| 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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