Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight

The men's freestyle lightweight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place from 2 August to 4 August at the Deutschlandhalle. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1][2] This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 66kg.[3]

Men's freestyle lightweight
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueDeutschlandhalle
Dates2–4 August
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Károly Kárpáti  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wolfgang Ehrl  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hermanni Pihlajamäki  Finland
← 1932
1948 →

This freestyle wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, with a slight modification. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1 (this was the modification from prior years, where all losses were 3 points). The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.[3]

Schedule

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Date Event
2 August 1936 Round 1
3 August 1936 Round 2
4 August 1936 Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6

Results

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Round 1

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The four wrestlers who won by fall and the one with the bye took the lead, with 0 bad points. The four other winners by decision each received 1 point. Soğanli lost by split decision and had 2 points; all of the other losers were defeated by either fall or unanimous decision, so each received 3 points.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Eiichi Kazama   Japan Fall Václav Brdek   Czechoslovakia
Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany Decision, 3–0 Gottfried Arn   Switzerland
Doc Strong   United States Decision, 2–1 Sadık Soğancı   Turkey
Göte Melin   Sweden Fall Arthur Thompson   Great Britain
Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland Fall Jean Lalemand   Belgium
Paride Romagnoli   Italy Decision, 3–0 Dick Garrard   Australia
Károly Kárpáti   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Charles Delporte   France
Aage Meyer   Denmark Fall Howie Thomas   Canada
Adalbert Toots   Estonia Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Eiichi Kazama   Japan 0 0 0
1 Göte Melin   Sweden 0 0 0
1 Aage Meyer   Denmark 0 0 0
1 Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland 0 0 0
1 Adalbert Toots   Estonia 0 0 0
6 Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany 0 1 1
6 Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 0 1 1
6 Paride Romagnoli   Italy 0 1 1
6 Doc Strong   United States 0 1 1
10 Sadik Soğanli   Turkey 0 2 2
11 Gottfried Arn   Switzerland 0 3 3
11 Václav Brdek   Czechoslovakia 0 3 3
11 Charles Delporte   France 0 3 3
11 Dick Garrard   Australia 0 3 3
11 Jean Lalemand   Belgium 0 3 3
11 Howie Thomas   Canada 0 3 3
11 Arthur Thompson   Great Britain 0 3 3

Round 2

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No wrestlers managed to get through the second round with 0 points; of the five who started with that score, two won by decision and three lost. At the end of the round, five men had 1 point, one had 2 points, and six had 3 points. The five wrestlers who lost in both the first two rounds were eliminated.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Eiichi Kazama   Japan Decision, 3–0 Adalbert Toots   Estonia
Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany Fall Václav Brdek   Czechoslovakia
Doc Strong   United States Decision, 3–0 Gottfried Arn   Switzerland
Sadik Soğanli   Turkey Decision, 3–0 Göte Melin   Sweden
Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland Decision, 3–0 Arthur Thompson   Great Britain
Paride Romagnoli   Italy Fall Jean Lalemand   Belgium
Károly Kárpáti   Hungary Fall Dick Garrard   Australia
Charles Delporte   France Fall Aage Meyer   Denmark
Howie Thomas   Canada Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany 1 0 1
1 Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 1 0 1
1 Eiichi Kazama   Japan 0 1 1
1 Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland 0 1 1
1 Paride Romagnoli   Italy 1 0 1
6 Doc Strong   United States 1 1 2
7 Charles Delporte   France 3 0 3
7 Göte Melin   Sweden 0 3 3
7 Aage Meyer   Denmark 0 3 3
7 Sadik Soğanli   Turkey 2 1 3
7 Howie Thomas   Canada 3 0 3
7 Adalbert Toots   Estonia 0 3 3
13 Gottfried Arn   Switzerland 3 3 6
13 Václav Brdek   Czechoslovakia 3 3 6
13 Dick Garrard   Australia 3 3 6
13 Jean Lalemand   Belgium 3 3 6
13 Arthur Thompson   Great Britain 3 3 6

Round 3

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Ehrl and Pihlajamäki maintained their 1-point scores with wins by fall. Kárpáti also won again, by decision to receive his second point. Two men finished with 3 points, and three more with 4 points. Four wrestlers were eliminated with their second losses in this round.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Adalbert Toots   Estonia Decision, 3–0 Howie Thomas   Canada
Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany Fall Eiichi Kazama   Japan
Doc Strong   United States Decision, 3–0 Göte Melin   Sweden
Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland Fall Sadik Soğanli   Turkey
Károly Kárpáti   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Paride Romagnoli   Italy
Charles Delporte   France Default Aage Meyer   Denmark
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany 1 0 1
1 Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland 1 0 1
3 Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 1 1 2
4 Charles Delporte   France 3 0 3
4 Doc Strong   United States 2 1 3
6 Eiichi Kazama   Japan 1 3 4
6 Paride Romagnoli   Italy 1 3 4
6 Adalbert Toots   Estonia 3 1 4
9 Göte Melin   Sweden 3 3 6
9 Aage Meyer   Denmark 3 3 6
9 Sadik Soğanli   Turkey 3 3 6
9 Howie Thomas   Canada 3 3 6

Round 4

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Four wrestlers were eliminated in this round, but it was not simply the four losers. Pihlajamäki survived his loss with only 4 points, staying in competition. Kazama, by contrast, was eliminated despite winning, as the win by decision took him from 4 points to 5. Of the four remaining wrestlers, none had fewer than 2 points after the round. The official report ranks Strong 5th and Romagnoli 6th, but Sports-Reference gives Kazama 5th and Strong 6th which is more consistent with the scoring system.[4][1]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Charles Delporte   France Withdrew Adalbert Toots   Estonia
Eiichi Kazama   Japan Decision, 2–1 Doc Strong   United States
Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany Decision, 3–0 Paride Romagnoli   Italy
Károly Kárpáti   Hungary Fall Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany 1 1 2
1 Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 2 0 2
3 Charles Delporte   France 3 0 3
4 Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland 1 3 4
5 Eiichi Kazama   Japan 4 1 5
6 Doc Strong   United States 3 2 5
7 Paride Romagnoli   Italy 4 3 7
7 Adalbert Toots   Estonia 4 3 7

Round 5

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Delporte was the only man eliminated in this round, as Ehrl's loss by split decision moved him only from 2 points to 4. Kárpáti picked up a third point for that bout. Pihlajamäki, starting at 4 points and needing a win by fall to stay in contention, won by fall. This left three men to contest the medals. Kárpáti had already defeated both Pihlajamäki and Ehrl, so could not face them again, making Pihlajamäki against Ehrl the only remaining possible bout. Because Kárpáti had a lower point total than either of the men who would face each other in the next round, Kárpáti secured the gold medal in this round.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland Fall Charles Delporte   France
Károly Kárpáti   Hungary Decision, 2–1 Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
  Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 2 1 3
2 Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany 2 2 4
2 Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland 4 0 4
4 Charles Delporte   France 3 3 6

Round 6

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With all but three wrestlers eliminated, Kárpáti guaranteed gold, and Pihlajamäki and Ehrl going into the round tied on points, the sixth round was a straight-up silver/bronze medal match. Ehrl won by fall to take the silver medal.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany Fall Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
  Wolfgang Ehrl   Germany 4 0 4
  Hermanni Pihlajamäki   Finland 4 3 7

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b Official Report, p. 716.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Official Report, p. 730.