Date | 11 – 15 August 1936 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin | |
Participants | 26 from 26 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
One of the favored fighters in this division was Germany’s Karl Schmedes, European Championship bronze medallist, but he was eliminated in the very first bout of the competition by José Padilla of the Philippines, who had also competed in Los Angeles.
The second round saw the exit of the European champion, Facchin of Italy and the big punching Belgian Dewinter. Dewinter’s fight with Andy Scrivani of the USA was costly for the American, a number of cuts were opened up above his eyes and the resultant damage was blamed for impeding him in his quarter-final loss against the Swede, Erik Ågren. Ågren impressed those at ringside with his skilful performance against the courageous American, was briefly considered a possible champion but then lost his next fight to Stepulov of Estonia.
José Padilla’s medal hopes were ended by Imre Harangi of Hungary in the last eight and the Hungarian continued his run to the final by defeating Kops of Denmark. Estonia had never entered a boxing team before but Nikolai Stepulov won the vote of the judges in his first four contests and found himself in the final against Harangi.
The Estonian started strongly in the final and observers judged him to have taken the first round with a crisp display of punching. By this time Harangi had began bleeding over both eyes, one cut was measured at nearly four centimetres, and his vision was becoming impaired. Despite his injuries the Hungarian fought back and from the second round onwards took the upper hand. An appreciative crowd cheered him as he edged ahead and took the verdict.
Stepulov and Ågren went on to win medals at the 1937 European championships. In the professional ranks. Simon Dewinter, who fought and lost a European title match, was most successful.
Date | 11 August 1936 — 15:00 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the second round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 11 Aug | Lidoro Oliver | ![]() | ||||
Match #2 | 11 Aug | Norm Fisher | ![]() | ||||
Match #3 | 11 Aug | Poul Kops | ![]() | ||||
Match #4 | 11 Aug | Ragnar Haugen | ![]() | ||||
Match #5 | 11 Aug | Imre Harangi | ![]() | ||||
Match #6 | 11 Aug | Robert Seidel | ![]() | ||||
Match #7 | 11 Aug | Nikolai Stepulov | ![]() | Decision | André Wollscheidt | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 11 Aug | José Padilla | ![]() | Decision | Karl Schmedes | ![]() | |
Match #9 | 11 Aug | Czesław Cyraniak | ![]() | Decision | François Aupetit | ![]() | |
Match #10 | 11 Aug | Hidekichi Nagamatsu | ![]() | Decision | Jan Chytrý | ![]() | |
Match #11 | 11 Aug | Kosta Hakim | ![]() | Decision | André Rasenberg | ![]() | |
Match #12 | 11 Aug | Carlos Lillo | ![]() | Decision | Thomas Hamilton Brown | ![]() | |
Match #13 | 11 Aug | Simon Dewinter | ![]() | Decision | Alois Swatosch | ![]() | |
Match #14 | 11 Aug | Andy Scrivani | ![]() | Decision | Freddie Simpson | ![]() | |
Match #15 | 11 Aug | Erik Ågren | ![]() | Decision | Lorenzo Delgado | ![]() | |
Match #16 | 11 Aug | Marino Facchin | ![]() | Decision | Constantin David | ![]() |
Date | 12 – 13 August 1936 — 15:00 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 12 Aug | Lidoro Oliver | ![]() | Decision | Norm Fisher | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 12 Aug | Poul Kops | ![]() | Decision | Ragnar Haugen | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 12 Aug | Imre Harangi | ![]() | Decision | Robert Seidel | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 12 Aug | José Padilla | ![]() | Decision | Czesław Cyraniak | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 12 Aug | Nikolai Stepulov | ![]() | Decision | Hidekichi Nagamatsu | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 12 Aug | Andy Scrivani | ![]() | Decision | Simon Dewinter | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 12 Aug | Erik Ågren | ![]() | Decision | Marino Facchin | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 13 Aug | Carlos Lillo | ![]() | Decision | Kosta Hakim | ![]() |
Date | 13 August 1936 — 15:00 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 13 Aug | Poul Kops | ![]() | Decision | Lidoro Oliver | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 13 Aug | Imre Harangi | ![]() | Decision | José Padilla | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 13 Aug | Erik Ågren | ![]() | Decision | Andy Scrivani | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 13 Aug | Nikolai Stepulov | ![]() | Decision | Carlos Lillo | ![]() |
Date | 14 August 1936 — 15:00 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final match. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 14 Aug | Imre Harangi | ![]() | Decision | Poul Kops | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 14 Aug | Nikolai Stepulov | ![]() | Decision | Erik Ågren | ![]() |
Date | 15 August 1936 — 20:30 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 15 Aug | Imre Harangi | ![]() | Decision | Nikolai Stepulov | ![]() | |
Match 3/4 | 15 Aug | Erik Ågren | ![]() | Walkover | Poul Kops | ![]() |