| Final Ranking | elim. | Pts |   | Y |  | 1. Karl-Erik Nilsson |  SWE |   |   |   | 26 |  | 2. Kelpo Gröndahl |  FIN |   |   |   | 28 |  | 3. Ibrahim Orabi |  EGY |   |   |   |   |  | 4. Gyula Kovács |  HUN |   |   |   | 30 |  | 5. Ken Richmond |  GBR |   |   |   | 22 |  | 6. Erling Stuer Lauridsen |  DEN |   |   |   | 31 |  |  eliminated in Round 3 |  | -. Peter Enzinger |  AUT | El. r3/6 | 6 |   | 32 |  | -. Karel Istaz |  BEL | El. r3/6 | 7 |   | 23 |  | -. Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak |  TUR | El. r3/6 | 7 |   | 38 |  | -. Umberto Silvestri |  ITA | Withdrew r3/6 | 4 |   | 32 |  |  eliminated in Round 2 |  | -. Adolfo Ramírez |  ARG | El. r2/6 | 6 |   | 26 |  | -. Athanasios Kambaflis |  GRE | El. r2/6 | 6 |   |   |  | -. Albin Dannacher |  SUI | El. r2/6 | 6 |   |   |  | -. Ibrahim Mahgoub |  LIB | Withdrew r2/6 | 3 |   |   |   
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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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