Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight

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Men's freestyle bantamweight
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueDeutschlandhalle
Dates2–5 August
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ödön Zombori  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ross Flood  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Johannes Herbert  Germany
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Wrestling at the
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Heavymen

The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place from 2 August to 5 August at the Deutschlandhalle. Nations were limited to one competitor.[1][2] This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 56kg.[3]

This freestyle wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, 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[edit]

Date Event
2 August 1936 Round 1
3 August 1936 Round 2
4 August 1936 Round 3
Round 4
5 August 1936 Round 5
Round 6

Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

The four wrestlers who won by fall took the lead, with 0 bad points. The three 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
Ray Cazaux  Great Britain Decision, 3–0 Kojiro Tamba  Japan
Johannes Herbert  Germany Fall Ahmet Çakıryıldız  Turkey
Ödön Zombori  Hungary Fall Gustave Laporte  Belgium
Marcello Nizzola  Italy Fall Antonín Nič  Czechoslovakia
Herman Tuvesson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Aatos Jaskari  Finland
Cesar Gaudard  Switzerland Fall Shankarrao Thorat  India
Ross Flood  United States Decision, 3–0 Enrique Jurado  Philippines
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Cesar Gaudard  Switzerland 0 0 0
1 Johannes Herbert  Germany 0 0 0
1 Marcello Nizzola  Italy 0 0 0
1 Ödön Zombori  Hungary 0 0 0
5 Ray Cazaux  Great Britain 0 1 1
5 Ross Flood  United States 0 1 1
5 Herman Tuvesson  Sweden 0 1 1
8 Ahmet Çakiryildiz  Turkey 0 3 3
8 Aatos Jaskari  Finland 0 3 3
8 Enrique Jurado  Philippines 0 3 3
8 Gustave Laporte  Belgium 0 3 3
8 Antonín Nič  Czechoslovakia 0 3 3
8 Kojiro Tamba  Japan 0 3 3
8 Shankarrao Thorat  India 0 3 3

Round 2[edit]

Herbert was the only wrestlers to win a second time by fall, staying at 0 points. Flood, Tuvesson, and Zombori all finished the round with 1 point, having won once by decision and once by fall. Nizzola's first points were a pair of points received for his loss by split decision to Zombori. Three men ended the round with 3 points, and two wrestlers had 4. The four competitors who lost in each of the first two rounds were eliminated.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ahmet Çakiryildiz  Turkey Decision, 2–1 Kojiro Tamba  Japan
Johannes Herbert  Germany Fall Ray Cazaux  Great Britain
Gustave Laporte  Belgium Fall Antonín Nič  Czechoslovakia
Ödön Zombori  Hungary Decision, 2–1 Marcello Nizzola  Italy
Herman Tuvesson  Sweden Fall Cesar Gaudard  Switzerland
Aatos Jaskari  Finland Fall Enrique Jurado  Philippines
Ross Flood  United States Fall Shankarrao Thorat  India
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Johannes Herbert  Germany 0 0 0
2 Ross Flood  United States 1 0 1
2 Herman Tuvesson  Sweden 1 0 1
2 Ödön Zombori  Hungary 0 1 1
5 Marcello Nizzola  Italy 0 2 2
6 Cesar Gaudard  Switzerland 0 3 3
6 Aatos Jaskari  Finland 3 0 3
6 Gustave Laporte  Belgium 3 0 3
9 Ahmet Çakiryildiz  Turkey 3 1 4
9 Ray Cazaux  Great Britain 1 3 4
11 Kojiro Tamba  Japan 3 2 5
12 Enrique Jurado  Philippines 3 3 6
12 Antonín Nič  Czechoslovakia 3 3 6
12 Shankarrao Thorat  India 3 3 6

Round 3[edit]

Four more men suffered their second losses in this round and were eliminated with 5 points or more. Herbert continued to be the only wrestler with 0 points, winning a third bout by fall. Flood stayed at 1 point, but Tuvesson picked up a second. The three other wrestlers who remained in contention each had 4 points.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ahmet Çakiryildiz  Turkey Fall Ray Cazaux  Great Britain
Johannes Herbert  Germany Fall Gustave Laporte  Belgium
Herman Tuvesson  Sweden Decision, 3–0 Ödön Zombori  Hungary
Aatos Jaskari  Finland Decision, 3–0 Marcello Nizzola  Italy
Ross Flood  United States Fall Cesar Gaudard  Switzerland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Johannes Herbert  Germany 0 0 0
2 Ross Flood  United States 1 0 1
2 Herman Tuvesson  Sweden 1 1 2
4 Ahmet Çakiryildiz  Turkey 4 0 4
4 Aatos Jaskari  Finland 3 1 4
4 Ödön Zombori  Hungary 1 3 4
7 Marcello Nizzola  Italy 2 3 5
8 Cesar Gaudard  Switzerland 3 3 6
8 Gustave Laporte  Belgium 3 3 6
9 Ray Cazaux  Great Britain 4 3 7

Round 4[edit]

Herbert received his first points, 2 for a split-decision loss to Tuvesson. This moved Tuvesson from 2 points to 3, leaving Flood (who won by fall in the round) in the lead at 1 point. Jaskari and Çakiryildiz were eliminated with their losses. The official report placed Jaskari 5th and Çakiryildiz 6th.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ödön Zombori  Hungary Fall Ahmet Çakiryildiz  Turkey
Herman Tuvesson  Sweden Decision, 2–1 Johannes Herbert  Germany
Ross Flood  United States Fall Aatos Jaskari  Finland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ross Flood  United States 1 0 1
2 Johannes Herbert  Germany 0 2 2
3 Herman Tuvesson  Sweden 2 1 3
4 Ödön Zombori  Hungary 4 0 4
5 Aatos Jaskari  Finland 4 3 7
6 Ahmet Çakiryildiz  Turkey 4 3 7

Round 5[edit]

After keeping a perfect record through three rounds, Herbert's consecutive losses in rounds 4 and 5 resulted in his elimination. As he finished with fewer bad points than Tuvesson who was also eliminated in this round, however, Herbert earned the bronze medal. Tuvesson finished fourth despite losing only once; his previous three wins by decision gave him too many points to continue after a single defeat. Zombori hung on for the second straight round after reaching 4 points in round 3. Flood picked up a second point in the win by decision over Tuvesson.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ödön Zombori  Hungary Fall Johannes Herbert  Germany
Ross Flood  United States Decision, 3–0 Herman Tuvesson  Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Ross Flood  United States 1 1 2
2 Ödön Zombori  Hungary 4 0 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Johannes Herbert  Germany 2 3 5
4 Herman Tuvesson  Sweden 3 3 6

Round 6[edit]

Zombori won his third consecutive match by fall, winning the gold medal after being pushed to the brink of elimination in the third round. Flood finished with the silver medal.[4]

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ödön Zombori  Hungary Fall Ross Flood  United States
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ödön Zombori  Hungary 4 0 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ross Flood  United States 2 3 5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. ^ Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b Official Report, p. 716.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Official Report, p. 729.
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