Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics, 14 wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were seven weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling.^[1]

Wrestling at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Deutschlandhalle
Dates	2 – 9 August 1936
No. of events	14 (14 men, 0 women)
Competitors	200 from 29 nations
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Estonians August Neo (left) and Kristjan Palusalu won medals in both wrestling styles at the 1936 Olympics

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	4	3	2	9
2	Hungary (HUN)	3	0	1	4
3	Finland (FIN)	2	1	3	6
4	Estonia (EST)	2	1	2	5
5	United States (USA)	1	3	0	4
6	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	1	2
7	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
8	Germany (GER)	0	3	4	7
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	2	0	2
10	Latvia (LAT)	0	1	0	1
11	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		14	14	14	42

Medal summary

Freestyle

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight details	Ödön Zombori  Hungary	Ross Flood  United States	Johannes Herbert  Germany
Featherweight details	Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland	Francis Millard  United States	Gösta Frändfors  Sweden
Lightweight details	Károly Kárpáti  Hungary	Wolfgang Ehrl  Germany	Hermanni Pihlajamäki  Finland
Welterweight details	Frank Lewis  United States	Thure Andersson  Sweden	Joe Schleimer  Canada
Middleweight details	Emile Poilvé  France	Richard Voliva  United States	Ahmet Kireççi  Turkey
Light Heavyweight details	Knut Fridell  Sweden	August Neo  Estonia	Erich Siebert  Germany
Heavyweight details	Kristjan Palusalu  Estonia	Josef Klapuch  Czechoslovakia	Hjalmar Nyström  Finland

Greco-Roman

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight details	Márton Lõrincz  Hungary	Egon Svensson  Sweden	Jakob Brendel  Germany
Featherweight details	Yaşar Erkan  Turkey	Aarne Reini  Finland	Einar Karlsson  Sweden
Lightweight details	Lauri Koskela  Finland	Jozef Herda  Czechoslovakia	Voldemar Väli  Estonia
Welterweight details	Rudolf Svedberg  Sweden	Fritz Schäfer  Germany	Eino Virtanen  Finland
Middleweight details	Ivar Johansson  Sweden	Ludwig Schweickert  Germany	József Palotás  Hungary
Light Heavyweight details	Axel Cadier  Sweden	Edvīns Bietags  Latvia	August Neo  Estonia
Heavyweight details	Kristjan Palusalu  Estonia	John Nyman  Sweden	Kurt Hornfischer  Germany

Participating nations

A total of 200 wrestlers from 29 nations competed at the Berlin Games:^[1]

•  Australia (3)
•  Austria (7)
•  Belgium (11)
•  Canada (5)
•  Czechoslovakia (13)
•  Denmark (5)
•  Egypt (3)
•  Estonia (8)
•  Finland (13)
•  France (10)
•  Germany (14)
•  Great Britain (6)
•  Greece (4)
•  Hungary (12)
•  India (3)
•  Italy (10)
•  Japan (5)
•  Latvia (3)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Norway (3)
•  Philippines (1)
•  Poland (3)
•  Romania (5)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Sweden (14)
•  Switzerland (13)
•  Turkey (11)
•  United States (7)
•  Yugoslavia (5)^[2]

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling