At the 1948 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were eight weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and eight classes in freestyle wrestling. The freestyle competitions were held from July 29 to July 31, 1948 and the Greco-Roman events were held from August 3 to August 6, 1948.

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== Medal summary ==
=== Greco-Roman ===
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| Flyweight<br />(- 52 kg) 
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| Bantamweight<br />(- 57 kg) 
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| Featherweight<br />(- 62 kg) 
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| Lightweight<br />(- 67 kg) 
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| Welterweight<br />(- 73 kg) 
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| Middleweight<br />(- 79 kg) 
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| Light Heavyweight<br />(- 87 kg) 
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| Heavyweight<br />(+ 87 kg) 
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=== Freestyle ===
{| 
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| Flyweight<br />(- 52 kg) 
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| Bantamweight<br />(- 57 kg) 
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| Featherweight<br />(- 62 kg) 
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| Lightweight<br />(- 67 kg) 
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| Welterweight<br />(- 73 kg) 
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| Middleweight<br />(- 79 kg) 
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| Light Heavyweight<br />(- 87 kg) 
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| Heavyweight<br />(+ 87 kg) 
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==Participating nations==

==Styl wolny==
===Waga musza do 52 kg===
<div style="float:left;text-align:left;padding-right:15px">
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="450px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Lp.
! Państwo
! Zawodnik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Lennart Viitala
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! 2
| align="left" |  
| align="left" | Halit Balamir
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! 3 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Thure Johansson
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 20px Iran
| align="left" | Rassoul Raiisi
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" |  
| align="left" | Pierre Baudric
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Khashaba Jadav
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|}
</div>

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===Waga kogucia do 57 kg===
<div style="float:left;text-align:left;padding-right:15px">
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="450px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Lp.
! Państwo
! Zawodnik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Nasuh Akar
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! 2
| align="left" | 20px USA
| align="left" | Gerald Leeman
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! 3 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Charles Kouyos
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Joseph Trimpont
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 20px Węgry 
| align="left" | Lajos Bencze
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Raymond Cazaux
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 20px Egipt
| align="left" | Sayad Hatez
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Erik Persson
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|}
</div>

<!--- Uwagi:--->

<br clear="all">
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===Waga piórkowa do 62 kg===
<div style="float:left;text-align:left;padding-right:15px">
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="450px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Lp.
! Państwo
! Zawodnik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Gazanler Bilge
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! 2
| align="left" |  
| align="left" | Ivar Sjólin
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! 3 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Adolf Möller
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Paavo Hietala
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 20px Węgry 
| align="left" | Ferenc Tóth
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6 
| align="left" | 20px USA
| align="left" | Harold Moore
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|}
</div>

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===Waga lekka do 67 kg===
<div style="float:left;text-align:left;padding-right:15px">
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="450px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Lp.
! Państwo
! Zawodnik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Celal Atik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! 2
| align="left" |  
| align="left" | Gósta Frandfors
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! 3 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Hermann Baumann
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Garibaldo Nizzola
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 20px USA 
| align="left" | William Koll
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Kim Suk-young
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Sulo Leppanen
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|}
</div>

<!--- Uwagi:--->

<br clear="all">
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===Waga półśrednia do 73 kg===
<div style="float:left;text-align:left;padding-right:15px">
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="450px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Lp.
! Państwo
! Zawodnik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Yasar Dogu
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! 2
| align="left" |  
| align="left" | Richard Garrard
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! 3 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Leland Merrill
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Jean-Baptiste Leclerc
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 20px Węgry
| align="left" | Kalmisn Sóván
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Frans Westergren
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|}
</div>

<!--- Uwagi:--->

<br clear="all">
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===Waga średnia do 79 kg===
<div style="float:left;text-align:left;padding-right:15px">
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="450px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Lp.
! Państwo
! Zawodnik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | 20px USA
| align="left" | Glen Brand
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! 2
| align="left" |  
| align="left" | Adil Candemir
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! 3 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Erik Linden
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 20px RPA
| align="left" | Carel Reitz
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Paavo Sepponen
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Andre Brunaud
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|}
</div>

<!--- Uwagi:--->

<br clear="all">
<br>
===Waga półciężka do 87 kg===
<div style="float:left;text-align:left;padding-right:15px">
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="450px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Lp.
! Państwo
! Zawodnik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | 20px USA
| align="left" | Henry Wittenberg
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! 2
| align="left" |  
| align="left" | Fritz Stöckli
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! 3 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Bengt Fahlkvist
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Muharrem Candas
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 20px Kanada
| align="left" | Fernand Payette
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6 
| align="left" | 20px RPA
| align="left" | Patrick Morton
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|}
</div>

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<br clear="all">
<br>

===Waga ciężka ponad 87 kg===
<div style="float:left;text-align:left;padding-right:15px">
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="450px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Lp.
! Państwo
! Zawodnik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | 20px Węgry
| align="left" | Gyula Bóbis
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! 2
| align="left" |  
| align="left" | Bertil Antonsson
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! 3 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Joseph Armstrong
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Sadik Esen
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Josef Ruzicka
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 20px Iran
| align="left" | Abolghasem Sakhdari
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|}
</div>

<!--- Uwagi:--->

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<br>
==Styl klasyczny==
===Waga musza do 52 kg===
<div style="float:left;text-align:left;padding-right:15px">
{| style="border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-color:#808080;background-color:#EFEFEF" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="450px"
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
! Lp.
! Państwo
! Zawodnik
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
! 1 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Pietro Lombardi
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
! 2
| align="left" |  
| align="left" | Kenan Olcay
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
! 3 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Reino Kangasmaki
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 4 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Malte Möller
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 5 
| align="left" | 20px Węgry 
| align="left" | Gyula Szilagyi
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
! 6 
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Fridtjof Clausen
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|}
</div>