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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤66 kg), Men

Date	6 – 9 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Participants	18 from 18 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.

Lauri Koskela of Finland had won the 1935 European Championships and was likely a slight favorite, although he would later come to dominate the class, winning gold in Berlin and the 1937-38 World Championships. His countryman Aarne Reini had won the 1933-34 Europeans, but competed as a featherweight in Berlin. Abraham Kurland was a Danish Jew who was runner-up at the 1934-35 Europeans and the silver medalist at Los Angeles, but, as a Jew, he refused to participate in Berlin.

Without Reini and Kurland competing, Koskela had an easy run to the gold medal, winning six straight matches, and taking gold with a bye in the final round. Czechoslovak Jozef Herda won the silver medal by defeating Estonian Voldemar Väli in the final round. Väli had won the featherweight Greco-Roman gold medal at Amsterdam in 1928. Kurland actually returned to compete at the 1948 Olympics, but was by then well past his prime.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	Bad Points
1	35	Lauri Koskela	FIN	–	–	Gold
2	135	Jozef Herda	TCH	–	–	Silver
3	25	Voldemar Väli	EST	–	–	Bronze
4	111	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	–	–
5	57	Alberto Molfino	ITA	–	–
6	84	Arild Dahl	NOR	–	–
AC	92	Zbigniew Szajewski	POL	eliminated r4/7	7
AC	98	Filip Borlovan	ROU	eliminated r3/7	5
AC	20	Aage Meyer	DEN	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	6	Imam Hassan	EGY	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	124	Oskar Holinger	SUI	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	144	Saim Arıkan	TUR	eliminated r3/7	6
AC	85	Josef Graßl	AUT	eliminated r3/7	7
AC	165	Heini Nettesheim	GER	eliminated r2/7	5
AC	2	Sotirios Vatanidis	GRE	eliminated r2/7	5
AC	–	József Kálmán	HUN	eliminated r2/7	5
AC	13	Adolphe Osselaer	BEL	eliminated r2/7	6
AC	78	Metty Scheitler	LUX	withdrew r2/7	3
DNS	14	Jean Lalemand	BEL	–	–
DNS	26	Adalbert Toots	EST	–	–
DNS	36	Hermanni Pihlajamäki	FIN	–	–
DNS	166	Heinrich Schwarzkopf	GER	–	–
DNS	158	Károly Kárpáti	HUN	–	–
DNS	58	Paride Romagnoli	ITA	–	–
DNS	99	Constantin Dragomir	ROU	–	–
DNS	125	Denis Perret	SUI	–	–
DNS	110	Göte Melin	SWE	–	–

Round One

Date	6 August 1936 — 11:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	20	Aage Meyer	DEN	0	–
=1	25	Voldemar Väli	EST	0	–
=1	57	Alberto Molfino	ITA	0	–
=1	135	Jozef Herda	TCH	0	–
=5	35	Lauri Koskela	FIN	1	–
=5	92	Zbigniew Szajewski	POL	1	–
=5	98	Filip Borlovan	ROU	1	–
=5	111	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	1	–
=5	144	Saim Arıkan	TUR	1	–
=10	6	Imam Hassan	EGY	2	–
=10	165	Heini Nettesheim	GER	2	–
=10	–	József Kálmán	HUN	2	–
=13	85	Josef Graßl	AUT	3	–
=13	13	Adolphe Osselaer	BEL	3	–
=13	2	Sotirios Vatanidis	GRE	3	–
=13	78	Metty Scheitler	LUX	3	withdrew
=13	84	Arild Dahl	NOR	3	–
=13	124	Oskar Holinger	SUI	3	–

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug	Alberto Molfino	ITA	Fall (9:20)	Sotirios Vatanidis	GRE
Match #2	06 Aug	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Josef Graßl	AUT
Match #3	06 Aug	Zbigniew Szajewski	POL	Decision (2-1)	Imam Hassan	EGY
Match #4	06 Aug	Aage Meyer	DEN	Fall (4:44)	Metty Scheitler	LUX
Match #5	06 Aug	Voldemar Väli	EST	Fall (4:53)	Arild Dahl	NOR
Match #6	06 Aug	Lauri Koskela	FIN	Decision (2-1)	Heini Nettesheim	GER
Match #7	06 Aug	Saim Arıkan	TUR	Decision (3-0)	Adolphe Osselaer	BEL
Match #8	06 Aug	Filip Borlovan	ROU	Decision (2-1)	József Kálmán	HUN
Match #9	06 Aug	Jozef Herda	TCH	Fall (10:04)	Oskar Holinger	SUI

