1936 Summer Olympics / Wrestling - Greco-Roman Style Light Heavyweight (Men)

sport	Wrestling
discipline	Greco-Roman style light heavyweight
gender	Men
Attendees	13 athletes from 13 countries
Competition location	Germany Hall
Competition phase	August 6-9, 1936
Medalist Axel Cadier ( SWE ) Edvīns bid tags ( LAT ) August Neo ( EST )
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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 Greco-Roman light heavyweight wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics was held from August 6th to 9th in the Deutschlandhalle . A maximum of one athlete per nation was allowed to compete. The weight class was limited to 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 6, 1936	Round 1
August 7, 1936	round 2
August 8, 1936	Round 3 Round 4
August 9, 1936	Round 5 Round 6

Results

Round 1

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Axel Cadier	Sweden	Victory over the shoulders	Edvard Vesterlund	Finland
Umberto Silvestri	Italy	Victory over the shoulders	Jean Houdry	France
Olaf Knudsen	Norway	Victory over the shoulders	František Mrášek	Czechoslovakia
Mustafa Avcioğlu-Çakmak	Turkey	Point decision, 3–0	Gyula Bóbis	Hungary
Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	Victory over the shoulders	Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire
Franz Foidl	Austria	Victory over the shoulders	Georg Argast	Switzerland
August Neo	Estonia	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Axel Cadier	Sweden	0
1	Umberto Silvestri	Italy	0
1	Olaf Knudsen	Norway	0
1	Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	0
1	Franz Foidl	Austria	0
1	August Neo	Estonia	0
7th	Mustafa Avcioglu	Turkey	1
8th	Edvard Vesterlund	Finland	3
8th	Jean Houdry	France	3
8th	František Mrášek	Czechoslovakia	3
8th	Gyula Bóbis	Hungary	3
8th	Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire	3
8th	Georg Argast	Switzerland	3

round 2

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Axel Cadier	Sweden	Point decision, 3–0	August Neo	Estonia
Edvard Vesterlund	Finland	Victory over the shoulders	Jean Houdry	France
Umberto Silvestri	Italy	Victory over the shoulders	Olaf Knudsen	Norway
Mustafa Avcioglu	Turkey	Point decision, 2–1	František Mrášek	Czechoslovakia
Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	Victory over the shoulders	Gyula Bóbis	Hungary
Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire	Victory over the shoulders	Georg Argast	Switzerland
Franz Foidl	Austria	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	0
1	Franz Foidl	Austria	0
1	Umberto Silvestri	Italy	0
4th	Axel Cadier	Sweden	1
5	Mustafa Avcioglu	Turkey	2
6th	Olaf Knudsen	Norway	3
6th	August Neo	Estonia	3
6th	Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire	3
6th	Edvard Vesterlund	Finland	3
10	František Mrášek	Czechoslovakia	5
11	Georg Argast	Switzerland	6th
11	Gyula Bóbis	Hungary	6th
11	Jean Houdry	France	6th

Round 3

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
August Neo	Estonia	Victory over the shoulders	Franz Foidl	Austria
Axel Cadier	Sweden	Victory over the shoulders	Umberto Silvestri	Italy
Olaf Knudsen	Norway	Victory over the shoulders	Edvard Vesterlund	Finland
Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	Victory over the shoulders	Mustafa Avcioglu	Turkey
Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	0
2	Axel Cadier	Sweden	1
3	Franz Foidl	Austria	3
3	Olaf Knudsen	Norway	3
3	August Neo	Estonia	3
3	Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire	3
3	Umberto Silvestri	Italy	3
8th	Mustafa Avcioglu	Turkey	5
9	Edvard Vesterlund	Finland	6th

Round 4

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire	Victory over the shoulders	Franz Foidl	Austria
August Neo	Estonia	Victory over the shoulders	Umberto Silvestri	Italy
Axel Cadier	Sweden	Victory over the shoulders	Olaf Knudsen	Norway
Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	0
2	Axel Cadier	Sweden	1
3	August Neo	Estonia	3
3	Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire	3
5	Umberto Silvestri	Italy	6th
6th	Olaf Knudsen	Norway	6th
7th	Franz Foidl	Austria	6th

Round 5

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	Point decision, 2–1	August Neo	Estonia
Axel Cadier	Sweden	Point decision, 3–0	Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	1
2	Axel Cadier	Sweden	2
	August Neo	Estonia	5
4th	Werner Seelenbinder	German Empire	6th

Round 6

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Axel Cadier	Sweden	Point decision, 3–0	Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
	Axel Cadier	Sweden	3
	Edvīns bidding tags	Latvia	4th

Web links

• Results ( Memento from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )