| Final Ranking | elim. | Pts | | Y | | 1. Henry Wittenberg | USA | | | | 29 | | 2. Fritz Stöckli | SUI | | | | 32 | | 3. Bengt Fahlkvist | SWE | | | | 26 | | 4. Fernand Payette | CAN | | | | 26 | | 4. Muharrem Candaş | TUR | | | | | | 6. Pat Morton | RSA | | | | 27 | | eliminated in Round 3 | | -. Karel Istaz | BEL | El. r3/8 | 6 | | 23 | | -. Johnny Sullivan | GBR | El. r3/8 | 6 | | | | -. Spyros Defteraios | GRE | El. r3/8 | 6 | | | | -. Oscar Verona | ITA | El. r3/8 | 6 | | 28 | | -. Tarányi József | HUN | El. r3/8 | 7 | | 36 | | eliminated in Round 2 | | -. Mohamed Ragab El-Zaim | EGY | El. r2/8 | 6 | | | | -. Pekka Mellavuo | FIN | El. r2/8 | 6 | | 34 | | -. Landesmann R. | FRA | El. r2/8 | 6 | | | | -. Mansour Mir Ghavami | IRI | El. r2/8 | 6 | | 21 |
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| Venue: Empress Hall, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Kensington | | Format: Elimination by bad points. | Win by fall = 0 points; win by decision = 1 point; loss by 2-1 decision = 2 points; loss by 3-0 decision = 3 points; loss by fall = 3 points. | Three judges gave decisions, thus all decisions were either 2-1 or 3-0. | Five bad points eliminated a wrestler. |
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