The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin took place from 6 August to 9 August at the Deutschlandhalle. Nations were limited to one competitor.Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 24 August 2018. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 87kg.Official Report, p. 716.
This Greco-Roman wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics, with a slight modification. 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 if the loss was by fall or unanimous decision and 2 points if the decision was 2-1 (this was the modification from prior years, where all losses were 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, p. 716.
Schedule Date Event 6 August 1936 Round 1 7 August 1936 Round 2 8 August 1936 Round 3Round 4 9 August 1936 Round 5Round 6
Results
Round 1
Of the six bouts, five were won by fall giving the winners 0 points. Neo also had 0 points after a first-round bye. Avcioglu was the only wrestler with a win by decision and 1 point. All six losers were defeated by fall or unanimous decision, so each had 3 points.Official Report, p. 724.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Axel Cadier Fall Edvard Westerlund Umberto Silvestri Fall Jean Houdry Olaf Knudsen Fall František Mrášek Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak Decision, 3–0 Gyula Bóbis Edvīns Bietags Fall Werner Seelenbinder Franz Foidl Fall Georg Argast August Neo Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Axel Cadier 0 0 0 1 Umberto Silvestri 0 0 0 1 Olaf Knudsen 0 0 0 1 Edvīns Bietags 0 0 0 1 Franz Foidl 0 0 0 1 August Neo 0 0 0 7 Mustafa Avcioglu 0 1 1 8 Edvard Westerlund 0 3 3 8 Jean Houdry 0 3 3 8 František Mrášek 0 3 3 8 Gyula Bóbis 0 3 3 8 Werner Seelenbinder 0 3 3 8 Georg Argast 0 3 3
Round 2
Four men were eliminated with a second loss; Mrášek had the best result among them as one of his losses was by split decision. Bietags, Foidl, and Silvestri maintained their 0 point scores, with Cadier earning a point but still immune from elimination in the following round. Avcioglu's second win was also by decision, leaving him with 2 points. The remaining four wrestlers advanced with 3 points.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Axel Cadier Decision, 3–0 August Neo Edvard Westerlund Fall Jean Houdry Umberto Silvestri Fall Olaf Knudsen Mustafa Avcioglu Decision, 2–1 František Mrášek Edvīns Bietags Fall Gyula Bóbis Werner Seelenbinder Fall Georg Argast Franz Foidl Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Edvīns Bietags 0 0 0 1 Franz Foidl 0 0 0 1 Umberto Silvestri 0 0 0 4 Axel Cadier 0 1 1 5 Mustafa Avcioglu 1 1 2 6 Olaf Knudsen 0 3 3 6 August Neo 0 3 3 6 Werner Seelenbinder 3 0 3 6 Edvard Westerlund 3 0 3 10 František Mrášek 3 2 5 11 Georg Argast 3 3 6 11 Gyula Bóbis 3 3 6 11 Jean Houdry 3 3 6
Round 3
All four bouts were won by fall; the winners stayed on their starting point totals (Bietags at 0, Cadier at 1, Knudsen and Neo at 3) as did Seelenbinder (3 points) with a bye. Two of the losers had started with 0 points. They ended with 3 as well. Avcioglu's first loss was enough to eliminate him, as he had 2 points from wins by decision before. Westerlund had his second loss and was also eliminated.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation August Neo Fall Franz Foidl Axel Cadier Fall Umberto Silvestri Olaf Knudsen Fall Edvard Westerlund Edvīns Bietags Fall Mustafa Avcioglu Werner Seelenbinder Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Edvīns Bietags 0 0 0 2 Axel Cadier 1 0 1 3 Franz Foidl 0 3 3 3 Olaf Knudsen 3 0 3 3 August Neo 3 0 3 3 Werner Seelenbinder 3 0 3 3 Umberto Silvestri 0 3 3 8 Mustafa Avcioglu 2 3 5 9 Edvard Westerlund 3 3 6
Round 4
Again each bout was won by fall. Beitags (0 points) and Cadier (1 point) were the only two wrestlers who could afford to lose without being eliminated; neither did. All three losers were eliminated. Seelenbinder and Neo stayed in contention at 3 points. The official report assigns individual ranking through 6th place, leaving Foidl in 7th by default.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Werner Seelenbinder Fall Franz Foidl August Neo Fall Umberto Silvestri Axel Cadier Fall Olaf Knudsen Edvīns Bietags Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Edvīns Bietags 0 0 0 2 Axel Cadier 1 0 1 3 August Neo 3 0 3 3 Werner Seelenbinder 3 0 3 5 Umberto Silvestri 3 3 6 6 Olaf Knudsen 3 3 6 7 Franz Foidl 3 3 6
Round 5
Both matches featured one wrestler who could not be eliminated and one who could; in both cases, the vulnerable wrestler lost. Neo finished with the bronze medal over Seelenbinder as his split-decision loss put him at 5 points to Seelenbinder's 6. Bietags and Cadier moved on to face each other in a de facto final.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Edvīns Bietags Decision, 2–1 August Neo Axel Cadier Decision, 3–0 Werner Seelenbinder
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Edvīns Bietags 0 1 1 2 Axel Cadier 1 1 2 August Neo 3 2 5 4 Werner Seelenbinder 3 3 6
Round 6
Cadier won the round 6 bout that effectively served as a gold medal final, with only two wrestlers left.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Axel Cadier Decision, 3–0 Edvīns Bietags
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Axel Cadier 2 1 3 Edvīns Bietags 1 3 4
References