| Final Ranking | elim. | Pts | | Y | | 1. Gösta Andersson |  SWE | | | | 31 | | 2. Miklós Szilvásy |  HUN | | | | 22 | | 3. Henrik Hansen |  DEN | | | | 28 | | 4. Josef Schmidt |  AUT | | | | | | 4. Veikko Männikkö |  FIN | | | | 26 | | 4. René Chesneau |  FRA | | | | 28 | | eliminated in Round 3 | | -. Bjørn Cook |  NOR | El. r3/6 | 5 | | 31 | | -. Luigi Rigamonti |  ITA | El. r3/6 | 6 | | 28 | | -. Nic Felgen |  LUX | El. r3/6 | 6 | | 27 | | -. Alberto Longarella |  ARG | El. r3/6 | 7 | | 25 | | -. Julien Dobbelaere |  BEL | Withdrew r3/6 | 3 | | 27 | | -. Johan Schouten |  NED | Withdrew r3/6 | 3 | | 37 | | eliminated in Round 2 | | -. Robert Diggelmann |  SUI | El. r2/6 | 5 | | | | -. Kemal Munir |  EGY | El. r2/6 | 6 | | | | -. James Wilson |  GBR | El. r2/6 | 6 | | | | -. Ali Özdemir |  TUR | 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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