Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics

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At the 1932 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. The freestyle competitions were held from August 1 to August 3, 1932 and the Greco-Roman events were held from August 4 to August 7, 1932.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Greco-Roman 1.2 Freestyle 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight (- 56 kg) details	Jakob Brendel Germany (GER)	Marcello Nizzola Italy (ITA)	Louis François France (FRA)
Featherweight (- 61 kg) details	Giovanni Gozzi Italy (ITA)	Wolfgang Ehrl Germany (GER)	Lauri Koskela Finland (FIN)
Lightweight (- 66 kg) details	Eric Malmberg Sweden (SWE)	Abraham Kurland Denmark (DEN)	Eduard Sperling Germany (GER)
Welterweight (- 72 kg) details	Ivar Johansson Sweden (SWE)	Väinö Kajander Finland (FIN)	Ercole Gallegati Italy (ITA)
Middleweight (- 79 kg) details	Väinö Kokkinen Finland (FIN)	Jean Földeák Germany (GER)	Axel Cadier Sweden (SWE)
Light Heavyweight (- 87 kg) details	Rudolf Svensson Sweden (SWE)	Onni Pellinen Finland (FIN)	Mario Gruppioni Italy (ITA)
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) details	Carl Westergren Sweden (SWE)	Josef Urban Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Nikolaus Hirschl Austria (AUT)

[edit] Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight (- 56 kg) details	Robert Pearce United States (USA)	Ödön Zombori Hungary (HUN)	Aatos Jaskari Finland (FIN)
Featherweight (- 61 kg) details	Hermanni Pihlajamäki Finland (FIN)	Edgar Nemir United States (USA)	Einar Karlsson Sweden (SWE)
Lightweight (- 66 kg) details	Charles Pacôme France (FRA)	Károly Kárpáti Hungary (HUN)	Gustaf Klarén Sweden (SWE)
Welterweight (- 72 kg) details	Jack van Bebber United States (USA)	Daniel MacDonald Canada (CAN)	Eino Leino Finland (FIN)
Middleweight (- 79 kg) details	Ivar Johansson Sweden (SWE)	Kyösti Luukko Finland (FIN)	József Tunyogi Hungary (HUN)
Light Heavyweight (- 87 kg) details	Peter Mehringer United States (USA)	Thure Sjöstedt Sweden (SWE)	Eddie Scarf Australia (AUS)
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) details	Johan Richthoff Sweden (SWE)	John Riley United States (USA)	Nikolaus Hirschl Austria (AUT)

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] 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
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
11	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
12	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.

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