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

The men's Greco-Roman flyweight 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. Flyweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 52 kilograms (114.6 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 |
| Malte Möller | Sweden | Withdrew | Adolphe Lamot | Belgium |
| Edmond Faure | France | Decision, 2–1 | Abdallah Sidani | Lebanon |
| Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary | Fall | Manuel Varela | Argentina |
| Mohamed Abdel-El | Egypt | Fall | Walter McGuffie | Great Britain |
| Kenan Olcay | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Frithjof Clausen | Norway |
| Pietro Lombardi | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Svend Aage Thomsen | Denmark |
| Reino Kangasmäki | Finland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Mohamed Abdel-El | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Reino Kangasmäki | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Malte Möller | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Edmond Faure | France | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Pietro Lombardi | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Kenan Olcay | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Abdallah Sidani | Lebanon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Manuel Varela | Argentina | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Walter McGuffie | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Frithjof Clausen | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Svend Aage Thomsen | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Adolphe Lamot | Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3* |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Reino Kangasmäki | Finland | Decision, 2–1 | Malte Möller | Sweden |
| Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Edmond Faure | France |
| Manuel Varela | Argentina | Fall | Abdallah Sidani | Lebanon |
| Frithjof Clausen | Norway | Fall | Walter McGuffie | Great Britain |
| Pietro Lombardi | Italy | Fall | Mohamed Abdel-El | Egypt |
| Kenan Olcay | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Svend Aage Thomsen | Denmark |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Reino Kangasmäki | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Pietro Lombardi | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Malte Möller | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Kenan Olcay | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Mohamed Abdel-El | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Frithjof Clausen | Norway | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Manuel Varela | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Edmond Faure | France | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Abdallah Sidani | Lebanon | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Walter McGuffie | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Svend Aage Thomsen | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Reino Kangasmäki | Finland | Fall | Edmond Faure | France |
| Malte Möller | Sweden | Decision, 2–1 | Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary |
| Frithjof Clausen | Norway | Decision, 3–0 | Manuel Varela | Argentina |
| Kenan Olcay | Turkey | Fall | Mohamed Abdel-El | Egypt |
| Pietro Lombardi | Italy | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Reino Kangasmäki | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Pietro Lombardi | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Kenan Olcay | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Malte Möller | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Frithjof Clausen | Norway | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Mohamed Abdel-El | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Manuel Varela | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Edmond Faure | France | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Pietro Lombardi | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Reino Kangasmäki | Finland |
| Malte Möller | Sweden | Fall | Frithjof Clausen | Norway |
| Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Kenan Olcay | Turkey |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Pietro Lombardi | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Malte Möller | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Reino Kangasmäki | Finland | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Kenan Olcay | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Frithjof Clausen | Norway | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5

The Official Report gives final rankings for the top 6 wrestlers. It is not clear why Kangasmäki received the bronze. Of the three men eliminated in this round, each was 1–1 against the others (Szilágyi defeated Kangasmäki, who defeated Möller, who defeated Szilágyi). Szilágyi had the fewest bad points, at 5 to the other two wrestlers' 6. Szilágyi was also 4–1 overall, compared to Kangasmäki's 2–2 and Möller's 3–2. Sports-Reference says that Kangasmäki took bronze based on the victory over Möller, but does not explain Szilágyi finishing 5th.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Pietro Lombardi | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Malte Möller | Sweden |
| Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary | Decision, 2–1 | Reino Kangasmäki | Finland |
| Kenan Olcay | Turkey | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Pietro Lombardi | Italy | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Kenan Olcay | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | Reino Kangasmäki | Finland | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Malte Möller | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Gyula Szilágyi | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 5 |

### Round 6
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Pietro Lombardi | Italy | Decision, 2–1 | Kenan Olcay | Turkey |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| | Pietro Lombardi | Italy | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | Kenan Olcay | Turkey | 4 | 2 | 6 |