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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kilograms), Men

Date	2 – 4 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Participants	15 from 15 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.

Sweden’s Ivar Johansson was the defending champion and had won the 1934-35 European Championships, and should have been a heavy favorite, but he elected to compete in Berlin only in Greco-Roman, winning the middleweight gold medal in that event. With Johansson out, the event was completely open, and eventually was won by France’s Émile Poilvé who had never won a major international previously. Poilvé led after five rounds, with only American Dick Voliva remaining, but the Frenchman defeated Voliva by a fall in 10:25 to win the gold medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Émile Poilvé	FRA	–	–	Gold
2	Dick Voliva	USA	–	–	Silver
3	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	–	–	Bronze
4	Ernst Krebs	SUI	–	–
5	Jaroslav Sysel	TCH	–	–
6	Kyösti Luukko	FIN	–	–
AC	János Riheczky	HUN	Eliminated r3/6	5
AC	Ercole Gallegati	ITA	Eliminated r3/6	5
AC	Leslie Jeffers	GBR	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Ludvig Lindblom	SWE	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Frans Van Hoorebeke	BEL	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Terry Evans	CAN	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Hans Schedler	GER	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Karam Rasul	IND	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Jan van der Merwe	RSA	Withdrew r2/6	3

Round One (2 August 1936 — 11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Kyösti Luukko	FIN	0
=1	Émile Poilvé	FRA	0
=1	Ernst Krebs	SUI	0
=1	Jaroslav Sysel	TCH	0
=1	Dick Voliva	USA	0
=6	János Riheczky	HUN	1
=6	Ercole Gallegati	ITA	1
=6	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	1
9	Ludvig Lindblom	SWE	2
=10	Frans Van Hoorebeke	BEL	3
=10	Terry Evans	CAN	3
=10	Leslie Jeffers	GBR	3
=10	Hans Schedler	GER	3
=10	Karam Rasul	IND	3
=10	Jan van der Merwe	RSA	3	withdrew

Match #1	János Riheczky	HUN	decision (3-0)	Karam Rasul	IND
Match #2	Dick Voliva	USA	fall (10:41)	Jan van der Merwe	RSA
Match #3	Ercole Gallegati	ITA	decision (2-1)	Ludvig Lindblom	SWE
Match #4	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	decision (3-0)	Hans Schedler	GER
Match #5	Kyösti Luukko	FIN	fall (5:12)	Frans Van Hoorebeke	BEL
Match #6	Émile Poilvé	FRA	fall (5:24)	Terry Evans	CAN
Match #7	Jaroslav Sysel	TCH	fall (2:00)	Leslie Jeffers	GBR
Match #8	Ernst Krebs	SUI	bye

Round Two (4 August 1936 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Ernst Krebs	SUI	0
=1	Jaroslav Sysel	TCH	0
=3	Émile Poilvé	FRA	1
=3	Dick Voliva	USA	1
=5	Ercole Gallegati	ITA	2
=5	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	2
=7	Kyösti Luukko	FIN	3
=7	Leslie Jeffers	GBR	3
=9	János Riheczky	HUN	4
=9	Ludvig Lindblom	SWE	4
=11	Frans Van Hoorebeke	BEL	6	eliminated
=11	Terry Evans	CAN	6	eliminated
=11	Hans Schedler	GER	6	eliminated
=11	Karam Rasul	IND	6	eliminated

Match #1	Ernst Krebs	SUI	fall (13:30)	János Riheczky	HUN
Match #2	Dick Voliva	USA	decision (3-0)	Karam Rasul	IND
Match #3	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	decision (2-1)	Ludvig Lindblom	SWE
Match #4	Ercole Gallegati	ITA	decision (3-0)	Hans Schedler	GER
Match #5	Émile Poilvé	FRA	decision (3-0)	Kyösti Luukko	FIN
Match #6	Jaroslav Sysel	TCH	fall (3:18)	Frans Van Hoorebeke	BEL
Match #7	Leslie Jeffers	GBR	fall (10:00)	Terry Evans	CAN

Round Three (4 August 1936 — 14:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Émile Poilvé	FRA	1
=2	Ernst Krebs	SUI	2
=2	Dick Voliva	USA	2
=4	Jaroslav Sysel	TCH	3
=4	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	3
6	Kyösti Luukko	FIN	4
=7	János Riheczky	HUN	5	eliminated
=7	Ercole Gallegati	ITA	5	eliminated
9	Leslie Jeffers	GBR	6	eliminated
10	Ludvig Lindblom	SWE	7	eliminated

Match #1	Dick Voliva	USA	decision (2-1)	Ernst Krebs	SUI
Match #2	János Riheczky	HUN	decision (3-0)	Ludvig Lindblom	SWE
Match #3	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	decision (3-0)	Ercole Gallegati	ITA
Match #4	Kyösti Luukko	FIN	decision (3-0)	Jaroslav Sysel	TCH
Match #5	Émile Poilvé	FRA	fall (5:56)	Leslie Jeffers	GBR

Round Four (4 August 1936 — 16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Émile Poilvé	FRA	1
2	Dick Voliva	USA	2
=3	Ernst Krebs	SUI	4
=3	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	4
5	Jaroslav Sysel	TCH	6	eliminated
6	Kyösti Luukko	FIN	7	eliminated

Match #1	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	decision (2-1)	Ernst Krebs	SUI
Match #2	Dick Voliva	USA	injury	Kyösti Luukko	FIN
Match #3	Émile Poilvé	FRA	fall (6:20)	Jaroslav Sysel	TCH

Round Five (4 August 1936 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Émile Poilvé	FRA	1
2	Dick Voliva	USA	3
3	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR	6	eliminated
4	Ernst Krebs	SUI	7	eliminated

Match #1	Émile Poilvé	FRA	fall (14:43)	Ernst Krebs	SUI
Match #2	Dick Voliva	USA	decision (2-1)	Ahmet Kireççi	TUR

Final Round (4 August 1936)

Match #1	Émile Poilvé	FRA	fall (10:25)	Dick Voliva	USA