Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight

The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place from 6 August to 9 August at the Deutschlandhalle. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1][2] This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 56kg.[3]

Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueDeutschlandhalle
Dates6–9 August
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Márton Lőrincz  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Egon Svensson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jakob Brendel  Germany
← 1932
1948 →

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics, with a slight modification. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1 (this was the modification from prior years, where all losses were 3 points). The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.[3]

Schedule

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Date Event
6 August 1936 Round 1
7 August 1936 Round 2
Round 3
8 August 1936 Round 4
9 August 1936 Round 5
Final round

Results

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Round 1

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The five wrestlers who won by fall took the lead, with 0 bad points. The four other winners by decision each received 1 point. All of the losers were defeated by either fall or unanimous decision, so each received 3 points.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Väinö Perttunen   Finland Decision, 3–0 Hüseyin Erkmen   Turkey
Ferdinand Hýža   Czechoslovakia Decision, 3–0 Jakob Brendel   Germany
Robert Voigt   Denmark Decision, 3–0 Karlo Toth   Yugoslavia
Iosif Töjär   Romania Fall Georges Bayle   France
Dante Bertoli   Italy Decision, 3–0 Evald Sikk   Estonia
Ali Erfan   Egypt Fall Josef Buemberger   Austria
Márton Lőrincz   Hungary Fall Franz Christen   Switzerland
Egon Svensson   Sweden Fall Ivar Stokke   Norway
Antoni Rokita   Poland Fall Alfred Gilles   Belgium
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ali Erfan   Egypt 0 0 0
1 Márton Lőrincz   Hungary 0 0 0
1 Antoni Rokita   Poland 0 0 0
1 Egon Svensson   Sweden 0 0 0
1 Iosif Tojar   Romania 0 0 0
6 Dante Bertoli   Italy 0 1 1
6 Ferdinand Hýža   Czechoslovakia 0 1 1
6 Väinö Perttunen   Finland 0 1 1
6 Robert Voigt   Denmark 0 1 1
10 Georges Bayle   France 0 3 3
10 Jakob Brendel   Germany 0 3 3
10 Josef Buemberger   Austria 0 3 3
10 Franz Christen   Switzerland 0 3 3
10 Hüseyin Erkmen   Turkey 0 3 3
10 Alfred Gilles   Belgium 0 3 3
10 Evald Sikk   Estonia 0 3 3
10 Ivar Stokke   Norway 0 3 3
10 Karlo Toth   Yugoslavia 0 3 3

Round 2

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The lead group of five was cut to two, with Lőrincz and Svensson both winning their second decision by fall to stay at 0 points. Three wrestlers finished the second round with 1 point (one win by fall and one win by decision, in either order). Hýža earned his second point with a second win by decision. Four wrestlers moved to 3 points (win by fall and loss by unanimous decision or fall). Two stayed barely alive with 4 points (win by decision and loss by unanimous decision or fall). Six were eliminated with two losses; of these, Erkmen had the best record with 5 points rather than 6 for the others due to his second loss coming via split decision.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ferdinand Hýža   Czechoslovakia Decision, 2–1 Hüseyin Erkmen   Turkey
Jakob Brendel   Germany Decision, 3–0 Väinö Perttunen   Finland
Robert Voigt   Denmark Fall Georges Bayle   France
Iosif Tojar   Romania Decision, 3–0 Karlo Toth   Yugoslavia
Dante Bertoli   Italy Fall Ali Erfan   Egypt
Evald Sikk   Estonia Fall Josef Buemberger   Austria
Egon Svensson   Sweden Fall Franz Christen   Switzerland
Márton Lőrincz   Hungary Fall Alfred Gilles   Belgium
Ivar Stokke   Norway Fall Antoni Rokita   Poland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Márton Lőrincz   Hungary 0 0 0
1 Egon Svensson   Sweden 0 0 0
3 Dante Bertoli   Italy 1 0 1
3 Iosif Tojar   Romania 0 1 1
3 Robert Voigt   Denmark 1 0 1
6 Ferdinand Hýža   Czechoslovakia 1 1 2
7 Ali Erfan   Egypt 0 3 3
7 Antoni Rokita   Poland 0 3 3
7 Evald Sikk   Estonia 3 0 3
7 Ivar Stokke   Norway 3 0 3
11 Jakob Brendel   Germany 3 1 4
11 Väinö Perttunen   Finland 1 3 4
13 Hüseyin Erkmen   Turkey 3 2 5
14 Georges Bayle   France 3 3 6
14 Josef Buemberger   Austria 3 3 6
14 Franz Christen   Switzerland 3 3 6
14 Alfred Gilles   Belgium 3 3 6
14 Karlo Toth   Yugoslavia 3 3 6

