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Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games:

Men's Flyweight, Freestyle Round Three

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Date Started: July 30, 1948
Date Finished: July 30, 1948

Gold: FIN Lenni Viitala
Silver: TUR Halit Balamir
Bronze: SWE Thure Johansson

Round Three

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 Lenni Viitala 26 Finland FIN 2
2T Mansour Raisi Iran IRI 3
2T Halit Balamir Turkey TUR 3
4T Pierre Baudric France FRA 4
4T Thure Johansson 35 Sweden SWE 4
6 Khashaba Jhadav 21 India IND 5 eliminated
7 Billy Jernigan 24 United States USA 7 eliminated

Round Three

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1948-07-30 Baudric (FRA)
Match #2 1948-07-30 Balamir (TUR) fall (13:27), Johansson (SWE)
Match #3 1948-07-30 Viitala (FIN) decision (3-0), Jernigan (USA)
Match #4 1948-07-30 Raisi (IRI) fall (5:31), Jhadav (IND)