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.[2]
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.
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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 1 Men s freestyle flyweightat the Games of the XIV OlympiadVenueEmpress Hall Earls Court Exhibition CentreDates29 31 JulyCompetitors11 from 11 nationsMedalistsLennart Viitala FinlandHalit Balamir TurkeyThure Johansson Sweden 19041952 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 2 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Round 1 1 2 Round 2 1 3 Round 3 1 4 Round 4 1 5 Round 5 2 ReferencesResults editRound 1 edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationThure Johansson nbsp Sweden Decision 3 0 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El Ward nbsp EgyptLennart Viitala nbsp Finland Decision 2 1 Halit Balamir nbsp TurkeyBilly Jernigan nbsp United States Decision 3 0 Mansour Raisi nbsp IranRoland Baudric nbsp France Decision 2 1 Adolphe Lamot nbsp BelgiumKhashaba Jadhav nbsp India Decision 3 0 Bert Harris nbsp AustraliaHarry Parker nbsp Great Britain Bye N A N APointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Harry Parker nbsp Great Britain 0 0 02 Roland Baudric nbsp France 0 1 12 Khashaba Jadhav nbsp India 0 1 12 Billy Jernigan nbsp United States 0 1 12 Thure Johansson nbsp Sweden 0 1 12 Lennart Viitala nbsp Finland 0 1 17 Halit Balamir nbsp Turkey 0 2 27 Adolphe Lamot nbsp Belgium 0 2 29 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El Ward nbsp Egypt 0 3 39 Bert Harris nbsp Australia 0 3 39 Mansour Raisi nbsp Iran 0 3 3Round 2 edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationThure Johansson nbsp Sweden Fall Harry Parker nbsp Great BritainHalit Balamir nbsp Turkey Decision 3 0 Roland Baudric nbsp FranceLennart Viitala nbsp Finland Fall Adolphe Lamot nbsp BelgiumMansour Raisi nbsp Iran Fall Bert Harris nbsp AustraliaKhashaba Jadhav nbsp India Decision 3 0 Billy Jernigan nbsp United StatesN A N A Over weight Mohamed Abdel Hamid El Ward nbsp EgyptPointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Thure Johansson nbsp Sweden 1 0 11 Lennart Viitala nbsp Finland 1 0 13 Khashaba Jadhav nbsp India 1 1 24 Halit Balamir nbsp Turkey 2 1 34 Harry Parker nbsp Great Britain 0 3 34 Mansour Raisi nbsp Iran 3 0 37 Roland Baudric nbsp France 1 3 47 Billy Jernigan nbsp United States 1 3 49 Adolphe Lamot nbsp Belgium 2 3 510 Mohamed Abdel Hamid El Ward nbsp Egypt 3 3 610 Bert Harris nbsp Australia 3 3 6Round 3 edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationRoland Baudric nbsp France Retired Harry Parker nbsp Great BritainHalit Balamir nbsp Turkey Fall Thure Johansson nbsp SwedenLennart Viitala nbsp Finland Decision 3 0 Billy Jernigan nbsp United StatesMansour Raisi nbsp Iran Fall Khashaba Jadhav nbsp IndiaPointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Lennart Viitala nbsp Finland 1 1 22 Halit Balamir nbsp Turkey 3 0 32 Mansour Raisi nbsp Iran 3 0 34 Roland Baudric nbsp France 4 0 44 Thure Johansson nbsp Sweden 1 3 46 Khashaba Jadhav nbsp India 2 3 57 Harry Parker nbsp Great Britain 3 3 68 Billy Jernigan nbsp United States 4 3 7Round 4 edit BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationThure Johansson nbsp Sweden Fall Roland Baudric nbsp FranceHalit Balamir nbsp Turkey Decision 3 0 Mansour Raisi nbsp IranLennart Viitala nbsp Finland Bye N A N APointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total1 Lennart Viitala nbsp Finland 2 0 22 Halit Balamir nbsp Turkey 3 1 42 Thure Johansson nbsp Sweden 4 0 44 Mansour Raisi nbsp Iran 3 3 65 Roland Baudric nbsp France 4 3 7Round 5 edit 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 BoutsWinner Nation Victory Type Loser NationLennart Viitala nbsp Finland Fall Thure Johansson nbsp SwedenHalit Balamir nbsp Turkey Bye N A N APointsRank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total nbsp Lennart Viitala nbsp Finland 2 0 2 nbsp Halit Balamir nbsp Turkey 4 0 4 nbsp Thure Johansson nbsp Sweden 4 3 7References edit Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games Men s Flyweight Freestyle Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 3 March 2019 Official Report p 496 Retrieved from 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