1936 Summer Olympics / Wrestling - Freestyle Heavyweight (Men)

sport	Wrestling
discipline	Free style heavyweight
gender	Men
Attendees	11 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location	Germany Hall
Competition phase	3rd to 4th August 1936
Medalist Kristjan Palusalu ( EST ) Josef Klapuch ( TCH ) Hjalmar Nyström ( FIN )
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Wrestling competitions at the 1936 Olympic Games
Weight class	Freestyle	gr.-roman
Bantamweight	Men	Men
Featherweight	Men	Men
lightweight	Men	Men
Welterweight	Men	Men
medium weight	Men	Men
Light heavyweight	Men	Men
Heavyweight	Men	Men

The heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics was held from August 3rd to 4th in the Deutschlandhalle . A maximum of one athlete per nation was allowed to compete. The permissible body weight of an athlete had to be over 87 kg.

The competition was held according to an elimination system with minus points. In every round, every athlete had a fight. If there was an odd number of athletes, one athlete had a bye. The loser of a battle won three penalty points as it passes through a shoulder victory defeated his opponent or with 0: Lost the Battle 3 points. The athlete received two minus points with a defeat of 1: 2 points. The winner received one minus point if he won on points and 0 minus points if he won on shoulders. At the end of each round, each athlete with more than 4 minus points was eliminated.

Time schedule

date	round
August 3, 1936	Round 1
4th August 1936	Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6

Results

Round 1

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	Victory over the shoulders	Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia
Mehmet Çoban	Turkey	Point decision, 3–0	Léon Charlier	Belgium
Werner Bürki	Switzerland	Point decision, 2–1	Georg Gehring	German Empire
Nils Åkerlindh	Sweden	Victory over the shoulders	Roy Dunn	United States
Hjalmar Nyström	Finland	Victory over the shoulders	George Chiga	Canada
Robert Herland	France	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Nils Åkerlindh	Sweden	0
1	Robert Herland	France	0
1	Hjalmar Nyström	Finland	0
1	Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	0
5	Werner Bürki	Switzerland	1
5	Mehmet Çoban	Turkey	1
7th	Georg Gehring	German Empire	2
8th	Léon Charlier	Belgium	3
8th	George Chiga	Canada	3
8th	Roy Dunn	United States	3
8th	Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia	3

round 2

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	Victory over the shoulders	Robert Herland	France
Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia	Victory over the shoulders	Léon Charlier	Belgium
Georg Gehring	German Empire	Victory over the shoulders	Mehmet Çoban	Turkey
Werner Bürki	Switzerland	Victory over the shoulders	Roy Dunn	United States
Nils Åkerlindh	Sweden	Point decision, 2–1	Hjalmar Nyström	Finland
George Chiga	Canada	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	0
2	Nils Åkerlindh	Sweden	1
2	Werner Bürki	Switzerland	1
4th	Georg Gehring	German Empire	2
4th	Hjalmar Nyström	Finland	2
6th	George Chiga	Canada	3
6th	Robert Herland	France	3
6th	Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia	3
9	Mehmet Çoban	Turkey	4th
10	Léon Charlier	Belgium	6th
11	Roy Dunn	United States	6th

Round 3

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Robert Herland	France	Victory over the shoulders	George Chiga	Canada
Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	Point decision, 3–0	Mehmet Çoban	Turkey
Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia	Point decision, 3–0	Georg Gehring	German Empire
Nils Åkerlindh	Sweden	Victory over the shoulders	Werner Bürki	Switzerland
Hjalmar Nyström	Finland	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	1
1	Nils Åkerlindh	Sweden	1
3	Hjalmar Nyström	Finland	2
4th	Robert Herland	France	3
5	Werner Bürki	Switzerland	4th
5	Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia	4th
7th	Georg Gehring	German Empire	5
8th	George Chiga	Canada	6th
9	Mehmet Çoban	Turkey	7th

Round 4

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Hjalmar Nyström	Finland	Victory over the shoulders	Robert Herland	France
Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	Victory over the shoulders	Werner Bürki	Switzerland
Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia	Victory over the shoulders	Nils Åkerlindh	Sweden

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	1
2	Hjalmar Nyström	Finland	2
3	Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia	4th
4th	Nils Åkerlindh	Sweden	4 ( WD )
5	Robert Herland	France	6th
6th	Werner Bürki	Switzerland	7th

Round 5

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	Point decision, 3–0	Hjalmar Nyström	Finland
Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Kristjan Palusalu	Estonia	2
2	Josef Klapuch	Czechoslovakia	4th
3	Hjalmar Nyström	Finland	5

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