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Welterweight, Freestyle (≤72 kilograms), Men

Date	2 – 4 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Participants	16 from 16 countries
Format	Elimination by bad points. Win by fall = 0 points; win by decision = 1 point; loss by 2-1 decision = 2 points; loss by 3-0 decision = 3 points; loss by fall = 3 points. Three judges gave decisions, thus all decisions were either 2-1 or 3-0. Five bad points eliminated a wrestler.

None of the recent European Champions entered for this class, which made choosing a favorite difficult. German Jean Földeak was European Champion in 1931 and 1933-34, and had finished fourth in the class in 1932 but did not compete in 1936. After three rounds American Frank Lewis led with 0 bad points, having won all his matches by falls, but in round four he was thrown by Sweden’s Thure Andersson. The final round came down to Lewis, Andersson, and Canada’s Joe Schleimer, with Lewis and Schleimer leading with only 3 bad points to Andersson’s 4. Lewis received a final-round bye and when Andersson threw Schleimer, Lewis had the gold medal under the arcane bad points system, despite losing to Andersson. Andersson won the silver and Schleimer bronze.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Frank Lewis	USA	–	–	Gold
2	Thure Andersson	SWE	–	–	Silver
3	Joe Schleimer	CAN	–	–	Bronze
4	Jean Jourlin	FRA	–	–
5	Willy Angst	SUI	–	–
6	Sepp Paar	GER	–	–
AC	John O'Hara	AUS	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Julien Beke	BEL	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Hüseyin Erçetin	TUR	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Jaakko Pietilä	FIN	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Kálmán Sóvári	HUN	Eliminated r3/6	7
AC	Bill Fox	GBR	Withdrew r3/6	4
AC	August Kukk	EST	Eliminated r2/6	5
AC	Rashid Anwar	IND	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Shoichi Masutomi	JPN	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Alois Samec	TCH	Eliminated r2/6	6

Round One (2 August 1936 — 14:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Joe Schleimer	CAN	0
=1	Willy Angst	SUI	0
=1	Thure Andersson	SWE	0
=1	Frank Lewis	USA	0
=5	Jaakko Pietilä	FIN	1
=5	Jean Jourlin	FRA	1
=5	Bill Fox	GBR	1
=5	Sepp Paar	GER	1
=9	John O'Hara	AUS	2
=9	Hüseyin Erçetin	TUR	2
=11	Julien Beke	BEL	3
=11	August Kukk	EST	3
=11	Kálmán Sóvári	HUN	3
=11	Rashid Anwar	IND	3
=11	Shoichi Masutomi	JPN	3
=11	Alois Samec	TCH	3

Match #1	Sepp Paar	GER	decision (2-1)	John O'Hara	AUS
Match #2	Thure Andersson	SWE	fall (5:20)	Alois Samec	TCH
Match #3	Jaakko Pietilä	FIN	decision (3-0)	Kálmán Sóvári	HUN
Match #4	Willy Angst	SUI	fall (5:40)	August Kukk	EST
Match #5	Frank Lewis	USA	fall (5:03)	Julien Beke	BEL
Match #6	Joe Schleimer	CAN	fall (2:52)	Rashid Anwar	IND
Match #7	Jean Jourlin	FRA	decision (2-1)	Hüseyin Erçetin	TUR
Match #8	Bill Fox	GBR	decision (3-0)	Shoichi Masutomi	JPN

Round Two (4 August 1936 — 10:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Frank Lewis	USA	0
=2	Jean Jourlin	FRA	1
=2	Sepp Paar	GER	1
=2	Willy Angst	SUI	1
=5	John O'Hara	AUS	3
=5	Julien Beke	BEL	3
=5	Joe Schleimer	CAN	3
=5	Thure Andersson	SWE	3
=5	Hüseyin Erçetin	TUR	3
=10	Jaakko Pietilä	FIN	4
=10	Bill Fox	GBR	4
=10	Kálmán Sóvári	HUN	4
13	August Kukk	EST	5	eliminated
=14	Rashid Anwar	IND	6	eliminated
=14	Shoichi Masutomi	JPN	6	eliminated
=14	Alois Samec	TCH	6	eliminated

Match #1	John O'Hara	AUS	decision (3-0)	Alois Samec	TCH
Match #2	Sepp Paar	GER	fall (14:58)	Thure Andersson	SWE
Match #3	Willy Angst	SUI	decision (3-0)	Jaakko Pietilä	FIN
Match #4	Kálmán Sóvári	HUN	decision (2-1)	August Kukk	EST
Match #5	Frank Lewis	USA	fall (6:17)	Joe Schleimer	CAN
Match #6	Julien Beke	BEL	fall (7:43)	Rashid Anwar	IND
Match #7	Hüseyin Erçetin	TUR	decision (3-0)	Bill Fox	GBR
Match #8	Jean Jourlin	FRA	fall (4:20)	Shoichi Masutomi	JPN

Round Three (4 August 1936 — 14:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Frank Lewis	USA	0
=2	Jean Jourlin	FRA	1
=2	Willy Angst	SUI	1
4	Sepp Paar	GER	2
=5	Joe Schleimer	CAN	3
=5	Thure Andersson	SWE	3
=7	John O'Hara	AUS	6	eliminated
=7	Julien Beke	BEL	6	eliminated
=7	Hüseyin Erçetin	TUR	6	eliminated
=10	Jaakko Pietilä	FIN	7	eliminated
=10	Kálmán Sóvári	HUN	7	eliminated
DNS	Bill Fox	GBR	–

Match #1	Thure Andersson	SWE	fall (1:53)	John O'Hara	AUS
Match #2	Sepp Paar	GER	decision (3-0)	Jaakko Pietilä	FIN
Match #3	Willy Angst	SUI	fall (4:56)	Kálmán Sóvári	HUN
Match #4	Frank Lewis	USA	fall (5:59)	Hüseyin Erçetin	TUR
Match #5	Joe Schleimer	CAN	fall (4:26)	Julien Beke	BEL
Match #6	Jean Jourlin	FRA	walkover	Bill Fox	GBR

Round Four (4 August 1936 — 16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Jean Jourlin	FRA	2
=2	Joe Schleimer	CAN	3
=2	Thure Andersson	SWE	3
=2	Frank Lewis	USA	3
5	Willy Angst	SUI	4
6	Sepp Paar	GER	5	eliminated

Match #1	Jean Jourlin	FRA	decision (3-0)	Sepp Paar	GER
Match #2	Thure Andersson	SWE	fall (12:24)	Frank Lewis	USA
Match #3	Joe Schleimer	CAN	fall (8:14)	Willy Angst	SUI

Round Five (4 August 1936 — 19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Joe Schleimer	CAN	3
=1	Frank Lewis	USA	3
3	Thure Andersson	SWE	4
4	Jean Jourlin	FRA	5	eliminated
5	Willy Angst	SUI	7	eliminated

Match #1	Thure Andersson	SWE	decision (3-0)	Jean Jourlin	FRA
Match #2	Frank Lewis	USA	fall (6:00)	Willy Angst	SUI
Match #3	Joe Schleimer	CAN	bye

Final Round (4 August 1936 — 21:00)

Match #1	Thure Andersson	SWE	fall (3:36)	Joe Schleimer	CAN
Match #2	Frank Lewis	USA	bye