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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤56 kilograms), Men

Date	1 – 3 August 1932
Status	Olympic
Location	Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Participants	8 from 8 countries
Format	Scoring by negative points, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 5 negative points eliminated the wrestler.

There were only eight entrants. The first round saw Greek Georgios Zervinis pin Canadian Jim Trifunov in only 41 seconds, but neither would factor in the medals. After three rounds, the medalists were decided, with Bob Pearce (USA), Ödön Zombori (HUN) and Aatos Jaskari (FIN) advancing to the medal round. Zombori was leading at that time with only 1 bad point, but Pearce and Jaskari both defeated him by decision to eliminate him. This gave the gold medal to Pearce as he had defeated Jaskari in the first round, and it also gave Jaskari 5 bad points.

Zombori would return to win the gold medal in Berlin and enjoyed a very long career. He was European Champion in freestyle in 1931 and 1933 and in Greco-Roman in 1933, and he actually competed at the World Championships in 1958, after a long absence. Pearce was a top American wrestler, but this was his only international competition.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Bob Pearce	USA	–	–	Gold
2	Ödön Zombori	HUN	–	–	Silver
3	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	–	–	Bronze
AC	Georgios Zervinis	GRE	Eliminated r3/5	6
AC	Joe Reid	GBR	Eliminated r3/5	7
AC	Julien Depuychaffray	FRA	Eliminated r3/5	7
AC	Bror Vingren	SWE	Eliminated r2/5	6
AC	Jim Trifunov	CAN	Eliminated r2/5	6

Round One (1 August 1932)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	0
=1	Georgios Zervinis	GRE	0
=3	Julien Depuychaffray	FRA	1
=3	Bob Pearce	USA	1
=5	Jim Trifunov	CAN	3
=5	Joe Reid	GBR	3
=5	Ödön Zombori	HUN	3
=5	Bror Vingren	SWE	3

Match #1	Bob Pearce	USA	decision	Ödön Zombori	HUN
Match #2	Julien Depuychaffray	FRA	decision	Bror Vingren	SWE
Match #3	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	fall (7:14)	Joe Reid	GBR
Match #4	Georgios Zervinis	GRE	fall (0:41)	Jim Trifunov	CAN

Round Two (2 August 1932)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	0
2	Bob Pearce	USA	2
=3	Georgios Zervinis	GRE	3
=3	Ödön Zombori	HUN	3
=5	Julien Depuychaffray	FRA	4
=5	Joe Reid	GBR	4
=7	Jim Trifunov	CAN	6	eliminated
=7	Bror Vingren	SWE	6	eliminated

Match #1	Bob Pearce	USA	decision	Julien Depuychaffray	FRA
Match #2	Ödön Zombori	HUN	fall (13:20)	Bror Vingren	SWE
Match #3	Joe Reid	GBR	decision	Georgios Zervinis	GRE
Match #4	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	fall (7:24)	Jim Trifunov	CAN

Round Three (3 August 1932)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	1
2	Bob Pearce	USA	3
3	Ödön Zombori	HUN	4
4	Georgios Zervinis	GRE	6	eliminated
=5	Julien Depuychaffray	FRA	7	eliminated
=5	Joe Reid	GBR	7	eliminated

Match #1	Bob Pearce	USA	decision	Joe Reid	GBR
Match #2	Ödön Zombori	HUN	decision	Julien Depuychaffray	FRA
Match #3	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	decision	Georgios Zervinis	GRE

Final Round (3 August 1932)

Match #1	Bob Pearce	USA	decision	Aatos Jaskari	FIN
Match #2	Ödön Zombori	HUN	decision	Aatos Jaskari	FIN