| Final Ranking | elim. | Pts |   | Y |  | 1. Gyula Bóbis |  HUN |   |   |   | 38 |  | 2. Bertil Antonsson |  SWE |   |   |   | 27 |  | 3. Jim Armstrong |  AUS |   |   |   | 31 |  | 4. Sadik Esen |  TUR |   |   |   |   |  | 5. Abdul Ghasem Sahkdari |  IRI |   |   |   |   |  | 5. Josef Růžička |  TCH |   |   |   | 23 |  |  eliminated in Round 3 |  | -. Dick Hutton |  USA | El. r3/5 | 6 |   | 24 |  |  eliminated in Round 2 |  | -. Fred Oberlander |  GBR | El. r2/5 | 5 |   | 37 |  | -. Willy Lardon |  SUI | El. r2/5 | 6 |   |   |   
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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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