Date | 2 – 4 August 1936 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin | |
Participants | 16 from 16 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. |
None of the recent European Champions entered for this class, which made choosing a favorite difficult. German Jean Földeak was European Champion in 1931 and 1933-34, and had finished fourth in the class in 1932 but did not compete in 1936. After three rounds American Frank Lewis led with 0 bad points, having won all his matches by falls, but in round four he was thrown by Sweden’s Thure Andersson. The final round came down to Lewis, Andersson, and Canada’s Joe Schleimer, with Lewis and Schleimer leading with only 3 bad points to Andersson’s 4. Lewis received a final-round bye and when Andersson threw Schleimer, Lewis had the gold medal under the arcane bad points system, despite losing to Andersson. Andersson won the silver and Schleimer bronze.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | RE | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | – | – | Gold | ||
2 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | – | – | Silver | ||
3 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | – | – | Bronze | ||
4 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | – | – | |||
5 | Willy Angst | ![]() | – | – | |||
6 | Sepp Paar | ![]() | – | – | |||
John O'Hara | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 6 | ||||
Julien Beke | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 6 | ||||
Hüseyin Erçetin | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 6 | ||||
Jaakko Pietilä | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 7 | ||||
Kálmán Sóvári | ![]() | Eliminated r3/6 | 7 | ||||
Bill Fox | ![]() | Withdrew r3/6 | 4 | ||||
August Kukk | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 5 | ||||
Rashid Anwar | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 6 | ||||
Shoichi Masutomi | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 6 | ||||
Alois Samec | ![]() | Eliminated r2/6 | 6 |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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=1 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | 0 | |||
=1 | Willy Angst | ![]() | 0 | |||
=1 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | 0 | |||
=1 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | 0 | |||
=5 | Jaakko Pietilä | ![]() | 1 | |||
=5 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | 1 | |||
=5 | Bill Fox | ![]() | 1 | |||
=5 | Sepp Paar | ![]() | 1 | |||
=9 | John O'Hara | ![]() | 2 | |||
=9 | Hüseyin Erçetin | ![]() | 2 | |||
=11 | Julien Beke | ![]() | 3 | |||
=11 | August Kukk | ![]() | 3 | |||
=11 | Kálmán Sóvári | ![]() | 3 | |||
=11 | Rashid Anwar | ![]() | 3 | |||
=11 | Shoichi Masutomi | ![]() | 3 | |||
=11 | Alois Samec | ![]() | 3 |
Match #1 | Sepp Paar | ![]() | decision (2-1) | John O'Hara | ![]() |
Match #2 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | fall (5:20) | Alois Samec | ![]() |
Match #3 | Jaakko Pietilä | ![]() | decision (3-0) | Kálmán Sóvári | ![]() |
Match #4 | Willy Angst | ![]() | fall (5:40) | August Kukk | ![]() |
Match #5 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | fall (5:03) | Julien Beke | ![]() |
Match #6 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | fall (2:52) | Rashid Anwar | ![]() |
Match #7 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | decision (2-1) | Hüseyin Erçetin | ![]() |
Match #8 | Bill Fox | ![]() | decision (3-0) | Shoichi Masutomi | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
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1 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | 0 | |||
=2 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | 1 | |||
=2 | Sepp Paar | ![]() | 1 | |||
=2 | Willy Angst | ![]() | 1 | |||
=5 | John O'Hara | ![]() | 3 | |||
=5 | Julien Beke | ![]() | 3 | |||
=5 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | 3 | |||
=5 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | 3 | |||
=5 | Hüseyin Erçetin | ![]() | 3 | |||
=10 | Jaakko Pietilä | ![]() | 4 | |||
=10 | Bill Fox | ![]() | 4 | |||
=10 | Kálmán Sóvári | ![]() | 4 | |||
13 | August Kukk | ![]() | 5 | eliminated | ||
=14 | Rashid Anwar | ![]() | 6 | eliminated | ||
=14 | Shoichi Masutomi | ![]() | 6 | eliminated | ||
=14 | Alois Samec | ![]() | 6 | eliminated |
Match #1 | John O'Hara | ![]() | decision (3-0) | Alois Samec | ![]() |
Match #2 | Sepp Paar | ![]() | fall (14:58) | Thure Andersson | ![]() |
Match #3 | Willy Angst | ![]() | decision (3-0) | Jaakko Pietilä | ![]() |
Match #4 | Kálmán Sóvári | ![]() | decision (2-1) | August Kukk | ![]() |
Match #5 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | fall (6:17) | Joe Schleimer | ![]() |
Match #6 | Julien Beke | ![]() | fall (7:43) | Rashid Anwar | ![]() |
Match #7 | Hüseyin Erçetin | ![]() | decision (3-0) | Bill Fox | ![]() |
Match #8 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | fall (4:20) | Shoichi Masutomi | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | 0 | |||
=2 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | 1 | |||
=2 | Willy Angst | ![]() | 1 | |||
4 | Sepp Paar | ![]() | 2 | |||
=5 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | 3 | |||
=5 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | 3 | |||
=7 | John O'Hara | ![]() | 6 | eliminated | ||
=7 | Julien Beke | ![]() | 6 | eliminated | ||
=7 | Hüseyin Erçetin | ![]() | 6 | eliminated | ||
=10 | Jaakko Pietilä | ![]() | 7 | eliminated | ||
=10 | Kálmán Sóvári | ![]() | 7 | eliminated | ||
Bill Fox | ![]() | – |
Match #1 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | fall (1:53) | John O'Hara | ![]() |
Match #2 | Sepp Paar | ![]() | decision (3-0) | Jaakko Pietilä | ![]() |
Match #3 | Willy Angst | ![]() | fall (4:56) | Kálmán Sóvári | ![]() |
Match #4 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | fall (5:59) | Hüseyin Erçetin | ![]() |
Match #5 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | fall (4:26) | Julien Beke | ![]() |
Match #6 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | walkover | Bill Fox | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | 2 | |||
=2 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | 3 | |||
=2 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | 3 | |||
=2 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | 3 | |||
5 | Willy Angst | ![]() | 4 | |||
6 | Sepp Paar | ![]() | 5 | eliminated |
Match #1 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | decision (3-0) | Sepp Paar | ![]() |
Match #2 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | fall (12:24) | Frank Lewis | ![]() |
Match #3 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | fall (8:14) | Willy Angst | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bad Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
=1 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | 3 | |||
=1 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | 3 | |||
3 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | 4 | |||
4 | Jean Jourlin | ![]() | 5 | eliminated | ||
5 | Willy Angst | ![]() | 7 | eliminated |
Match #1 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | decision (3-0) | Jean Jourlin | ![]() |
Match #2 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | fall (6:00) | Willy Angst | ![]() |
Match #3 | Joe Schleimer | ![]() | bye |
Match #1 | Thure Andersson | ![]() | fall (3:36) | Joe Schleimer | ![]() |
Match #2 | Frank Lewis | ![]() | bye |