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Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games:

Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle Round One

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington, London
Date Started: July 29, 1948
Date Finished: July 29, 1948

Gold: HUN Gyula Bóbis
Silver: SWE Bertil Antonsson
Bronze: AUS Jim Armstrong

Round One

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1 Abdul Ghasem Sahkdari Iran IRI 0
2T Jim Armstrong 31 Australia AUS 1
2T Gyula Bóbis 38 Hungary HUN 1
2T Bertil Antonsson 27 Sweden SWE 1
2T Josef Růžička 23 Czechoslovakia TCH 1
6 Dick Hutton 24 United States USA 2
7T Fred Oberlander 37 Great Britain GBR 3
7T Willy Lardon Switzerland SUI 3
7T Sadik Esen Turkey TUR 3

Round One

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1948-07-29 Růžička (TCH) decision (2-1), Hutton (USA)
Match #2 1948-07-29 Armstrong (AUS) decision (3-0), Oberlander (GBR)
Match #3 1948-07-29 Bóbis (HUN) decision (3-0), Lardon (SUI)
Match #4 1948-07-29 Antonsson (SWE) decision (3-0), Esen (TUR)
Match #5 1948-07-29 Sahkdari (IRI)