| Harry Parker | Great Britain | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Harry Parker | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Roland Baudric | France | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Khashaba Jadhav | India | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Billy Jernigan | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Thure Johansson | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Lennart Viitala | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Halit Balamir | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Adolphe Lamot | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Bert Harris | Australia | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Mansour Raisi | Iran | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Thure Johansson | Sweden | Fall | Harry Parker | Great Britain |
| Halit Balamir | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Roland Baudric | France |
| Lennart Viitala | Finland | Fall | Adolphe Lamot | Belgium |
| Mansour Raisi | Iran | Fall | Bert Harris | Australia |
| Khashaba Jadhav | India | Decision, 3–0 | Billy Jernigan | United States |
| N/A | N/A | Over weight | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | Egypt |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Thure Johansson | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Lennart Viitala | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Khashaba Jadhav | India | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Halit Balamir | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Harry Parker | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Mansour Raisi | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roland Baudric | France | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Billy Jernigan | United States | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Adolphe Lamot | Belgium | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid El-Ward | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Bert Harris | Australia | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Roland Baudric | France | Retired | Harry Parker | Great Britain |
| Halit Balamir | Turkey | Fall | Thure Johansson | Sweden |
| Lennart Viitala | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Billy Jernigan | United States |
| Mansour Raisi | Iran | Fall | Khashaba Jadhav | India |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Lennart Viitala | Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Halit Balamir | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Mansour Raisi | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Roland Baudric | France | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Thure Johansson | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Khashaba Jadhav | India | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Harry Parker | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Billy Jernigan | United States | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Thure Johansson | Sweden | Fall | Roland Baudric | France |
| Halit Balamir | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Mansour Raisi | Iran |
| Lennart Viitala | Finland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Lennart Viitala | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Halit Balamir | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Thure Johansson | Sweden | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Mansour Raisi | Iran | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Roland Baudric | France | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5

By the fifth round, three wrestlers were left. Viitala had already defeated Balamir, in round 1, and Balamir had previously defeated Johansson, in round 3. Thus, the only possible match left was Viitala against Johansson. Viitala won to secure the gold medal, with Balamir receiving silver (despite not reaching 5 points) due to the previous head-to-head result against Viitala.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Lennart Viitala | Finland | Fall | Thure Johansson | Sweden |
| Halit Balamir | Turkey | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| Lennart Viitala | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Halit Balamir | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Thure Johansson | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 7 |