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

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

Bechara withdrew during his bout. Pérez withdrew after his loss.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Celal Atik | Turkey | Fall | Bill Koll | United States |
| Mohamed Hassan Moussa | Egypt | Decision, 3–0 | Banta Singh | India |
| Tony Ries Sr. | South Africa | Decision, 3–0 | Ali Ghaffari | Iran |
| Kim Seog-yeong | South Korea | Retired | Abou Rejaile Bechara | Lebanon |
| Jan Cools | Belgium | Decision, 3–0 | Israel Sánchez | Cuba |
| Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | Decision, 2–1 | Sulo Leppänen | Finland |
| Morgan Plumb | Canada | Decision, 3–0 | Peter Luck | Great Britain |
| Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | Fall | José Luis Pérez | Mexico |
| Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | László Bakos | Hungary |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Celal Atik | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Kim Seog-yeong | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Jan Cools | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Morgan Plumb | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Tony Ries Sr. | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Sulo Leppänen | Finland | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | László Bakos | Hungary | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Ali Ghaffari | Iran | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Bill Koll | United States | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Peter Luck | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Israel Sánchez | Cuba | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Banta Singh | India | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Abou Rejaile Bechara | Lebanon | 0 | 3 | 3* |
| 17 | José Luis Pérez | Mexico | 0 | 3 | 3* |

### Round 2
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Bill Koll | United States | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | Egypt |
| Celal Atik | Turkey | Fall | Banta Singh | India |
| Ali Ghaffari | Iran | Fall | Kim Seog-yeong | South Korea |
| Sulo Leppänen | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Jan Cools | Belgium |
| Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Israel Sánchez | Cuba |
| Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | Decision, 3–0 | Morgan Plumb | Canada |
| László Bakos | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Peter Luck | Great Britain |
| Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | Fall | Tony Ries Sr. | South Africa |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Celal Atik | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Ali Ghaffari | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Kim Seog-yeong | South Korea | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Sulo Leppänen | Finland | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | László Bakos | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Jan Cools | Belgium | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | Egypt | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Bill Koll | United States | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Morgan Plumb | Canada | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Tony Ries Sr. | South Africa | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Peter Luck | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Israel Sánchez | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Banta Singh | India | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Jan Cools | Belgium |
| Sulo Leppänen | Finland | Decision, 3–0 | Morgan Plumb | Canada |
| László Bakos | Hungary | Decision, 3–0 | Hermann Baumann | Switzerland |
| Bill Koll | United States | Fall | Ali Ghaffari | Iran |
| Celal Atik | Turkey | Fall | Tony Ries Sr. | South Africa |
| Kim Seog-yeong | South Korea | Decision, 3–0 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | Egypt |
| Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Celal Atik | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Kim Seog-yeong | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Bill Koll | United States | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Sulo Leppänen | Finland | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | László Bakos | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Ali Ghaffari | Iran | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Jan Cools | Belgium | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Mohamed Hassan Moussa | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Morgan Plumb | Canada | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Tony Ries Sr. | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | Decision, 2–1 | Bill Koll | United States |
| Celal Atik | Turkey | Decision, 3–0 | Sulo Leppänen | Finland |
| Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | Decision, 3–0 | Kim Seog-yeong | South Korea |
| Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Celal Atik | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bill Koll | United States | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Kim Seog-yeong | South Korea | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Sulo Leppänen | Finland | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5
#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | Decision, 3–0 | Hermann Baumann | Switzerland |
| Celal Atik | Turkey | Fall | Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| 1 | Celal Atik | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 6

Baumann and Nizzola had each finished round 5 with 7 points and were eliminated, but faced off in a bronze medal bout won by Baumann. Atik defeated Frändfors to take the gold medal.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | Decision, 3–0 | Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy |
| Celal Atik | Turkey | Fall | Gösta Frändfors | Sweden |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total |
| | Celal Atik | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Gösta Frändfors | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | Hermann Baumann | Switzerland | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Garibaldo Nizzola | Italy | 7 | 3 | 10 |