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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤61 kg), Men

Date	6 – 9 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Participants	19 from 19 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.

Finland’s Kustaa Pihlajamäki was European Champion from 1931-34 and runner-up in 1935 to German Sebastian Hering, but Pihlajamäki elected to compete in freestyle at Berlin, winning the gold medal in featherweight in that style. Hering led after two rounds but victories by decision in rounds three and four gave him 3 bad points, and when he lost in round five to Sweden’s Einar Karlsson, Hering was eliminated. The final round came down to Karlsson, Finland’s Aarne Reini, and Turkey’s Yaşar Erkan, who led through five rounds before losing to Reini, the 1933-34 European Champion in lightweight, in round six. Karlsson led with 3 bad points to 4 each for Reini and Erkan. Erkan drew a bye in the final round and when Reini defeated Karlsson, they both went past the 5 bad point limit, eliminating them, and giving Erkan the gold medal, with Reini taking silver and Karlsson bronze.

Pihlajamäki won the World Championships again in 1937-39. Erkan, Balkan Champion in 1933-35, also competed in freestyle in Berlin, losing to Pihlajamäki, who eliminated him.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	141	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	–	–	Gold
2	34	Aarne Reini	FIN	–	–	Silver
3	108	Einar Karlsson	SWE	–	–	Bronze
4	164	Sebastian Hering	GER	–	–
5	75	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT	–	–
6	56	Valentino Borgia	ITA	–	–
AC	150	Gyula Móri	HUN	eliminated r4/7	6
AC	91	Henryk Szlązak	POL	eliminated r4/7	6
AC	97	Ion Horvath	ROU	eliminated r4/7	7
AC	1	Nikolaos Biris	GRE	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	63	Hideichi Yoshioka	JPN	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	45	Eugène Kracher	FRA	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	134	František Janda	TCH	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	67	Tomo Šestak	YUG	eliminated r2/7	5
AC	84	Erich Fincsusz	AUT	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	50	Norman Morrell	GBR	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	123	Ernst Lehmann	SUI	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	11	August Scherpenisse	BEL	withdrew r2/7	3
AC	19	Robert Nielsen	DEN	withdrew r2/7	3
DNS	12	Hector Riské	BEL	–	–
DNS	33	Kustaa Pihlajamäki	FIN	–	–
DNS	163	Josef Böck	GER	–	–
DNS	156	Ferenc Tóth	HUN	–	–
DNS	103	Francisc Cocoș	ROU	–	–
DNS	122	Albert Ernst	SUI	–	–
DNS	109	Göte Persson	SWE	–	–
DNS	142	Abbas Sakarym	TUR	–	–
DNS	66	Mirko Antunovic	YUG	–	–

Round One

Date	6 August 1936 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	164	Sebastian Hering	GER	0	–
=1	63	Hideichi Yoshioka	JPN	0	–
=1	75	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT	0	–
=1	91	Henryk Szlązak	POL	0	–
=1	108	Einar Karlsson	SWE	0	–
=1	141	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	0	–
=7	34	Aarne Reini	FIN	1	–
=7	45	Eugène Kracher	FRA	1	–
=7	56	Valentino Borgia	ITA	1	–
=7	134	František Janda	TCH	1	–
11	67	Tomo Šestak	YUG	2	–
=12	84	Erich Fincsusz	AUT	3	–
=12	11	August Scherpenisse	BEL	3	withdrew
=12	19	Robert Nielsen	DEN	3	withdrew
=12	50	Norman Morrell	GBR	3	–
=12	1	Nikolaos Biris	GRE	3	–
=12	150	Gyula Móri	HUN	3	–
=12	97	Ion Horvath	ROU	3	–
=12	123	Ernst Lehmann	SUI	3	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug	Einar Karlsson	SWE	Fall (15:14)	Ernst Lehmann	SUI
Match #2	06 Aug	Henryk Szlązak	POL	Fall (11:25)	Gyula Móri	HUN
Match #3	06 Aug	František Janda	TCH	Decision (2-1)	Tomo Šestak	YUG
Match #4	06 Aug	Sebastian Hering	GER	Fall (11:33)	Ion Horvath	ROU
Match #5	06 Aug	Eugène Kracher	FRA	Decision (3-0)	Norman Morrell	GBR
Match #6	06 Aug	Aarne Reini	FIN	Decision (3-0)	Erich Fincsusz	AUT
Match #7	06 Aug	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT	Fall (8:10)	August Scherpenisse	BEL
Match #8	06 Aug	Valentino Borgia	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Nikolaos Biris	GRE
Match #9	06 Aug	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	Fall (12:07)	Robert Nielsen	DEN
Match #10	06 Aug	Hideichi Yoshioka	JPN

