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

sport	Wrestling
discipline	Greco-Roman style featherweight
gender	Men
Attendees	19 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location	Germany Hall
Competition phase	August 6-9, 1936
Medalist Yaşar Erkan ( TUR ) Aarne Reini ( FIN ) Einar Karlsson ( SWE )
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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 featherweight 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 up to 61 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 Round 3
August 8, 1936	Round 4
August 9, 1936	Round 5 Round 6 Round 7

Results

Round 1

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Einar Karlsson	Sweden	Victory over the shoulders	Ernst Lehmann	Switzerland
Henryk Szlązak	Poland	Victory over the shoulders	Gyula Móri	Hungary
František Janda	Czechoslovakia	Point decision, 2–1	Tomo Šestak	Yugoslavia
Sebastian Hering	German Empire	Victory over the shoulders	Ion Horvath	Romania
Eugene Kracher	France	Point decision, 3–0	Norman Morrell	Great Britain
Aarne Reini	Finland	Point decision, 3–0	Erich Fincsus	Austria
Krisjānis Kundziņš	Latvia	Victory over the shoulders	August Scherpenisse	Belgium
Valentino Borgia	Italy	Point decision, 3–0	Nikolaos Biris	Greece
Yasar Erkan	Turkey	Victory over the shoulders	Robert Nielsen	Denmark
Hideichi Yoshioka	Japan	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Yasar Erkan	Turkey	0
1	Sebastian Hering	German Empire	0
1	Einar Karlsson	Sweden	0
1	Krisjánis Kundsinsch	Latvia	0
1	Henryk Slazak	Poland	0
1	Hideichi Yoshioka	Japan	0
7th	Valentino Borgia	Italy	1
7th	František Janda	Czechoslovakia	1
7th	Eugene Kracher	France	1
7th	Aarne Reini	Finland	1
11	Tomo Sestak	Yugoslavia	2
12	Nikolaos Biris	Greece	3
12	Erich Fincsus	Austria	3
12	Ion Horvath	Romania	3
12	Ernst Lehmann	Switzerland	3
12	Gyula Móri	Hungary	3
12	Norman Morrell	Great Britain	3
18th	August Scherpenisse	Belgium	3 ( WD )
18th	Robert Nielsen	Denmark	3 ( WD )

round 2

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Einar Karlsson	Sweden	Point decision, 3–0	Hideichi Yoshioka	Japan
Henryk Slazak	Poland	Victory over the shoulders	Ernst Lehmann	Switzerland
Gyula Móri	Hungary	Victory over the shoulders	Tomo Sestak	Yugoslavia
Ion Horvath	Romania	Point decision, 3–0	František Janda	Czechoslovakia
Sebastian Hering	German Empire	Victory over the shoulders	Norman Morrell	Great Britain
Aarne Reini	Finland	Victory over the shoulders	Eugene Kracher	France
Nikolaos Biris	Greece	Victory over the shoulders	Erich Fincsus	Austria
Valentino Borgia	Italy	Point decision, 3–0	Krisjánis Kundsinsch	Latvia
Yasar Erkan	Turkey	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Yasar Erkan	Turkey	0
1	Sebastian Hering	German Empire	0
1	Henryk Slazak	Poland	0
4th	Einar Karlsson	Sweden	1
4th	Aarne Reini	Finland	1
6th	Valentino Borgia	Italy	2
7th	Nikolaos Biris	Greece	3
7th	Krisjánis Kundsinsch	Latvia	3
7th	Gyula Móri	Hungary	3
7th	Hideichi Yoshioka	Japan	3
11	Ion Horvath	Romania	4th
11	František Janda	Czechoslovakia	4th
11	Eugene Kracher	France	4th
14th	Tomo Sestak	Yugoslavia	5
15th	Erich Fincsus	Austria	6th
15th	Ernst Lehmann	Switzerland	6th
15th	Norman Morrell	Great Britain	6th

Round 3

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Yasar Erkan	Turkey	Victory over the shoulders	Hideichi Yoshioka	Japan
Einar Karlsson	Sweden	Point decision, 3–0	Henryk Slazak	Poland
Gyula Móri	Hungary	Victory over the shoulders	František Janda	Czechoslovakia
Ion Horvath	Romania	Victory over the shoulders	Eugene Kracher	France
Sebastian Hering	German Empire	Point decision, 3–0	Aarne Reini	Finland
Krisjánis Kundsinsch	Latvia	Victory over the shoulders	Nikolaos Biris	Greece
Valentino Borgia	Italy	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Yasar Erkan	Turkey	0
2	Sebastian Hering	German Empire	1
3	Valentino Borgia	Italy	2
3	Einar Karlsson	Sweden	2
5	Krisjánis Kundsinsch	Latvia	3
5	Gyula Móri	Hungary	3
5	Henryk Slazak	Poland	3
8th	Ion Horvath	Romania	4th
8th	Aarne Reini	Finland	4th
10	Nikolaos Biris	Greece	6th
10	Hideichi Yoshioka	Japan	6th
12	František Janda	Czechoslovakia	7th
12	Eugene Kracher	France	7th

Round 4

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Yasar Erkan	Turkey	Victory over the shoulders	Valentino Borgia	Italy
Einar Karlsson	Sweden	Victory over the shoulders	Gyula Móri	Hungary
Sebastian Hering	German Empire	Point decision, 3–0	Henryk Slazak	Poland
Aarne Reini	Finland	Victory over the shoulders	Ion Horvath	Romania
Krisjánis Kundsinsch	Latvia	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Yasar Erkan	Turkey	0
2	Sebastian Hering	German Empire	2
2	Einar Karlsson	Sweden	2
4th	Krisjánis Kundsinsch	Latvia	3
5	Aarne Reini	Finland	4th
6th	Valentino Borgia	Italy	5
7th	Gyula Móri	Hungary	6th
7th	Henryk Slazak	Poland	6th
9	Ion Horvath	Romania	7th

Round 5

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Yasar Erkan	Turkey	Point decision, 3–0	Krisjánis Kundsinsch	Latvia
Einar Karlsson	Sweden	Point decision, 3–0	Sebastian Hering	German Empire
Aarne Reini	Finland	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Yasar Erkan	Turkey	1
2	Einar Karlsson	Sweden	3
3	Aarne Reini	Finland	4th
4th	Sebastian Hering	German Empire	5
5	Krisjánis Kundsinsch	Latvia	6th

Round 6

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Aarne Reini	Finland	Victory over the shoulders	Yasar Erkan	Turkey
Einar Karlsson	Sweden	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Einar Karlsson	Sweden	3
2	Yasar Erkan	Turkey	4th
3	Aarne Reini	Finland	4th

Round 7

winner	nation	Type of victory	loser	nation
Aarne Reini	Finland	Point decision, 2–1	Einar Karlsson	Sweden
Yasar Erkan	Turkey	bye

rank	athlete	nation	Minus points
1	Yasar Erkan	Turkey	4th
2	Aarne Reini	Finland	5
3	Einar Karlsson	Sweden	5

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