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Wrestling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games:

Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Berlin, Germany
Venue(s): Germany Hall, Berlin
Date Started: August 6, 1936
Date Finished: August 9, 1936
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.

Gold: SWE Axel Cadier
Silver: LAT Edvīns Bietags
Bronze: EST August Neo

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal RE BP
1 Axel Cadier 29 Sweden SWE Gold
2 Edvīns Bietags 28 Latvia LAT Silver
3 August Neo 28 Estonia EST Bronze
4 Werner Seelenbinder 32 Germany GER
5 Umberto Silvestri 20 Italy ITA
6 Olaf Knudsen 25 Norway NOR
AC Franz Foidl 29 Austria AUT Eliminated r4/6 6
AC Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak 26 Turkey TUR Eliminated r3/6 5
AC Edvard Westerlund 35 Finland FIN Eliminated r3/6 6
AC František Mráček 22 Czechoslovakia TCH Eliminated r2/6 5
AC Jean Houdry 22 France FRA Eliminated r2/6 6
AC Gyula Bóbis 26 Hungary HUN Eliminated r2/6 6
AC Georg Argast 36 Switzerland SUI Eliminated r2/6 6