Round Two

Date	7 August 1936 — 12:15

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	164	Sebastian Hering	GER	0	–
=1	91	Henryk Szlązak	POL	0	–
=1	141	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	0	–
=4	34	Aarne Reini	FIN	1	–
=4	108	Einar Karlsson	SWE	1	–
6	56	Valentino Borgia	ITA	2	–
=7	1	Nikolaos Biris	GRE	3	–
=7	150	Gyula Móri	HUN	3	–
=7	63	Hideichi Yoshioka	JPN	3	–
=7	75	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT	3	–
=11	45	Eugène Kracher	FRA	4	–
=11	97	Ion Horvath	ROU	4	–
=11	134	František Janda	TCH	4	–
14	67	Tomo Šestak	YUG	5	eliminated
=15	84	Erich Fincsusz	AUT	6	eliminated
=15	50	Norman Morrell	GBR	6	eliminated
=15	123	Ernst Lehmann	SUI	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug	Einar Karlsson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Hideichi Yoshioka	JPN
Match #2	07 Aug	Henryk Szlązak	POL	Fall (2:50)	Ernst Lehmann	SUI
Match #3	07 Aug	Gyula Móri	HUN	Fall (9:18)	Tomo Šestak	YUG
Match #4	07 Aug	Ion Horvath	ROU	Decision (3-0)	František Janda	TCH
Match #5	07 Aug	Sebastian Hering	GER	Fall (0:40)	Norman Morrell	GBR
Match #6	07 Aug	Aarne Reini	FIN	Fall (3:56)	Eugène Kracher	FRA
Match #7	07 Aug	Nikolaos Biris	GRE	Fall (14:28)	Erich Fincsusz	AUT
Match #8	07 Aug	Valentino Borgia	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT
Match #9	07 Aug	Yaşar Erkan	TUR

Round Three

Date	7 August 1936 — 20:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	141	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	0	–
2	164	Sebastian Hering	GER	1	–
=3	56	Valentino Borgia	ITA	2	–
=3	108	Einar Karlsson	SWE	2	–
=5	150	Gyula Móri	HUN	3	–
=5	75	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT	3	–
=5	91	Henryk Szlązak	POL	3	–
=8	34	Aarne Reini	FIN	4	–
=8	97	Ion Horvath	ROU	4	–
=10	1	Nikolaos Biris	GRE	6	eliminated
=10	63	Hideichi Yoshioka	JPN	6	eliminated
=12	45	Eugène Kracher	FRA	7	eliminated
=12	134	František Janda	TCH	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	Fall (13:46)	Hideichi Yoshioka	JPN
Match #2	07 Aug	Einar Karlsson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Henryk Szlązak	POL
Match #3	07 Aug	Gyula Móri	HUN	Fall (14:50)	František Janda	TCH
Match #4	07 Aug	Ion Horvath	ROU	Fall (6:28)	Eugène Kracher	FRA
Match #5	07 Aug	Sebastian Hering	GER	Decision (3-0)	Aarne Reini	FIN
Match #6	07 Aug	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT	Fall (14:11)	Nikolaos Biris	GRE
Match #7	07 Aug	Valentino Borgia	ITA

Round Four

Date	8 August 1936 — 21:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	141	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	0	–
=2	164	Sebastian Hering	GER	2	–
=2	108	Einar Karlsson	SWE	2	–
4	75	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT	3	–
5	34	Aarne Reini	FIN	4	–
6	56	Valentino Borgia	ITA	5	eliminated
=7	150	Gyula Móri	HUN	6	eliminated
=7	91	Henryk Szlązak	POL	6	eliminated
9	97	Ion Horvath	ROU	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Aug	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	Fall (11:50)	Valentino Borgia	ITA
Match #2	08 Aug	Einar Karlsson	SWE	Fall (17:33)	Gyula Móri	HUN
Match #3	08 Aug	Sebastian Hering	GER	Decision (3-0)	Henryk Szlązak	POL
Match #4	08 Aug	Aarne Reini	FIN	Fall (5:48)	Ion Horvath	ROU
Match #5	08 Aug	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT

Round Five

Date	9 August 1936 — 12:30

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
1	141	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	1	–
2	108	Einar Karlsson	SWE	3	–
3	34	Aarne Reini	FIN	4	–
4	164	Sebastian Hering	GER	5	eliminated
5	75	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Krisjānis Kundziņš	LAT
Match #2	09 Aug	Einar Karlsson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Sebastian Hering	GER
Match #3	09 Aug	Aarne Reini	FIN

Round Six

Date	9 August 1936 — 19:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
1	108	Einar Karlsson	SWE	3
=2	34	Aarne Reini	FIN	4
=2	141	Yaşar Erkan	TUR	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Aarne Reini	FIN	Fall (4:50)	Yaşar Erkan	TUR
Match #2	09 Aug	Einar Karlsson	SWE

Final Round

Date	9 August 1936 — 19:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Aarne Reini	FIN	Decision (2-1)	Einar Karlsson	SWE
Match #2	09 Aug	Yaşar Erkan	TUR