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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤72 kg), Men

Date	6 – 9 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.

Sweden’s Rudolf Svedberg was the 1935 European Champion, and won six straight matches to reach the final match against Germany’s Fritz Schäfer. This was a re-match of the 1935 European final, won by Svedberg, and he again defeated Schäfer to win the gold medal, but only by a 2-1 decision. Schäfer later won the Europeans in 1937-39, defeating Svedberg in the 1938 final, and also won the 1937 European title in freestyle. The bronze medal went to Finland’s Eino Virtanen, who had won a silver medal at the 1931 Worker’s Olympiad and would later win the 1946 European middleweight title. His brother, Lasse Virtanen, won bronze medals in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres in track & field at the 1932 Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	113	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	–	–	Gold
2	168	Fritz Schäfer	GER	–	–	Silver
3	38	Eino Virtanen	FIN	–	–	Bronze
4	27	Edgar Puusepp	EST	–	–
5	59	Silvio Tozzi	ITA	–	–
6	143	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR	–	–
AC	16	Jean de Feu	BEL	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	126	Adolf Rieder	SUI	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	136	Karel Zvonař	TCH	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	68	Antun Fischer	YUG	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	46	Maxime Lubat	FRA	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	3	Dimitrios Zacharias	GRE	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	151	Gyula Vincze	HUN	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	86	Franz Hametner	AUT	withdrew r2/7	3
DNS	15	Jean van der Veken	BEL	–	–
DNS	37	Jaakko Pietilä	FIN	–	–
DNS	167	Paul Gawenda	GER	–	–
DNS	159	Kálmán Sóvári	HUN	–	–
DNS	51	Rashid Anwar	IND	–	–
DNS	79	Theodore Coner	LUX	–	–
DNS	93	Piotr Neüff	POL	–	–
DNS	101	Mihail Vörös	ROU	–	–
DNS	112	Ivar Johansson	SWE	–	–
DNS	69	Aleksander Ivanic	YUG	–	–

Round One

Date	6 August 1936 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	16	Jean de Feu	BEL	0	–
=1	38	Eino Virtanen	FIN	0	–
=1	59	Silvio Tozzi	ITA	0	–
=1	126	Adolf Rieder	SUI	0	–
=1	113	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	0	–
=6	168	Fritz Schäfer	GER	1	–
=6	136	Karel Zvonař	TCH	1	–
=8	86	Franz Hametner	AUT	3	withdrew
=8	27	Edgar Puusepp	EST	3	–
=8	46	Maxime Lubat	FRA	3	–
=8	3	Dimitrios Zacharias	GRE	3	–
=8	151	Gyula Vincze	HUN	3	–
=8	143	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR	3	–
=8	68	Antun Fischer	YUG	3	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug	Silvio Tozzi	ITA	Fall (16:29)	Dimitrios Zacharias	GRE
Match #2	06 Aug	Karel Zvonař	TCH	Decision (3-0)	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR
Match #3	06 Aug	Adolf Rieder	SUI	Fall (0:45)	Maxime Lubat	FRA
Match #4	06 Aug	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	Fall (14:41)	Antun Fischer	YUG
Match #5	06 Aug	Fritz Schäfer	GER	Decision (3-0)	Edgar Puusepp	EST
Match #6	06 Aug	Jean de Feu	BEL	Fall (9:42)	Franz Hametner	AUT
Match #7	06 Aug	Eino Virtanen	FIN	Fall (9:02)	Gyula Vincze	HUN

Round Two

Date	7 August 1936 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	38	Eino Virtanen	FIN	0	–
=1	113	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	0	–
=3	168	Fritz Schäfer	GER	1	–
=3	59	Silvio Tozzi	ITA	1	–
=5	16	Jean de Feu	BEL	3	–
=5	27	Edgar Puusepp	EST	3	–
=5	126	Adolf Rieder	SUI	3	–
=8	136	Karel Zvonař	TCH	4	–
=8	143	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR	4	–
=8	68	Antun Fischer	YUG	4	–
=11	46	Maxime Lubat	FRA	6	eliminated
=11	3	Dimitrios Zacharias	GRE	6	eliminated
=11	151	Gyula Vincze	HUN	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Dimitrios Zacharias	GRE
Match #2	07 Aug	Silvio Tozzi	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Karel Zvonař	TCH
Match #3	07 Aug	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	Fall (5:05)	Maxime Lubat	FRA
Match #4	07 Aug	Antun Fischer	YUG	Decision (3-0)	Adolf Rieder	SUI
Match #5	07 Aug	Fritz Schäfer	GER	Fall (3:49)	Jean de Feu	BEL
Match #6	07 Aug	Edgar Puusepp	EST	Fall (13:40)	Gyula Vincze	HUN
Match #7	07 Aug	Eino Virtanen	FIN

Round Three

Date	8 August 1936 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	38	Eino Virtanen	FIN	0	–
=1	113	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	0	–
3	168	Fritz Schäfer	GER	1	–
4	27	Edgar Puusepp	EST	3	–
=5	59	Silvio Tozzi	ITA	4	–
=5	143	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR	4	–
=7	16	Jean de Feu	BEL	6	eliminated
=7	126	Adolf Rieder	SUI	6	eliminated
=9	136	Karel Zvonař	TCH	7	eliminated
=9	68	Antun Fischer	YUG	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Aug	Eino Virtanen	FIN	Fall (15:03)	Silvio Tozzi	ITA
Match #2	08 Aug	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR	Fall (10:00)	Adolf Rieder	SUI
Match #3	08 Aug	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	Fall (14:19)	Karel Zvonař	TCH
Match #4	08 Aug	Fritz Schäfer	GER	Fall (14:58)	Antun Fischer	YUG
Match #5	08 Aug	Edgar Puusepp	EST	Fall (6:58)	Jean de Feu	BEL

Round Four

Date	8 August 1936 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	38	Eino Virtanen	FIN	1	–
=1	168	Fritz Schäfer	GER	1	–
=1	113	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	1	–
4	27	Edgar Puusepp	EST	6	eliminated
=5	59	Silvio Tozzi	ITA	7	eliminated
=5	143	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Aug	Eino Virtanen	FIN	Decision (3-0)	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR
Match #2	08 Aug	Fritz Schäfer	GER	Fall (4:46)	Silvio Tozzi	ITA
Match #3	08 Aug	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Edgar Puusepp	EST

Round Five

Date	9 August 1936 — 19:30

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	168	Fritz Schäfer	GER	1
2	113	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	2
3	38	Eino Virtanen	FIN	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Eino Virtanen	FIN
Match #2	09 Aug	Fritz Schäfer	GER

Round Six

Date	9 August 1936 — 20:15

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	168	Fritz Schäfer	GER	1	–
2	113	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	2	–
3	38	Eino Virtanen	FIN	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Fritz Schäfer	GER	Fall (1:53)	Eino Virtanen	FIN
Match #2	09 Aug	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE

Final Round

Date	9 August 1936

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Rudolf Svedberg	SWE	Decision (2-1)	Fritz Schäfer	GER