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Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games:

Men's Light-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: USA Henry Wittenberg
Silver: SUI Fritz Stöckli
Bronze: SWE Bengt Fahlkvist

Round Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1T Fernand Payette Canada CAN 0
1T Fritz Stöckli 32 Switzerland SUI 0
3 Henry Wittenberg 29 United States USA 1
4T Bengt Fahlkvist 26 Sweden SWE 2
4T Muharrem Candaş Turkey TUR 2
6T Karel Istaz 23 Belgium BEL 3
6T Spyros Defteraios Greece GRE 3
6T Oscar Verona 28 Italy ITA 3
9T Johnny Sullivan Great Britain GBR 4
9T József Tarányi 36 Hungary HUN 4
9T Pat Morton 27 South Africa RSA 4
12T Mohamed Ragab El-Zaim Egypt EGY 6 eliminated
12T Pekka Mellavuo 34 Finland FIN 6 eliminated
12T R. Landesmann France FRA 6 eliminated
12T Mansour Mir Ghavami 21 Iran IRI 6 eliminated

Round Two

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1948-07-30 Stöckli (SUI) fall (1:06), Landesmann (FRA)
Match #2 1948-07-30 Payette (CAN) fall (2:07), Defteraios (GRE)
Match #3 1948-07-30 Verona (ITA) fall (8:51), El-Zaim (EGY)
Match #4 1948-07-30 Fahlkvist (SWE) decision (3-0), Morton (RSA)
Match #5 1948-07-30 Tarányi (HUN) decision (3-0), Mir Ghavami (IRI)
Match #6 1948-07-30 Wittenberg (USA) fall (0:47), Sullivan (GBR)
Match #7 1948-07-30 Candaş (TUR) decision (3-0), Mellavuo (FIN)
Match #8 1948-07-30 Istaz (BEL)