The men's freestyle lightweight 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 21 August 2018. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 66kg.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 1Round 2 2 August 1932 Round 3 3 August 1932 Round 4Final round
Results
Round 1
Kárpáti was the only winner by fall and therefore the only wrestler to advance with 0 points. The other three winners each received 1 point for wins by decision. The four losers each received 3 points.Official Report, p. 555.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gustaf Klarén Decision Howard Thomas Melvin Clodfelter Decision Kustaa Pihlajamäki Károly Kárpáti Fall Eitaro Suzuki Charles Pacôme Decision Osvald Käpp
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Károly Kárpáti 0 0 0 2 Melvin Carl Clodfelter 0 1 1 2 Gustaf Klarén 0 1 1 2 Charles Pacôme 0 1 1 4 Osvald Käpp 0 3 3 4 Kustaa Pihlajamäki 0 3 3 4 Suzuki Eitaro 0 3 3 4 Howard Thomas 0 3 3
Round 2
Klarén against Clodfelter was a bout between two first-round winners, each of whom were safe from elimination. Klarén won by fall to stay at 1 point; Clodfelter's loss took him to 4 points. Both bouts pitting a 1–0 wrestler against an 0–1 wrestler ended in the first-round winner winning again (Pacôme staying at 1 point with a win by fall, Kárpáti picking up his first point via win by decision) and the first-round loser eliminated. The bout between two first-round losers resulted in Thomas being the man eliminated and Pihlajamäki holding on at 4 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gustaf Klarén Fall Melvin Carl Clodfelter Kustaa Pihlajamäki Decision Howard Thomas Charles Pacôme Fall Suzuki Eitaro Károly Kárpáti Decision Osvald Käpp
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Károly Kárpáti 0 1 1 1 Gustaf Klarén 1 0 1 1 Charles Pacôme 1 0 1 4 Melvin Carl Clodfelter 1 3 4 4 Kustaa Pihlajamäki 3 1 4 6 Osvald Käpp 3 3 6 6 Suzuki Eitaro 3 3 6 6 Howard Thomas 3 3 6
Round 3
Pacôme had a bye this round, staying at 1 point. The two contested bouts each featured a 1-point wrestler against a 4-point wrestler; in both cases, the 4-point wrestler won. Clodfelter initially won by fall, which would have resulted in his staying in the competition, but the officials declared a rematch. This time, Clodfelter won by decision. Pihlajamäki also won by decision. Both winners, therefore, picked up their fifth point and were the only wrestlers eliminated in the round despite each winning.Official Report, p. 556.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Kustaa Pihlajamäki Decision Gustaf Klarén Melvin Carl Clodfelter Decision Károly Kárpáti Charles Pacôme Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Charles Pacôme 1 0 1 2 Károly Kárpáti 1 3 4 2 Gustaf Klarén 1 3 4 4 Melvin Carl Clodfelter 4 1 5 4 Kustaa Pihlajamäki 4 1 5
Round 4
Pacôme defeated Klarén to eliminate the latter, who received the bronze medal. Pacôme and Kárpáti (who had a bye) advanced to the final.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Charles Pacôme Decision Gustaf Klarén Károly Kárpáti Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Charles Pacôme 1 1 2 2 Károly Kárpáti 4 0 4 Gustaf Klarén 4 3 7
Final round
Pacôme defeated Kárpáti in the final to take the gold medal.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Charles Pacôme Decision Károly Kárpáti
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Charles Pacôme 2 1 3 Károly Kárpáti 4 3 7
References