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Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤79 kilograms), Men

Date6 – 9 August 1936
StatusOlympic
LocationDeutschlandhalle, Berlin
Participants16 from 16 countries
FormatElimination 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.

Sweden’s Ivar Johansson was likely the greatest pound-for-pound wrestler in the world in the 1930s. At Los Angeles in 1932 he had won gold in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. Between 1931-39 he won nine European titles, six in Greco-Roman and three in freestyle. He had been European Champion in this class in 1931, 1934, and 1935. He led throughout in Berlin, only accumulating 2 bad points on decision wins before he won the gold medal by defeating Hungary’s József Palotás by a fall in the final at 3:48. Palotás’ loss to Johansson gave the silver medal to Germany’s Ludwig Schweickert, with Palotás taking bronze. Schweickert lost to Johansson in the final of the 1937 and 1939 Europeans, but he would later die in World War II, fighting on the Russian Front.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Ivar JohanssonSWEGold
2Ludwig SchweickertGERSilver
3József PalotásHUNBronze
4Väinö KokkinenFIN
5Ibrahim OrabiEGY
6Ercole GallegatiITA
ACFrancisc CocoșROUEliminated r4/66
ACHans PointnerAUTEliminated r3/66
ACJosef PřibylTCHEliminated r3/66
ACKalman KišYUGEliminated r3/66
ACVoldemar MägiESTEliminated r2/65
ACHans FrederiksenDENEliminated r2/66
ACÉdouard PigeotFRAEliminated r2/66
ACGeorgios LefakisGREEliminated r2/66
ACErnest GogelSUIEliminated r2/66
ACAdnan YurdaerTUREliminated r2/66

Round One (6 August 1936 — 11:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Ludwig SchweickertGER0
=1József PalotásHUN0
=1Francisc CocoșROU0
=1Ivar JohanssonSWE0
=1Kalman KišYUG0
=6Ibrahim OrabiEGY1
=6Väinö KokkinenFIN1
=6Ercole GallegatiITA1
9Voldemar MägiEST2
=10Hans PointnerAUT3
=10Hans FrederiksenDEN3
=10Édouard PigeotFRA3
=10Georgios LefakisGRE3
=10Ernest GogelSUI3
=10Josef PřibylTCH3
=10Adnan YurdaerTUR3

Match #1 Väinö KokkinenFIN
decision (2-1)
Voldemar MägiEST
Match #2 Ercole GallegatiITA
decision (3-0)
Hans FrederiksenDEN
Match #3 Francisc CocoșROU
fall (5:30)
Ernest GogelSUI
Match #4 Ludwig SchweickertGER
fall (9:00)
Hans PointnerAUT
Match #5 Ivar JohanssonSWE
fall (3:55)
Georgios LefakisGRE
Match #6 Ibrahim OrabiEGY
decision (3-0)
Adnan YurdaerTUR
Match #7 József PalotásHUN
fall (12:00)
Édouard PigeotFRA
Match #8 Kalman KišYUG
fall (14:25)
Josef PřibylTCH

Round Two (7 August 1936 — 18:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Ludwig SchweickertGER0
=1Ivar JohanssonSWE0
=3Väinö KokkinenFIN1
=3József PalotásHUN1
=5Ibrahim OrabiEGY2
=5Ercole GallegatiITA2
=7Hans PointnerAUT3
=7Francisc CocoșROU3
=7Josef PřibylTCH3
=7Kalman KišYUG3
11Voldemar MägiEST5eliminated
=12Hans FrederiksenDEN6eliminated
=12Édouard PigeotFRA6eliminated
=12Georgios LefakisGRE6eliminated
=12Ernest GogelSUI6eliminated
=12Adnan YurdaerTUR6eliminated

Match #1 Ercole GallegatiITA
decision (3-0)
Voldemar MägiEST
Match #2 Väinö KokkinenFIN
fall (1:30)
Hans FrederiksenDEN
Match #3 Ludwig SchweickertGER
fall (8:08)
Francisc CocoșROU
Match #4 Hans PointnerAUT
fall (3:30)
Ernest GogelSUI
Match #5 Ivar JohanssonSWE
fall (8:20)
Adnan YurdaerTUR
Match #6 Ibrahim OrabiEGY
decision (3-0)
Georgios LefakisGRE
Match #7 Josef PřibylTCH
fall (3:37)
Édouard PigeotFRA
Match #8 József PalotásHUN
decision (3-0)
Kalman KišYUG

Round Three (8 August 1936 — 11:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1József PalotásHUN1
=1Ivar JohanssonSWE1
3Ludwig SchweickertGER2
=4Ibrahim OrabiEGY3
=4Väinö KokkinenFIN3
=4Ercole GallegatiITA3
=4Francisc CocoșROU3
=8Hans PointnerAUT6eliminated
=8Josef PřibylTCH6eliminated
=8Kalman KišYUG6eliminated

Match #1 Ercole GallegatiITA
decision (2-1)
Väinö KokkinenFIN
Match #2 Francisc CocoșROU
fall (2:21)
Hans PointnerAUT
Match #3 Ivar JohanssonSWE
decision (2-1)
Ludwig SchweickertGER
Match #4 Ibrahim OrabiEGY
decision (3-0)
Kalman KišYUG
Match #5 József PalotásHUN
fall (7:19)
Josef PřibylTCH

Round Four (8 August 1936 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1József PalotásHUN1
=1Ivar JohanssonSWE1
=3Väinö KokkinenFIN3
=3Ludwig SchweickertGER3
=5Ibrahim OrabiEGY6eliminated
=5Ercole GallegatiITA6eliminated
=5Francisc CocoșROU6eliminated

Match #1 Väinö KokkinenFIN
fall (3:00)
Francisc CocoșROU
Match #2 Ludwig SchweickertGER
decision (3-0)
Ercole GallegatiITA
Match #3 Ivar JohanssonSWE
fall (7:46)
Ibrahim OrabiEGY
Match #4 József PalotásHUN bye

Round Five (9 August 1936 — 11:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Ivar JohanssonSWE2
2Ludwig SchweickertGER3
3József PalotásHUN4
4Väinö KokkinenFIN6eliminated

Match #1 Ludwig SchweickertGER
fall (16:56)
József PalotásHUN
Match #2 Ivar JohanssonSWE
decision (3-0)
Väinö KokkinenFIN

Final Round (9 August 1936 — 20:00)

Match #1 Ivar JohanssonSWE
fall (3:48)
József PalotásHUN
Match #2 Ludwig SchweickertGER bye