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Wrestling at the 1948 London Summer Games:

Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman 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: August 5, 1948
Date Finished: August 5, 1948

Gold: SWE Gösta Andersson
Silver: HUN Miklós Szilvásy
Bronze: DEN Henrik Hansen

Round Three

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC BP
1T Miklós Szilvásy 22 Hungary HUN 2
1T Gösta Andersson 31 Sweden SWE 2
3T Josef Schmidt Austria AUT 4
3T Henrik Hansen 28 Denmark DEN 4
3T Veikko Männikkö 26 Finland FIN 4
3T René Chesneau 28 France FRA 4
7 Bjørn Cook 31 Norway NOR 5 eliminated
8T Luigi Rigamonti 28 Italy ITA 6 eliminated
8T Nic Felgen Luxembourg LUX 6 eliminated
10 Alberto Longarella 25 Argentina ARG 7 eliminated

Round Three

Unit Date Result
Match #1 1948-08-05 Szilvásy (HUN) fall (19:01), Chesneau (FRA)
Match #2 1948-08-05 Schmidt (AUT) decision (3-0), Felgen (LUX)
Match #3 1948-08-05 Männikkö (FIN) fall (3:48), Longarella (ARG)
Match #4 1948-08-05 Hansen (DEN) decision (3-0), Cook (NOR)
Match #5 1948-08-05 Andersson (SWE) decision (3-0), Rigamonti (ITA)