Round Two

Date	7 August 1936 — 18:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	25	Voldemar Väli	EST	1	–
=1	35	Lauri Koskela	FIN	1	–
=1	111	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	1	–
=1	135	Jozef Herda	TCH	1	–
5	98	Filip Borlovan	ROU	2	–
=6	20	Aage Meyer	DEN	3	–
=6	6	Imam Hassan	EGY	3	–
=6	57	Alberto Molfino	ITA	3	–
=6	124	Oskar Holinger	SUI	3	–
=6	144	Saim Arıkan	TUR	3	–
=11	85	Josef Graßl	AUT	4	–
=11	84	Arild Dahl	NOR	4	–
=11	92	Zbigniew Szajewski	POL	4	–
=14	165	Heini Nettesheim	GER	5	eliminated
=14	2	Sotirios Vatanidis	GRE	5	eliminated
=14	–	József Kálmán	HUN	5	eliminated
17	13	Adolphe Osselaer	BEL	6	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	Fall (6:07)	Alberto Molfino	ITA
Match #2	07 Aug	Josef Graßl	AUT	Decision (2-1)	Sotirios Vatanidis	GRE
Match #3	07 Aug	Imam Hassan	EGY	Decision (3-0)	Aage Meyer	DEN
Match #4	07 Aug	Arild Dahl	NOR	Decision (3-0)	Zbigniew Szajewski	POL
Match #5	07 Aug	Voldemar Väli	EST	Decision (3-0)	Heini Nettesheim	GER
Match #6	07 Aug	Lauri Koskela	FIN	Fall (1:54)	Adolphe Osselaer	BEL
Match #7	07 Aug	Filip Borlovan	ROU	Decision (2-1)	Saim Arıkan	TUR
Match #8	07 Aug	Jozef Herda	TCH	Decision (3-0)	József Kálmán	HUN
Match #9	07 Aug	Oskar Holinger	SUI

Round Three

Date	8 August 1936 — 10:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	35	Lauri Koskela	FIN	1	–
=1	135	Jozef Herda	TCH	1	–
=3	25	Voldemar Väli	EST	2	–
=3	111	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	2	–
5	57	Alberto Molfino	ITA	3	–
=6	84	Arild Dahl	NOR	4	–
=6	92	Zbigniew Szajewski	POL	4	–
8	98	Filip Borlovan	ROU	5	eliminated
=9	20	Aage Meyer	DEN	6	eliminated
=9	6	Imam Hassan	EGY	6	eliminated
=9	124	Oskar Holinger	SUI	6	eliminated
=9	144	Saim Arıkan	TUR	6	eliminated
13	85	Josef Graßl	AUT	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Aug	Alberto Molfino	ITA	Fall (15:30)	Oskar Holinger	SUI
Match #2	08 Aug	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	Decision (3-0)	Imam Hassan	EGY
Match #3	08 Aug	Zbigniew Szajewski	POL	Fall (7:41)	Josef Graßl	AUT
Match #4	08 Aug	Arild Dahl	NOR	Fall (7:57)	Aage Meyer	DEN
Match #5	08 Aug	Voldemar Väli	EST	Decision (3-0)	Saim Arıkan	TUR
Match #6	08 Aug	Lauri Koskela	FIN	Fall (8:51)	Filip Borlovan	ROU
Match #7	08 Aug	Jozef Herda	TCH

Round Four

Date	8 August 1936 — 21:15

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	35	Lauri Koskela	FIN	1	–
=1	135	Jozef Herda	TCH	1	–
=3	25	Voldemar Väli	EST	2	–
=3	111	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	2	–
5	57	Alberto Molfino	ITA	6	eliminated
=6	84	Arild Dahl	NOR	7	eliminated
=6	92	Zbigniew Szajewski	POL	7	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	08 Aug	Jozef Herda	TCH	Fall (13:37)	Alberto Molfino	ITA
Match #2	08 Aug	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	Fall (14:12)	Arild Dahl	NOR
Match #3	08 Aug	Voldemar Väli	EST	Fall (15:21)	Zbigniew Szajewski	POL
Match #4	08 Aug	Lauri Koskela	FIN

Round Five

Date	9 August 1936 — 13:15

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points	Event Status
=1	25	Voldemar Väli	EST	2	–
=1	35	Lauri Koskela	FIN	2	–
3	135	Jozef Herda	TCH	3	–
4	111	Herbert Olofsson	SWE	5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Lauri Koskela	FIN	Decision (2-1)	Jozef Herda	TCH
Match #2	09 Aug	Voldemar Väli	EST	Fall (13:14)	Herbert Olofsson	SWE

Round Six

Date	9 August 1936 — 18:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bad Points
=1	35	Lauri Koskela	FIN	3
=1	135	Jozef Herda	TCH	3
3	25	Voldemar Väli	EST	4

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Lauri Koskela	FIN	Decision (2-1)	Voldemar Väli	EST
Match #2	09 Aug	Jozef Herda	TCH

Final Round

Date	9 August 1936 — 19:30

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug	Jozef Herda	TCH	Decision (3-0)	Voldemar Väli	EST
Match #2	09 Aug	Lauri Koskela	FIN