Round 3

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Svensson finished the round in sole possession of the lead, winning a third bout by fall to stay at 0 points. Lőrincz's third win was his first by decision, moving him to 1 point. Tojar also finished the round with 1 point, winning by fall to stay at that score. Both wrestlers who started with 4 points remained in contention, winning by fall to stay at 4 points. Three other wrestlers joined them, either losing to go from 1 point to 4 or winning by decision to go from 3 points to 4. Of that group, however, Bertoli was injured and could not continue. Three wrestlers received their second loss this round and were eliminated; Hýža was also eliminated with his first loss at 5 points (his two wins were by decision).[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Väinö Perttunen   Finland Fall Ferdinand Hýža   Czechoslovakia
Jakob Brendel   Germany Fall Robert Voigt   Denmark
Iosif Tojar   Romania Fall Dante Bertoli   Italy
Evald Sikk   Estonia Decision, 3–0 Ali Erfan   Egypt
Márton Lőrincz   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Ivar Stokke   Norway
Egon Svensson   Sweden Fall Antoni Rokita   Poland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Egon Svensson   Sweden 0 0 0
2 Márton Lőrincz   Hungary 0 1 1
2 Iosif Tojar   Romania 1 0 1
4 Jakob Brendel   Germany 4 0 4
4 Väinö Perttunen   Finland 4 0 4
4 Evald Sikk   Estonia 3 1 4
4 Robert Voigt   Denmark 1 3 4
8 Dante Bertoli   Italy 1 3 4r
9 Ferdinand Hýža   Czechoslovakia 2 3 5
10 Ali Erfan   Egypt 3 3 6
10 Antoni Rokita   Poland 3 3 6
10 Ivar Stokke   Norway 3 3 6

Round 4

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Bertoli's withdrawal resulted in Svensson having a bye, easily keeping his 0 point record intact. Both men who started the round at 1 point took 3-point losses to move to 4 points. Of the four men who started at 4 points, Brendel and Perttunen avoided elimination by winning by falls. Sikk won, but by decision, earning his fifth point and elimination. Voigt lost and was eliminated at 7 points.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Väinö Perttunen   Finland Fall Robert Voigt   Denmark
Jakob Brendel   Germany Fall Iosif Tojar   Romania
Evald Sikk   Estonia Decision, 3–0 Márton Lőrincz   Hungary
Egon Svensson   Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Egon Svensson   Sweden 0 0 0
2 Jakob Brendel   Germany 4 0 4
2 Márton Lőrincz   Hungary 1 3 4
2 Väinö Perttunen   Finland 4 0 4
2 Iosif Tojar   Romania 1 3 4
6 Evald Sikk   Estonia 4 1 5
7 Robert Voigt   Denmark 4 3 7

Round 5

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The fifth round eliminated 3 out of the 5 remaining wrestlers, one of whom was safe by reason of having a bye. Brendel gave Svensson the latter man's first loss (and indeed, first points of any kind), but the former was the one eliminated after picking up a fifth point due to the win by decision. Perttunen beat Tojar, but both men needed a win by fall to stay in competition and the bout was resolved by split decision—eliminating both men. Brendel's win over Perttunen back in the second round was the tie-breaker that gave the German the bronze medal.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Jakob Brendel   Germany Decision, 3–0 Egon Svensson   Sweden
Väinö Perttunen   Finland Decision, 2–1 Iosif Tojar   Romania
Márton Lőrincz   Hungary Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Egon Svensson   Sweden 0 3 3
2 Márton Lőrincz   Hungary 4 0 4
  Jakob Brendel   Germany 4 1 5
4 Väinö Perttunen   Finland 4 1 5
5 Iosif Tojar   Romania 4 2 6

Round 6

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Svensson, the man who led the group through four rounds with a flawless record took his second consecutive loss in the sixth and final round to finish with the silver medal. Lőrincz ended with a 4–1 record and the gold medal.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Márton Lőrincz   Hungary Decision, 3–0 Egon Svensson   Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
  Márton Lőrincz   Hungary 4 1 5
  Egon Svensson   Sweden 3 3 6

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. ^ Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b Official Report, p. 716.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Official Report, p. 717.