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

The men's Greco-Roman lightweight 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. Lightweight was the fourth-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms (136.7 to 147.7 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

Jauch withdrew during his match. Tuhý withdrew after his victory.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Giacomo Gesino | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Frans Rombaut | Belgium |
| Károly Ferencz | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Aage Eriksen | Norway |
| Georgios Petmezas | Greece | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt |
| Charif Damage | Lebanon | Fall | Luis Rosado | Argentina |
| Abraham Kurland | Denmark | Retired | Alfred Jauch | Switzerland |
| Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | Decision, 2–1 | Albert Falaux | France |
| Gustav Freij | Sweden | Fall | Ray Myland | Great Britain |
| Václav Tuhý | Czechoslovakia | Decision, 3–0 | Eero Virtanen | Finland |
| Johannes Munnikes | Netherlands | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Charif Damage | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gustav Freij | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Abraham Kurland | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Johannes Munnikes | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Károly Ferencz | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Giacomo Gesino | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Georgios Petmezas | Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Albert Falaux | France | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Aage Eriksen | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Ray Myland | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Frans Rombaut | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Luis Rosado | Argentina | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Eero Virtanen | Finland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Václav Tuhý | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1* |
| 17 | Alfred Jauch | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3* |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Johannes Munnikes | Netherlands | Fall | Frans Rombaut | Belgium |
| Aage Eriksen | Norway | Decision, 2–1 | Giacomo Gesino | Italy |
| Károly Ferencz | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt |
| Georgios Petmezas | Greece | Fall | Luis Rosado | Argentina |
| Charif Damage | Lebanon | Decision, 3–0 | Abraham Kurland | Denmark |
| Gustav Freij | Sweden | Fall | Albert Falaux | France |
| Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | Fall | Ray Myland | Great Britain |
| Eero Virtanen | Finland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gustav Freij | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Johannes Munnikes | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Charif Damage | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Georgios Petmezas | Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Károly Ferencz | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Giacomo Gesino | Italy | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Abraham Kurland | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Eero Virtanen | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Aage Eriksen | Norway | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Albert Falaux | France | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Mohamed Ahmed Osman | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Ray Myland | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Frans Rombaut | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Luis Rosado | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Eero Virtanen | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Johannes Munnikes | Netherlands |
| Károly Ferencz | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Giacomo Gesino | Italy |
| Aage Eriksen | Norway | Declared | Georgios Petmezas | Greece |
| Charif Damage | Lebanon | Decision, 3–0 | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey |
| Gustav Freij | Sweden | Decision, 2–1 | Abraham Kurland | Denmark |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gustav Freij | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Charif Damage | Lebanon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Károly Ferencz | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Johannes Munnikes | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Aage Eriksen | Norway | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Georgios Petmezas | Greece | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Eero Virtanen | Finland | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Giacomo Gesino | Italy | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Abraham Kurland | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 5 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Aage Eriksen | Norway | Retired | Eero Virtanen | Finland |
| Károly Ferencz | Hungary | Fall | Johannes Munnikes | Netherlands |
| Charif Damage | Lebanon | Decision, 3–0 | Georgios Petmezas | Greece |
| Gustav Freij | Sweden | Fall | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Gustav Freij | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Charif Damage | Lebanon | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Károly Ferencz | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Aage Eriksen | Norway | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Johannes Munnikes | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Georgios Petmezas | Greece | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Ahmet Şenol | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Eero Virtanen | Finland | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5

Eriksen was eliminated despite winning, as the victory by decision gave him his fifth point. Freij was the only remaining wrestler with fewer than five, winning gold. Eriksen took silver. Ferencz and Damage each had six points, and had not previously faced each other, so a bronze medal match was staged.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gustav Freij | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Károly Ferencz | Hungary |
| Aage Eriksen | Norway | Decision, 3–0 | Charif Damage | Lebanon |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| | Gustav Freij | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Aage Eriksen | Norway | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Charif Damage | Lebanon | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Károly Ferencz | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Bronze medal match

Ferencz took the bronze medal in a split decision.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Károly Ferencz | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Charif Damage | Lebanon |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| | Károly Ferencz | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Charif Damage | Lebanon | 6 | 2 | 8 |