Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics, 14 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were seven weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling.[1]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (11 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Medal summary
Freestyle
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight details | Ödön Zombori![]() | Ross Flood![]() | Johannes Herbert![]() |
Featherweight details | Kustaa Pihlajamäki![]() | Francis Millard![]() | Gösta Frändfors![]() |
Lightweight details | Károly Kárpáti![]() | Wolfgang Ehrl![]() | Hermanni Pihlajamäki![]() |
Welterweight details | Frank Lewis![]() | Thure Andersson![]() | Joe Schleimer![]() |
Middleweight details | Emile Poilvé![]() | Richard Voliva![]() | Ahmet Kireççi![]() |
Light Heavyweight details | Knut Fridell![]() | August Neo![]() | Erich Siebert![]() |
Heavyweight details | Kristjan Palusalu![]() | Josef Klapuch![]() | Hjalmar Nyström![]() |
Greco-Roman
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight details | Márton Lõrincz![]() | Egon Svensson![]() | Jakob Brendel![]() |
Featherweight details | Yaşar Erkan![]() | Aarne Reini![]() | Einar Karlsson![]() |
Lightweight details | Lauri Koskela![]() | Jozef Herda![]() | Voldemar Väli![]() |
Welterweight details | Rudolf Svedberg![]() | Fritz Schäfer![]() | Eino Virtanen![]() |
Middleweight details | Ivar Johansson![]() | Ludwig Schweickert![]() | József Palotás![]() |
Light Heavyweight details | Axel Cadier![]() | Edvīns Bietags![]() | August Neo![]() |
Heavyweight details | Kristjan Palusalu![]() | John Nyman![]() | Kurt Hornfischer![]() |
Participating nations
A total of 200 wrestlers from 29 nations competed at the Berlin Games:[1]
Australia (3)
Austria (7)
Belgium (11)
Canada (5)
Czechoslovakia (13)
Denmark (5)
Egypt (3)
Estonia (8)
Finland (13)
France (10)
Germany (14)
Great Britain (6)
Greece (4)
Hungary (12)
India (3)
Italy (10)
Japan (5)
Latvia (3)
Luxembourg (1)
Norway (3)
Philippines (1)
Poland (3)
Romania (5)
South Africa (2)
Sweden (14)
Switzerland (13)
Turkey (11)
United States (7)
Yugoslavia (5)[2]
See also
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "THE XITH OLYMPIC GAMES BERLIN 1936 OFFICIAL REPORT". II. 1937: 76. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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