Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Wrestling

At the 1936 Summer Olympics, 14 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were seven weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(-56 kg)
Hungary Márton Lõrincz
Hungary (HUN)
Sweden Egon Svensson
Sweden (SWE)
Germany Jakob Brendel
Germany (GER)
Featherweight
(56 - 61 kg)
Turkey Yaşar Erkan
Turkey (TUR)
Finland Aarne Reini
Finland (FIN)
Sweden Einar Karlsson
Sweden (SWE)
Lightweight
(61 - 66 kg)
Finland Lauri Koskela
Finland (FIN)
Czechoslovakia Jozef Herda
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Estonia Voldemar Väli
Estonia (EST)
Welterweight
(66 - 72 kg)
Sweden Rudolf Svedberg
Sweden (SWE)
Germany Fritz Schäfer
Germany (GER)
Finland Eino Virtanen
Finland (FIN)
Middleweight
(72 - 79 kg)
Sweden Ivar Johansson
Sweden (SWE)
Germany Ludwig Schweickert
Germany (GER)
Hungary József Palotás
Hungary (HUN)
Light Heavyweight
(79 - 87 kg)
Sweden Axel Cadier
Sweden (SWE)
Latvia Edvīns Bietags
Latvia (LAT)
Estonia August Neo
Estonia (EST)
Heavyweight
(+87 kg)
Estonia Kristjan Palusalu
Estonia (EST)
Sweden John Nyman
Sweden (SWE)
Germany Kurt Hornfischer
Germany (GER)

[edit] Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
(-56 kg)
Hungary Ödön Zombori
Hungary (HUN)
United States Ross Flood
United States (USA)
Germany Johannes Herbert
Germany (GER)
Featherweight
(56 - 61 kg)
Finland Kustaa Pihlajamäki
Finland (FIN)
United States Francis Millard
United States (USA)
Sweden Gösta Jönsson
Sweden (SWE)
Lightweight
(61 - 66 kg)
Hungary Károly Kárpáti
Hungary (HUN)
Germany Wolfgang Ehrl
Germany (GER)
Finland Hermanni Pihlajamäki
Finland (FIN)
Welterweight
(66 - 72 kg)
United States Frank Lewis
United States (USA)
Sweden Thure Andersson
Sweden (SWE)
Canada Joseph Schleimer
Canada (CAN)
Middleweight
(72 - 79 kg)
France Emile Poilvé
France (FRA)
United States Richard Voliva
United States (USA)
Turkey Ahmet Kireççi
Turkey (TUR)
Light Heavyweight
(79 - 87 kg)
Sweden Knut Fridell
Sweden (SWE)
Estonia August Neo
Estonia (EST)
Germany Erich Siebert
Germany (GER)
Heavyweight
(+87 kg)
Estonia Kristjan Palusalu
Estonia (EST)
Czechoslovakia Josef Klapuch
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Finland Hjalmar Nyström
Finland (FIN)


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