Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Estonians August Neo (left) and Kristjan Palusalu won medals in both wrestling styles at the 1936 Olympics

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.

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	Ödön Zombori  Hungary	Ross Flood  United States	Johannes Herbert  Germany
Featherweight	Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland	Francis Millard  United States	Gösta Frändfors  Sweden
Lightweight	Károly Kárpáti  Hungary	Wolfgang Ehrl  Germany	Hermanni Pihlajamäki  Finland
Welterweight	Frank Lewis  United States	Thure Andersson  Sweden	Joe Schleimer  Canada
Middleweight	Emile Poilvé  France	Richard Voliva  United States	Ahmet Kireççi  Turkey
Light Heavyweight	Knut Fridell  Sweden	August Neo  Estonia	Erich Siebert  Germany
Heavyweight	Kristjan Palusalu  Estonia	Josef Klapuch  Czechoslovakia	Hjalmar Nyström  Finland

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	Márton Lõrincz  Hungary	Egon Svensson  Sweden	Jakob Brendel  Germany
Featherweight	Yaşar Erkan  Turkey	Aarne Reini  Finland	Einar Karlsson  Sweden
Lightweight	Lauri Koskela  Finland	Jozef Herda  Czechoslovakia	Voldemar Väli  Estonia
Welterweight	Rudolf Svedberg  Sweden	Fritz Schäfer  Germany	Eino Virtanen  Finland
Middleweight	Ivar Johansson  Sweden	Ludwig Schweickert  Germany	József Palotás  Hungary
Light Heavyweight	Axel Cadier  Sweden	Edvīns Bietags  Latvia	August Neo  Estonia
Heavyweight	Kristjan Palusalu  Estonia	John Nyman  Sweden	Kurt Hornfischer  Germany

Participating nations

A total of 200 wrestlers from 29 nations competed at the Berlin Games:^[1]

• Australia (3)
• Austria (7)
• Belgium (11)
• Canada (5)
• Czechoslovakia (13)
• Denmark (5)
• Egypt (3)
• Estonia (8)
• Finland (13)
• France (10)
• Germany (14)
• Great Britain (6)
• Greece (4)
• Hungary (12)
• India (3)
• Italy (10)
• Japan (5)
• Latvia (3)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Norway (3)
• Philippines (1)
• Poland (3)
• Romania (5)
• South Africa (2)
• Sweden (14)
• Switzerland (13)
• Turkey (11)
• United States (7)
• Yugoslavia (5)^[2]

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

References

1. Wrestling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games. sports-reference.com
2. "THE XITH OLYMPIC GAMES BERLIN 1936 OFFICIAL REPORT" II. 1937: 76. Retrieved 22 September 2015.