1936 Summer Olympics / Wrestling - Freestyle Middleweight (Men)

sport	Wrestling
discipline	Free style middleweight
gender	Men
Attendees	15 athletes from 15 countries
Competition location	Germany Hall
Competition phase	August 2-4, 1936
Medalist Émile Poilvé ( FRA ) Richard Voliva ( USA ) Ahmet Kireççi ( TUR )
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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 middleweight freestyle wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics was held from August 2nd to 4th in the Deutschlandhalle . A maximum of one athlete per nation was allowed to compete. The weight class was limited to up to 79 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 2, 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
János Riheczky	Hungary	Point decision, 3–0	Karam Rasul	British India
Richard Voliva	United States	Victory over the shoulders	Jan van der Merwe	South African Union
Ercole Gallegati	Italy	Point decision, 2–1	Ludvig Lindblom	Sweden
Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey	Point decision, 3–0	Hans Schedler	German Empire
Kyösti Luukko	Finland	Victory over the shoulders	Frans Van Hoorebeke	Belgium
Émile Poilvé	France	Victory over the shoulders	Terry Evans	Canada
Jaroslav Sysel	Czechoslovakia	Point decision, 2–1	Leslie Jeffers	Great Britain
Serious cancer	Switzerland	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Serious cancer	Switzerland	0
1	Kyösti Luukko	Finland	0
1	Émile Poilvé	France	0
1	Richard Voliva	United States	0
5	Ercole Gallegati	Italy	1
5	Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey	1
5	János Riheczky	Hungary	1
5	Jaroslav Sysel	Czechoslovakia	1
9	Leslie Jeffers	Great Britain	2
9	Ludvig Lindblom	Sweden	2
11	Terry Evans	Canada	3
11	Frans Van Hoorebeke	Belgium	3
11	Jan van der Merwe	South African Union	3
11	Karam Rasul	British India	3
11	Hans Schedler	German Empire	3

round 2

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Serious cancer	Switzerland	Victory over the shoulders	János Riheczky	Hungary
Richard Voliva	United States	Point decision, 3–0	Karam Rasul	British India
Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey	Point decision, 2–1	Ludvig Lindblom	Sweden
Ercole Gallegati	Italy	Point decision, 3–0	Hans Schedler	German Empire
Émile Poilvé	France	Point decision, 3–0	Kyösti Luukko	Finland
Jaroslav Sysel	Czechoslovakia	Victory over the shoulders	Frans Van Hoorebeke	Belgium
Leslie Jeffers	Great Britain	Point decision, 2–1	Terry Evans	Canada
		withdrawn	Jan van der Merwe	South African Union

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Serious cancer	Switzerland	0
2	Émile Poilvé	France	1
2	Jaroslav Sysel	Czechoslovakia	1
2	Richard Voliva	United States	1
5	Ercole Gallegati	Italy	2
5	Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey	2
7th	Leslie Jeffers	Great Britain	3
7th	Kyösti Luukko	Finland	3
9	Ludvig Lindblom	Sweden	4th
9	János Riheczky	Hungary	4th
11	Terry Evans	Canada	5
12	Frans Van Hoorebeke	Belgium	6th
12	Jan van der Merwe	South African Union	6th
12	Karam Rasul	British India	6th
12	Hans Schedler	German Empire	6th

Round 3

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Richard Voliva	United States	Point decision, 2–1	Serious cancer	Switzerland
János Riheczky	Hungary	Point decision, 3–0	Ludvig Lindblom	Sweden
Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey	Point decision, 3–0	Ercole Gallegati	Italy
Kyösti Luukko	Finland	Point decision, 3–0	Jaroslav Sysel	Czechoslovakia
Émile Poilvé	France	Victory over the shoulders	Leslie Jeffers	Great Britain

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Émile Poilvé	France	1
2	Serious cancer	Switzerland	2
2	Richard Voliva	United States	2
4th	Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey	3
5	Kyösti Luukko	Finland	4th
5	Jaroslav Sysel	Czechoslovakia	4th
7th	Ercole Gallegati	Italy	5
7th	János Riheczky	Hungary	5
9	Leslie Jeffers	Great Britain	6th
10	Ludvig Lindblom	Sweden	7th

Round 4

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey	Point decision, 2–1	Serious cancer	Switzerland
Richard Voliva	United States	Withdrew	Kyösti Luukko	Finland
Émile Poilvé	France	Victory over the shoulders	Jaroslav Sysel	Czechoslovakia

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Émile Poilvé	France	1
2	Richard Voliva	United States	2
3	Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey	4th
3	Serious cancer	Switzerland	4th
5	Jaroslav Sysel	Czechoslovakia	7th
6th	Kyösti Luukko	Finland	7th

Round 5

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Émile Poilvé	France	Victory over the shoulders	Serious cancer	Switzerland
Richard Voliva	United States	Point decision, 2–1	Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Émile Poilvé	France	1
2	Richard Voliva	United States	3
bronze	Ahmet Kireççi	Turkey	6th
4th	Serious cancer	Switzerland	7th

Round 6

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Émile Poilvé	France	Victory over the shoulders	Richard Voliva	United States

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
gold	Émile Poilvé	France	1
silver	Richard Voliva	United States	6th

Web links

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