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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤56 kilograms), Men

Date	2 – 5 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Participants	14 from 14 countries
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.

There were no World Championships in this era but Hungary’s Ödön Zombori had won the European title in 1931 and 1933, and was the silver medalist at the Los Angeles Olympics. Italy’s Marcelo Nizzola won the 1935 Europeans. Nizzola went out in round three after two losses, allowing Zombori to advance to a final round match against American Ross Flood. Zombori won the final match by a fall at 12:40 to take the gold medal. Both Germany’s Johannes Herbert and Sweden’s Herman Tuvesson had survived to the fifth round before losing to Zombori and Flood, respectively, but Herbert won the bronze medal with fewer bad points than Tuvesson, 5-6.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Ödön Zombori	HUN	–	–	Gold
2	Ross Flood	USA	–	–	Silver
3	Johannes Herbert	GER	–	–	Bronze
4	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	–	–
5	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	–	–
6	Ahmet Çakıryıldız	TUR	–	–
AC	Marcello Nizzola	ITA	Eliminated r3/6	5
AC	Gustaaf Laport	BEL	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	César Gaudard	SUI	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Ray Cazaux	GBR	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Kojiro Tamba	JPN	Eliminated r2/6	5
AC	Shankarrao Thorat	IND	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Henry Jurado	PHI	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Antonín Nič	TCH	Eliminated r2/6	6

Round One (2 August 1936 — 11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Johannes Herbert	GER	0
=1	Ödön Zombori	HUN	0
=1	Marcello Nizzola	ITA	0
=1	César Gaudard	SUI	0
=5	Ray Cazaux	GBR	1
=5	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	1
=5	Ross Flood	USA	1
=8	Gustaaf Laport	BEL	3
=8	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	3
=8	Shankarrao Thorat	IND	3
=8	Kojiro Tamba	JPN	3
=8	Henry Jurado	PHI	3
=8	Antonín Nič	TCH	3
=8	Ahmet Çakıryıldız	TUR	3

Match #1	Ray Cazaux	GBR	decision (3-0)	Kojiro Tamba	JPN
Match #2	Johannes Herbert	GER	fall (4:15)	Ahmet Çakıryıldız	TUR
Match #3	Ödön Zombori	HUN	fall (10:30)	Gustaaf Laport	BEL
Match #4	Marcello Nizzola	ITA	fall (5:30)	Antonín Nič	TCH
Match #5	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Aatos Jaskari	FIN
Match #6	César Gaudard	SUI	fall (6:43)	Shankarrao Thorat	IND
Match #7	Ross Flood	USA	decision (3-0)	Henry Jurado	PHI

Round Two (3 August 1936 — 11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Johannes Herbert	GER	0
=2	Ödön Zombori	HUN	1
=2	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	1
=2	Ross Flood	USA	1
5	Marcello Nizzola	ITA	2
=6	Gustaaf Laport	BEL	3
=6	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	3
=6	César Gaudard	SUI	3
=9	Ray Cazaux	GBR	4
=9	Ahmet Çakıryıldız	TUR	4
11	Kojiro Tamba	JPN	5	eliminated
=12	Shankarrao Thorat	IND	6	eliminated
=12	Henry Jurado	PHI	6	eliminated
=12	Antonín Nič	TCH	6	eliminated

Match #1	Ahmet Çakıryıldız	TUR	decision (2-1)	Kojiro Tamba	JPN
Match #2	Johannes Herbert	GER	fall (7:14)	Ray Cazaux	GBR
Match #3	Gustaaf Laport	BEL	fall (1:16)	Antonín Nič	TCH
Match #4	Ödön Zombori	HUN	decision (2-1)	Marcello Nizzola	ITA
Match #5	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	fall (9:49)	César Gaudard	SUI
Match #6	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	fall (3:43)	Henry Jurado	PHI
Match #7	Ross Flood	USA	fall (4:50)	Shankarrao Thorat	IND

Round Three (4 August 1936 — 11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Johannes Herbert	GER	0
2	Ross Flood	USA	1
3	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	2
=4	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	4
=4	Ödön Zombori	HUN	4
=4	Ahmet Çakıryıldız	TUR	4
7	Marcello Nizzola	ITA	5	eliminated
=8	Gustaaf Laport	BEL	6	eliminated
=8	César Gaudard	SUI	6	eliminated
10	Ray Cazaux	GBR	7	eliminated

Match #1	Ahmet Çakıryıldız	TUR	fall (5:06)	Ray Cazaux	GBR
Match #2	Johannes Herbert	GER	fall (3:45)	Gustaaf Laport	BEL
Match #3	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Ödön Zombori	HUN
Match #4	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	decision (3-0)	Marcello Nizzola	ITA
Match #5	Ross Flood	USA	fall (8:21)	César Gaudard	SUI

Round Four (4 August 1936 — 15:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ross Flood	USA	1
2	Johannes Herbert	GER	2
3	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	3
4	Ödön Zombori	HUN	4
=5	Aatos Jaskari	FIN	7	eliminated
=5	Ahmet Çakıryıldız	TUR	7	eliminated

Match #1	Ödön Zombori	HUN	fall (5:45)	Ahmet Çakıryıldız	TUR
Match #2	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	decision (2-1)	Johannes Herbert	GER
Match #3	Ross Flood	USA	fall (5:24)	Aatos Jaskari	FIN

Round Five (5 August 1936 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Ross Flood	USA	2
2	Ödön Zombori	HUN	4
3	Johannes Herbert	GER	5	eliminated
4	Herman Tuvesson	SWE	6	eliminated

Match #1	Ödön Zombori	HUN	fall (12:47)	Johannes Herbert	GER
Match #2	Ross Flood	USA	decision (3-0)	Herman Tuvesson	SWE

Final Round (5 August 1936)

Match #1	Ödön Zombori	HUN	fall (12:40)	Ross Flood	USA