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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤87 kilograms), Men

Date6 – 9 August 1936
StatusOlympic
LocationDeutschlandhalle, Berlin
Participants13 from 13 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.

The two favorites were Sweden’s Axel Cadier and Latvian Edvīns Bietags, who had won the European Championships in 1935 and 1934, respectively. After three rounds in Berlin they were well ahead on bad points, and maintained that in rounds four-five, winning by falls and byes, to move into a final match against each other. The final went to Cadier by unanimous decision, with Bietags taking the silver medal. Bronze went to Estonian August Neo, who also won a silver medal in Berlin in light-heavyweight freestyle.

Fourth went to Herman Werner Seelenbinder, who went out after round five, when he lost a decision to Cadier. Seelenbinder was a fervent anti-Nazi and considered not competing in Berlin, but was persuaded to do so. The Nazi authorities did not trust him, either, but allowed him to compete because they expected him to win a medal. He was a member of the German Communist party, and the underground Uhrig Group, and in February 1942 was arrested and placed in various prison camps for two years, before being executed by beheading in October 1944.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCREBad Points
1Axel CadierSWEGold
2Edvīns BietagsLATSilver
3August NeoESTBronze
4Werner SeelenbinderGER
5Umberto SilvestriITA
6Olaf KnudsenNOR
ACFranz FoidlAUTEliminated r4/66
ACMustafa AvcioğluTUREliminated r3/65
ACEdvard WesterlundFINEliminated r3/66
ACFrantišek MráčekTCHEliminated r2/65
ACJean HoudryFRAEliminated r2/66
ACGyula BóbisHUNEliminated r2/66
ACGeorg ArgastSUIEliminated r2/66

Round One (6 August 1936 — 11:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Franz FoidlAUT0
=1August NeoEST0
=1Umberto SilvestriITA0
=1Edvīns BietagsLAT0
=1Olaf KnudsenNOR0
=1Axel CadierSWE0
7Mustafa AvcioğluTUR1
=8Edvard WesterlundFIN3
=8Jean HoudryFRA3
=8Werner SeelenbinderGER3
=8Gyula BóbisHUN3
=8Georg ArgastSUI3
=8František MráčekTCH3

Match #1 Axel CadierSWE
fall (5:30)
Edvard WesterlundFIN
Match #2 Umberto SilvestriITA
fall (5:46)
Jean HoudryFRA
Match #3 Olaf KnudsenNOR
fall (3:44)
František MráčekTCH
Match #4 Mustafa AvcioğluTUR
decision (3-0)
Gyula BóbisHUN
Match #5 Edvīns BietagsLAT
fall (10:00)
Werner SeelenbinderGER
Match #6 Franz FoidlAUT
fall (4:46)
Georg ArgastSUI
Match #7 August NeoEST bye

Round Two (7 August 1936 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
=1Franz FoidlAUT0
=1Umberto SilvestriITA0
=1Edvīns BietagsLAT0
4Axel CadierSWE1
5Mustafa AvcioğluTUR2
=6August NeoEST3
=6Edvard WesterlundFIN3
=6Werner SeelenbinderGER3
=6Olaf KnudsenNOR3
10František MráčekTCH5eliminated
=11Jean HoudryFRA6eliminated
=11Gyula BóbisHUN6eliminated
=11Georg ArgastSUI6eliminated

Match #1 Axel CadierSWE
decision (3-0)
August NeoEST
Match #2 Edvard WesterlundFIN
fall (19:50)
Jean HoudryFRA
Match #3 Umberto SilvestriITA
fall (13:45)
Olaf KnudsenNOR
Match #4 Mustafa AvcioğluTUR
decision (2-1)
František MráčekTCH
Match #5 Edvīns BietagsLAT
fall (3:46)
Gyula BóbisHUN
Match #6 Werner SeelenbinderGER
fall (3:00)
Georg ArgastSUI
Match #7 Franz FoidlAUT bye

Round Three (8 August 1936 — 10:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Edvīns BietagsLAT0
2Axel CadierSWE1
=3Franz FoidlAUT3
=3August NeoEST3
=3Werner SeelenbinderGER3
=3Umberto SilvestriITA3
=3Olaf KnudsenNOR3
8Mustafa AvcioğluTUR5eliminated
9Edvard WesterlundFIN6eliminated

Match #1 August NeoEST
fall (4:59)
Franz FoidlAUT
Match #2 Axel CadierSWE
fall (4:59)
Umberto SilvestriITA
Match #3 Olaf KnudsenNOR
fall (9:33)
Edvard WesterlundFIN
Match #4 Edvīns BietagsLAT
fall (11:36)
Mustafa AvcioğluTUR
Match #5 Werner SeelenbinderGER bye

Round Four (8 August 1936 — 19:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Edvīns BietagsLAT0
2Axel CadierSWE1
=3August NeoEST3
=3Werner SeelenbinderGER3
=5Franz FoidlAUT6eliminated
=5Umberto SilvestriITA6eliminated
=5Olaf KnudsenNOR6eliminated

Match #1 Werner SeelenbinderGER
fall (0:35)
Franz FoidlAUT
Match #2 August NeoEST
fall (12:19)
Umberto SilvestriITA
Match #3 Axel CadierSWE
fall (11:34)
Olaf KnudsenNOR
Match #4 Edvīns BietagsLAT bye

Round Five (9 August 1936 — 11:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBad Points
1Edvīns BietagsLAT1
2Axel CadierSWE2
3August NeoEST5eliminated
4Werner SeelenbinderGER6eliminated

Match #1 Edvīns BietagsLAT
decision (2-1)
August NeoEST
Match #2 Axel CadierSWE
decision (3-0)
Werner SeelenbinderGER

Final Round (9 August 1936)

Match #1 Axel CadierSWE
decision (3-0)
Edvīns BietagsLAT