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Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games:

Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle 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: July 30, 1948
Date Finished: July 30, 1948

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

Round Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1T Gyula Bóbis 38 Hungary HUN 1
1T Bertil Antonsson 27 Sweden SWE 1
3T Abdul Ghasem Sahkdari Iran IRI 2
3T Josef Růžička 23 Czechoslovakia TCH 2
5 Dick Hutton 24 United States USA 3
6T Jim Armstrong 31 Australia AUS 4
6T Sadik Esen Turkey TUR 4
8 Fred Oberlander 37 Great Britain GBR 5 eliminated
9 Willy Lardon Switzerland SUI 6 eliminated

Round Two

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1948-07-30 Růžička (TCH) decision (2-1), Oberlander (GBR)
Match #2 1948-07-30 Hutton (USA) decision (2-1), Sahkdari (IRI)
Match #3 1948-07-30 Bóbis (HUN) fall (6:14), Armstrong (AUS)
Match #4 1948-07-30 Esen (TUR) decision (3-0), Lardon (SUI)
Match #5 1948-07-30 Antonsson (SWE)