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Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤56 kilograms), 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.

Sweden’s Herman Tuvesson had won four of the last five European Championships, but he only competed in freestyle in Berlin. With Tuvesson absent nobody was really favored. Sweden’s Egon Svensson and Hungary’s Márton Lőrincz made it to the final round, although they had both lost a match, Lőrincz in round four to Estonia’s Evald Sikk and Svensson in round five to Germany’s Jakob Brendel, the defending gold medalist, but Sikk and Brendel had also lost matches and were eliminated on bad points, despite those victories. Lőrincz won the gold medal with a unanimous decision over Svensson in the final round. The bronze went to Brendel, who was tied after five rounds with Finland’s Väino Perttunen, but Brendel had beaten him earlier in the tournament, which gave him the medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	Bad Points
1	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	–	–	Gold
2	Egon Svensson	SWE	–	–	Silver
3	Jakob Brendel	GER	–	–	Bronze
4	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	–	–
5	Iosif Töjär	ROU	–	–
6	Evald Sikk	EST	–	–
AC	Robert Voigt	DEN	Eliminated r4/6	7
AC	Dante Bertoli	ITA	Withdrew r4/6	4
AC	Ferdinand Hýža	TCH	Eliminated r3/6	5
AC	Ali Erfan	EGY	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Ivar Stokke	NOR	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Antoni Rokita	POL	Eliminated r3/6	6
AC	Hüseyin Erkmen	TUR	Eliminated r2/6	5
AC	Josef Buemberger	AUT	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Alfred Gilles	BEL	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Georges Bayle	FRA	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Franz Christen	SUI	Eliminated r2/6	6
AC	Karlo Toth	YUG	Eliminated r2/6	6

Round One (6 August 1936 — 11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Ali Erfan	EGY	0
=1	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	0
=1	Antoni Rokita	POL	0
=1	Iosif Töjär	ROU	0
=1	Egon Svensson	SWE	0
=6	Robert Voigt	DEN	1
=6	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	1
=6	Dante Bertoli	ITA	1
=6	Ferdinand Hýža	TCH	1
=10	Josef Buemberger	AUT	3
=10	Alfred Gilles	BEL	3
=10	Evald Sikk	EST	3
=10	Georges Bayle	FRA	3
=10	Jakob Brendel	GER	3
=10	Ivar Stokke	NOR	3
=10	Franz Christen	SUI	3
=10	Hüseyin Erkmen	TUR	3
=10	Karlo Toth	YUG	3

Match #1	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	decision (3-0)	Hüseyin Erkmen	TUR
Match #2	Ferdinand Hýža	TCH	decision (3-0)	Jakob Brendel	GER
Match #3	Robert Voigt	DEN	decision (3-0)	Karlo Toth	YUG
Match #4	Iosif Töjär	ROU	fall (11:58)	Georges Bayle	FRA
Match #5	Dante Bertoli	ITA	decision (3-0)	Evald Sikk	EST
Match #6	Ali Erfan	EGY	fall (12:15)	Josef Buemberger	AUT
Match #7	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	fall (2:15)	Franz Christen	SUI
Match #8	Egon Svensson	SWE	fall (18:19)	Ivar Stokke	NOR
Match #9	Antoni Rokita	POL	fall (5:53)	Alfred Gilles	BEL

Round Two (7 August 1936 — 11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
=1	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	0
=1	Egon Svensson	SWE	0
=3	Robert Voigt	DEN	1
=3	Dante Bertoli	ITA	1
=3	Iosif Töjär	ROU	1
6	Ferdinand Hýža	TCH	2
=7	Ali Erfan	EGY	3
=7	Evald Sikk	EST	3
=7	Ivar Stokke	NOR	3
=7	Antoni Rokita	POL	3
=11	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	4
=11	Jakob Brendel	GER	4
13	Hüseyin Erkmen	TUR	5	eliminated
=14	Josef Buemberger	AUT	6	eliminated
=14	Alfred Gilles	BEL	6	eliminated
=14	Georges Bayle	FRA	6	eliminated
=14	Franz Christen	SUI	6	eliminated
=14	Karlo Toth	YUG	6	eliminated

Match #1	Ferdinand Hýža	TCH	decision (2-1)	Hüseyin Erkmen	TUR
Match #2	Jakob Brendel	GER	decision (3-0)	Väinö Perttunen	FIN
Match #3	Robert Voigt	DEN	fall (14:13)	Georges Bayle	FRA
Match #4	Iosif Töjär	ROU	decision (3-0)	Karlo Toth	YUG
Match #5	Dante Bertoli	ITA	fall (7:17)	Ali Erfan	EGY
Match #6	Evald Sikk	EST	fall (12:30)	Josef Buemberger	AUT
Match #7	Egon Svensson	SWE	fall (6:06)	Franz Christen	SUI
Match #8	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	fall (13:53)	Alfred Gilles	BEL
Match #9	Ivar Stokke	NOR	fall (8:08)	Antoni Rokita	POL

Round Three (7 August 1936 — 18:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Egon Svensson	SWE	0
=2	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	1
=2	Iosif Töjär	ROU	1
=4	Robert Voigt	DEN	4
=4	Evald Sikk	EST	4
=4	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	4
=4	Jakob Brendel	GER	4
=4	Dante Bertoli	ITA	4
9	Ferdinand Hýža	TCH	5	eliminated
=10	Ali Erfan	EGY	6	eliminated
=10	Ivar Stokke	NOR	6	eliminated
=10	Antoni Rokita	POL	6	eliminated

Match #1	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	fall (15:59)	Ferdinand Hýža	TCH
Match #2	Jakob Brendel	GER	fall (2:45)	Robert Voigt	DEN
Match #3	Iosif Töjär	ROU	fall (2:50)	Dante Bertoli	ITA
Match #4	Evald Sikk	EST	decision (3-0)	Ali Erfan	EGY
Match #5	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	decision (3-0)	Ivar Stokke	NOR
Match #6	Egon Svensson	SWE	fall (4:49)	Antoni Rokita	POL

Round Four (8 August 1936 — 18:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Egon Svensson	SWE	0
=2	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	4
=2	Jakob Brendel	GER	4
=2	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	4
=2	Iosif Töjär	ROU	4
6	Evald Sikk	EST	5	eliminated
7	Robert Voigt	DEN	7	eliminated

Match #1	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	fall (19:00)	Robert Voigt	DEN
Match #2	Jakob Brendel	GER	fall (16:24)	Iosif Töjär	ROU
Match #3	Evald Sikk	EST	decision (3-0)	Márton Lőrincz	HUN
Match #4	Egon Svensson	SWE	bye

Round Five (9 August 1936 — 11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bad Points
1	Egon Svensson	SWE	3
2	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	4
=3	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	5	eliminated
=3	Jakob Brendel	GER	5	eliminated
5	Iosif Töjär	ROU	6	eliminated

Match #1	Jakob Brendel	GER	decision (3-0)	Egon Svensson	SWE
Match #2	Väinö Perttunen	FIN	decision (2-1)	Iosif Töjär	ROU
Match #3	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	bye

Final Round (9 August 1936)

Match #1	Márton Lőrincz	HUN	decision (3-0)	Egon Svensson	SWE