The men's freestyle featherweight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place from 2 August to 4 August at the Deutschlandhalle. Nations were limited to one competitor.Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 25 August 2018. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 61kg.Official Report, p. 716.
This freestyle wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, 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 2 August 1936 Round 1 3 August 1936 Round 2 4 August 1936 Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6
Results
Round 1
The four wrestlers who won by fall and the one with the bye took the lead, with 0 bad points. The three 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. 728.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Nevil Hall Decision, 3–0 Karel Kváček Gösta Frändfors Fall Marco Gavelli Norman Morrell Decision, 3–0 Josef Böck Francis Millard Fall Jean Chasson Ferenc Tóth Fall Yaşar Erkan Kustaa Pihlajamäki Fall Hector Riské Mitsuo Mizutani Decision, 3–0 Werner Spycher Vern Pettigrew Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Gösta Frändfors 0 0 0 1 Francis Millard 0 0 0 1 Vern Pettigrew 0 0 0 1 Kustaa Pihlajamäki 0 0 0 1 Ferenc Tóth 0 0 0 6 Nevil Hall 0 1 1 6 Mitsuo Mizutani 0 1 1 6 Norman Morrell 0 1 1 9 Josef Bock 0 3 3 9 Jean Chasson 0 3 3 9 Yaşar Erkan 0 3 3 9 Marco Gavelli 0 3 3 9 Karel Kvaček 0 3 3 9 Hector Riské 0 3 3 9 Werner Spycher 0 3 3
Round 2
Three men maintained 0-point scores through the first two rounds, with three more scoring 1 point total. The five wrestlers who lost in both the first two rounds were eliminated. No wrestlers finished the round with 2 or 3 points; four finished with 4 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Vern Pettigrew Decision, 3–0 Karel Kvaček Marco Gavelli Decision, 3–0 Nevil Hall Gösta Frändfors Decision, 3–0 Josef Bock Francis Millard Fall Norman Morrell Ferenc Tóth Fall Jean Chasson Yaşar Erkan Decision, 3–0 Hector Riské Kustaa Pihlajamäki Fall Werner Spycher Mitsuo Mizutani Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Francis Millard 0 0 0 1 Kustaa Pihlajamäki 0 0 0 1 Ferenc Tóth 0 0 0 4 Gösta Frändfors 0 1 1 4 Mitsuo Mizutani 1 0 1 4 Vern Pettigrew 0 1 1 7 Yaşar Erkan 3 1 4 7 Marco Gavelli 3 1 4 7 Nevil Hall 1 3 4 7 Norman Morrell 1 3 4 11 Josef Bock 3 3 6 11 Jean Chasson 3 3 6 11 Karel Kvaček 3 3 6 11 Hector Riské 3 3 6 11 Werner Spycher 3 3 6
Round 3
Three losers and one winner were eliminated this round; Gavelli was out with a 5th point after winning by decision. Pihlajamäki was the only wrestler to maintain a 0-point score through the third round, though three men had only 1 point apiece.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Vern Pettigrew Fall Mitsuo Mizutani Gösta Frändfors Fall Nevil Hall Marco Gavelli Decision, 3–0 Norman Morrell Francis Millard Decision, 3–0 Ferenc Tóth Kustaa Pihlajamäki Fall Yaşar Erkan
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Kustaa Pihlajamäki 0 0 0 2 Gösta Frändfors 1 0 1 2 Francis Millard 0 1 1 2 Vern Pettigrew 1 0 1 5 Ferenc Tóth 0 3 3 6 Mitsuo Mizutani 1 3 4 7 Marco Gavelli 4 1 5 8 Yaşar Erkan 4 3 7 8 Nevil Hall 4 3 7 8 Norman Morrell 4 3 7
Round 4
Of the three losers, Tóth and Mizutani were eliminated. Pettigrew had started with 1 point, so remained in contention with 4 after losing. Pihlajamäki won by fall again, keeping his 0 point run intact. Millard had 1 point, Frändfors had 2.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gösta Frändfors Decision, 3–0 Mitsuo Mizutani Francis Millard Fall Vern Pettigrew Kustaa Pihlajamäki Fall Ferenc Tóth
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Kustaa Pihlajamäki 0 0 0 2 Francis Millard 1 0 1 3 Gösta Frändfors 1 1 2 4 Vern Pettigrew 1 3 4 5 Ferenc Tóth 3 3 6 6 Mitsuo Mizutani 4 3 7
Round 5
The first bout pitted Frändfors against Pettigrew; each was threatened with elimination with a loss (though Frändfors would remain if he lost by split decision). Frändfors came out the victor by decision, eliminating Pettigrew. The second bout featured Pihlajamäki and Millard, neither of whom could be eliminated in the round. Millard's loss by unanimous decision took him from 1 point to 4 points, while Pihlajamäki received his first point. This left three men to contest the medals.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gösta Frändfors Decision, 3–0 Vern Pettigrew Kustaa Pihlajamäki Decision, 3–0 Francis Millard
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Kustaa Pihlajamäki 0 1 1 2 Francis Millard 1 3 4 3 Gösta Frändfors 2 1 3 4 Vern Pettigrew 4 3 7
Round 6
Frändfors had not faced the two other remaining wrestlers, but Millard and Pihlajamäki had faced each other. Pihlajamäki had the bye in round 6. If Frändfors had won this round, he would have faced Pihlajamäki in a final round. However, Millard proved the better by split decision, giving both wrestlers 5 points and ending the competition with Pihlajamäki the only man left to take gold. The tie between Millard and Frändfors at 5 points was broken by the results of this round itself, with Millard's head-to-head win earning him silver and placing Frändfors in third for the bronze.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Francis Millard Decision, 2–1 Gösta Frändfors Kustaa Pihlajamäki Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Kustaa Pihlajamäki 1 0 1 Francis Millard 4 1 5 Gösta Frändfors 3 2 5
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