The men's freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 1 August to 3 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Nations were limited to one competitor.Official Olympic Report , la84.org. Retrieved 20 August 2018. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 56 kg.Official Report, p. 550.
This freestyle wrestling competition did not use the single-elimination bracket format previously used for Olympic freestyle wrestling but instead followed the format that was introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman wrestling, using an elimination system based on the accumulation of points. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.Official Report, pp. 547–48.
Schedule Date Event 1 August 1932 Round 1 2 August 1932 Round 2 3 August 1932 Round 3Final round
Results
Round 1
Two wrestlers won by fall, advancing with 0 points. Two won by decision, moving to the second round with 1 point. Four lost, receiving 3 points.Official Report, p. 552.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Robert Pearce Decision Ödön Zombori Julien Depuychaffray Decision Bror Vingren Aatos Jaskari Fall Joseph Reid Georges Zervinis Fall James Trifunov
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Aatos Jaskari 0 0 0 1 Georges Zervinis 0 0 0 3 Julien Depuichaffray 0 1 1 3 Robert Pearce 0 1 1 5 Joseph Reid 0 3 3 5 James Trifunov 0 3 3 5 Bror Wingren 0 3 3 5 Ödön Zombori 0 3 3
Round 2
Jaskari won his second bout by fall, remaining at 0 points. Zervinis, the other wrestler with 0 points after one round, lost to move to 3 points. Pearce had a second consecutive win by decision, adding a second point, while Depuichaffray's loss added 3 points to his previous 1. Of the first-round losers, Zombori and Reid survived; the former won by fall to stay at 3 points while the latter earned a 4th point by winning by decision. Trifunov and Wingren each lost their second bout and were eliminated.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Robert Pearce Decision Julien Depuichaffray Ödön Zombori Fall Bror Wingren Joseph Reid Decision Georges Zervinis Aatos Jaskari Fall James Trifunov
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Aatos Jaskari 0 0 0 2 Robert Pearce 1 1 2 3 Georges Zervinis 0 3 3 3 Ödön Zombori 3 0 3 5 Julien Depuichaffray 1 3 4 5 Joseph Reid 3 1 4 7 James Trifunov 3 3 6 7 Bror Wingren 3 3 6
Round 3
All three bouts were won by decision in this round. All three winners earned medals, as the three losers were eliminated.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Robert Pearce Decision Joseph Reid Ödön Zombori Decision Julien Depuichaffray Aatos Jaskari Decision Georges Zervinis
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Aatos Jaskari 0 1 1 2 Robert Pearce 2 1 3 3 Ödön Zombori 3 1 4 4 Georges Zervinis 3 3 6 5 Julien Depuichaffray 4 3 7 5 Joseph Reid 4 3 7
Final round
Pearce's win over Jaskari put all four wrestlers at 4 points. Zombori and Jaskari had not yet faced each other, while Pearce had wrestled both men and won. The bout between Zombori and Jaskari was therefore effectively a silver/bronze bout. Zombori won by decision to take the silver medal.Official Report, p. 553.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Robert Pearce Decision Aatos Jaskari Ödön Zombori Decision Aatos Jaskari
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Robert Pearce 3 1 4 Ödön Zombori 4 1 5 Aatos Jaskari 1 6 7
References