Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Bantam	men
Feather	men
Light	men
Welter	men
Middle	men
Light heavy	men
Heavy	men
Freestyle
Bantam	men
Feather	men
Light	men
Welter	men
Middle	men
Light heavy	men
Heavy	men

Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics was held between August 1–7 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which were further divided into different weight categories.

Competition format

Wrestling events consisted of a series of random matches and a system of points to decide elimination after each round. Matches were scored as follows: The results of the bouts were counted on “"bad points". Losers received 3 points for each bout lost, those who won by decision of the jury received 1 point, and those who won by pin received 0 points. Those competitors who accumulated 5 bad points were eliminated. If candidates for the third place were eliminated with equal bad points in the same round, they were paired, if they have not yet met each other, for the third place.

Participating nations

18 nations participated in Wrestling at the 1932 Olympics.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	6	1	3	10
2	United States (USA)	3	2	0	5
3	Finland (FIN)	2	3	3	8
4	Germany (GER)	1	2	1	4
5	Italy (ITA)	1	1	2	4
6	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
7	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	1	3
8	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
11	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
12	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		14	14	14	42

Medal summary

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	Jakob Brendel (GER)	Marcello Nizzola (ITA)	Louis François (FRA)
Featherweight	Giovanni Gozzi (ITA)	Wolfgang Ehrl (GER)	Lauri Koskela (FIN)
Lightweight	Erik Malmberg (SWE)	Abraham Kurland (DEN)	Eduard Sperling (GER)
Welterweight	Ivar Johansson (SWE)	Väinö Kajander (FIN)	Ercole Gallegati (ITA)
Middleweight	Väinö Kokkinen (FIN)	Jean Földeák (GER)	Axel Cadier (SWE)
Light Heavyweight	Rudolf Svensson (SWE)	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	Mario Gruppioni (ITA)
Heavyweight	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Josef Urban (TCH)	Nickolaus Hirschl (AUT)

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	Robert Pearce (USA)	Ödön Zombori (HUN)	Aatos Jaskari (FIN)
Featherweight	Hermanni Pihlajamäki (FIN)	Edgar Nemir (USA)	Einar Karlsson (SWE)
Lightweight	Charles Pacôme (FRA)	Károly Kárpáti (HUN)	Gustaf Klarén (SWE)
Welterweight	Jack van Bebber (USA)	Daniel MacDonald (CAN)	Eino Leino (FIN)
Middleweight	Ivar Johansson (SWE)	Kyösti Luukko (FIN)	József Tunyogi (HUN)
Light Heavyweight	Peter Mehringer (USA)	Thure Sjöstedt (SWE)	Eddie Scarf (AUS)
Heavyweight	Johan Richthoff (SWE)	Jack Riley (USA)	Nickolaus Hirschl (AUT)

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
• Official Olympic Report