The men's freestyle middleweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 1 August to 3 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Nations were limited to one competitor.Official Olympic Report , la84.org. Retrieved 20 August 2018. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 79kg.Official Report, p. 550.
This freestyle wrestling competition did not use the single-elimination bracket format previously used for Olympic freestyle wrestling but instead followed the format that was introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman wrestling, using an elimination system based on the accumulation of points. 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. 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.Official Report, pp. 547–48.
Schedule Date Event 1 August 1932 Round 1 2 August 1932 Round 2Round 3 3 August 1932 Final round
Results
Round 1
Hess (bye) and Kotani (win by fall) advanced with 0 points. Tunyogi and Luukko each received 1 point for winning by decision. Johansson, Poilvé, and Stockton each received 3 points as losers of their bouts.Official Report, p. 559.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation József Tunyogi Decision Émile Poilvé Kotani Sumiyuki Fall Donald Stockton Kyösti Luukko Decision Ivar Johansson Bob Hess Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Kotani Sumiyuki 0 0 0 1 Robert William Hess 0 0 0 3 Kyösti Luukko 0 1 1 3 József Tunyogi 0 1 1 5 Ivar Johansson 0 3 3 5 Émile Poilvé 0 3 3 5 Donald Stockton 0 3 3
Round 2
The two 0-point wrestlers from the first round both lost, falling to 3 points. They were joined there by two first-round losers, Poilvé and Johansson, who won by fall in the second round. The third first-round loser, Stockton, lost again and was eliminated. Luukko moved into the lowest-points position with a bye keeping him at 1; Tunyogi had the best score among wrestlers who competed in both rounds with 2 points after a second win by decision.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation József Tunyogi Decision Robert William Hess Émile Poilvé Fall Donald Stockton Ivar Johansson Fall Kotani Sumiyuki Kyösti Luukko Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Kyösti Luukko 1 0 1 2 József Tunyogi 1 1 2 3 Robert William Hess 0 3 3 3 Ivar Johansson 3 0 3 3 Kotani Sumiyuki 0 3 3 3 Émile Poilvé 3 0 3 7 Donald Stockton 3 3 6
Round 3
The lead continued to be elusive, as Luukko lost to move from 1 point to 4. The three winners in this round all ended the round with 3 points, Hess and Johansson staying there with wins by fall and Tunyogi moving from 2 points to 3 with his win by decision. Kotani and Poilvé were both eliminated.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Robert William Hess Fall Kyösti Luukko József Tunyogi Decision Kotani Sumiyuki Ivar Johansson Fall Émile Poilvé
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 József Tunyogi 2 1 3 1 Robert William Hess 3 0 3 1 Ivar Johansson 3 0 3 4 Kyösti Luukko 1 3 4 5 Kotani Sumiyuki 3 3 6 5 Émile Poilvé 3 3 6
Final round
With all four wrestlers at no less than 3 points, both bouts in this round would eliminate the loser. Tunyogi and Hess were the defeated wrestlers, each finishing with 6 points. Because Tunyogi had defeated Hess earlier, he was awarded the bronze medal. The winners of the round each won by fall, with Johansson staying at 3 points to Luukko's 4. As the two had already faced each other, the competition was over and Johansson took the gold medal. Johansson had lost to Luukko earlier, but won his remaining matches by fall while Luukko also had a loss (to Hess) and had received an additional point by beating Johansson by decision rather than fall.Official Report, p. 560.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Kyösti Luukko Fall József Tunyogi Ivar Johansson Fall Robert William Hess
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Ivar Johansson 3 0 3 Kyösti Luukko 4 0 4 József Tunyogi 3 3 6 4 Robert William Hess 3 3 6
References