The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place from 6 August to 9 August at the Deutschlandhalle. Nations were limited to one competitor.Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 24 August 2018. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 56kg.Official Report, p. 716.
This Greco-Roman wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics, with a slight modification. 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 if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1 (this was the modification from prior years, where all losses were 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, p. 716.
Schedule Date Event 6 August 1936 Round 1 7 August 1936 Round 2Round 3 8 August 1936 Round 4 9 August 1936 Round 5Final round
Results
Round 1
The five wrestlers who won by fall took the lead, with 0 bad points. The four other winners by decision each received 1 point. All of the losers were defeated by either fall or unanimous decision, so each received 3 points.Official Report, p. 717.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Väinö Perttunen Decision, 3–0 Hüseyin Erkmen Ferdinand Hýža Decision, 3–0 Jakob Brendel Robert Voigt Decision, 3–0 Karlo Toth Iosif Töjär Fall Georges Bayle Dante Bertoli Decision, 3–0 Evald Sikk Ali Erfan Fall Josef Buemberger Márton Lőrincz Fall Franz Christen Egon Svensson Fall Ivar Stokke Antoni Rokita Fall Alfred Gilles
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Ali Erfan 0 0 0 1 Márton Lőrincz 0 0 0 1 Antoni Rokita 0 0 0 1 Egon Svensson 0 0 0 1 Iosif Tojar 0 0 0 6 Dante Bertoli 0 1 1 6 Ferdinand Hýža 0 1 1 6 Väinö Perttunen 0 1 1 6 Robert Voigt 0 1 1 10 Georges Bayle 0 3 3 10 Jakob Brendel 0 3 3 10 Josef Buemberger 0 3 3 10 Franz Christen 0 3 3 10 Hüseyin Erkmen 0 3 3 10 Alfred Gilles 0 3 3 10 Evald Sikk 0 3 3 10 Ivar Stokke 0 3 3 10 Karlo Toth 0 3 3
Round 2
The lead group of five was cut to two, with Lőrincz and Svensson both winning their second decision by fall to stay at 0 points. Three wrestlers finished the second round with 1 point (one win by fall and one win by decision, in either order). Hýža earned his second point with a second win by decision. Four wrestlers moved to 3 points (win by fall and loss by unanimous decision or fall). Two stayed barely alive with 4 points (win by decision and loss by unanimous decision or fall). Six were eliminated with two losses; of these, Erkmen had the best record with 5 points rather than 6 for the others due to his second loss coming via split decision.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ferdinand Hýža Decision, 2–1 Hüseyin Erkmen Jakob Brendel Decision, 3–0 Väinö Perttunen Robert Voigt Fall Georges Bayle Iosif Tojar Decision, 3–0 Karlo Toth Dante Bertoli Fall Ali Erfan Evald Sikk Fall Josef Buemberger Egon Svensson Fall Franz Christen Márton Lőrincz Fall Alfred Gilles Ivar Stokke Fall Antoni Rokita
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Márton Lőrincz 0 0 0 1 Egon Svensson 0 0 0 3 Dante Bertoli 1 0 1 3 Iosif Tojar 0 1 1 3 Robert Voigt 1 0 1 6 Ferdinand Hýža 1 1 2 7 Ali Erfan 0 3 3 7 Antoni Rokita 0 3 3 7 Evald Sikk 3 0 3 7 Ivar Stokke 3 0 3 11 Jakob Brendel 3 1 4 11 Väinö Perttunen 1 3 4 13 Hüseyin Erkmen 3 2 5 14 Georges Bayle 3 3 6 14 Josef Buemberger 3 3 6 14 Franz Christen 3 3 6 14 Alfred Gilles 3 3 6 14 Karlo Toth 3 3 6
Round 3
Svensson finished the round in sole possession of the lead, winning a third bout by fall to stay at 0 points. Lőrincz's third win was his first by decision, moving him to 1 point. Tojar also finished the round with 1 point, winning by fall to stay at that score. Both wrestlers who started with 4 points remained in contention, winning by fall to stay at 4 points. Three other wrestlers joined them, either losing to go from 1 point to 4 or winning by decision to go from 3 points to 4. Of that group, however, Bertoli was injured and could not continue. Three wrestlers received their second loss this round and were eliminated; Hýža was also eliminated with his first loss at 5 points (his two wins were by decision).
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Väinö Perttunen Fall Ferdinand Hýža Jakob Brendel Fall Robert Voigt Iosif Tojar Fall Dante Bertoli Evald Sikk Decision, 3–0 Ali Erfan Márton Lőrincz Decision, 3–0 Ivar Stokke Egon Svensson Fall Antoni Rokita
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Egon Svensson 0 0 0 2 Márton Lőrincz 0 1 1 2 Iosif Tojar 1 0 1 4 Jakob Brendel 4 0 4 4 Väinö Perttunen 4 0 4 4 Evald Sikk 3 1 4 4 Robert Voigt 1 3 4 8 Dante Bertoli 1 3 4 9 Ferdinand Hýža 2 3 5 10 Ali Erfan 3 3 6 10 Antoni Rokita 3 3 6 10 Ivar Stokke 3 3 6
Round 4
Bertoli's withdrawal resulted in Svensson having a bye, easily keeping his 0 point record intact. Both men who started the round at 1 point took 3-point losses to move to 4 points. Of the four men who started at 4 points, Brendel and Perttunen avoided elimination by winning by falls. Sikk won, but by decision, earning his fifth point and elimination. Voigt lost and was eliminated at 7 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Väinö Perttunen Fall Robert Voigt Jakob Brendel Fall Iosif Tojar Evald Sikk Decision, 3–0 Márton Lőrincz Egon Svensson Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Egon Svensson 0 0 0 2 Jakob Brendel 4 0 4 2 Márton Lőrincz 1 3 4 2 Väinö Perttunen 4 0 4 2 Iosif Tojar 1 3 4 6 Evald Sikk 4 1 5 7 Robert Voigt 4 3 7
Round 5
The fifth round eliminated 3 out of the 5 remaining wrestlers, one of whom was safe by reason of having a bye. Brendel gave Svensson the latter man's first loss (and indeed, first points of any kind), but the former was the one eliminated after picking up a fifth point due to the win by decision. Perttunen beat Tojar, but both men needed a win by fall to stay in competition and the bout was resolved by split decision—eliminating both men. Brendel's win over Perttunen back in the second round was the tie-breaker that gave the German the bronze medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Jakob Brendel Decision, 3–0 Egon Svensson Väinö Perttunen Decision, 2–1 Iosif Tojar Márton Lőrincz Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Egon Svensson 0 3 3 2 Márton Lőrincz 4 0 4 Jakob Brendel 4 1 5 4 Väinö Perttunen 4 1 5 5 Iosif Tojar 4 2 6
Round 6
Svensson, the man who led the group through four rounds with a flawless record took his second consecutive loss in the sixth and final round to finish with the silver medal. Lőrincz ended with a 4–1 record and the gold medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Márton Lőrincz Decision, 3–0 Egon Svensson
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Márton Lőrincz 4 1 5 Egon Svensson 3 3 6
References