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Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games:

Men's Bantamweight, Greco-Roman Round Two

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Date Started: August 4, 1948
Date Finished: August 4, 1948

Gold: SWE Kurt Pettersén
Silver: EGY Mahmoud Hassan
Bronze: TUR Halil Kaya

Round Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 Halil Kaya Turkey TUR 0
2T Mahmoud Hassan 28 Egypt EGY 1
2T Kurt Pettersén 32 Sweden SWE 1
4 Taisto Lempinen 33 Finland FIN 2
5T Elvidio Flamini Argentina ARG 3
5T Ken Irvine 25 Great Britain GBR 3
5T Nikolaos Biris Greece GRE 3
8T Kurt Elias 20 Austria AUT 4
8T Lajos Bencze 29 Hungary HUN 4
8T Reidar Merli 31 Norway NOR 4
11 Kolle Lejserowitz 25 Denmark DEN 5 eliminated
12T Jésus Arenzana France FRA 6 eliminated
12T Francesco Suppo 32 Italy ITA 6 eliminated

Round Two

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1948-08-04 Elias (AUT) decision (3-0), Flamini (ARG)
Match #2 1948-08-04 Hassan (EGY) fall (5:49), Suppo (ITA)
Match #3 1948-08-04 Merli (NOR) DQ (both passivity), Lejserowitz (DEN)
Match #4 1948-08-04 Pettersén (SWE) decision (3-0), Bencze (HUN)
Match #5 1948-08-04 Lempinen (FIN) fall (8:16), Arenzana (FRA)
Match #6 1948-08-04 Kaya (TUR) fall (13:55), Biris (GRE)
Match #7 1948-08-04 Irvine (GBR)