The men's freestyle featherweight competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place from 1 August to 3 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Nations were limited to one competitor.Official Olympic Report , la84.org. Retrieved 20 August 2018. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 61kg.Official Report, p. 550.
This freestyle wrestling competition did not use the single-elimination bracket format previously used for Olympic freestyle wrestling but instead followed the format that was introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman wrestling, using an elimination system based on the accumulation of points. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.Official Report, pp. 547–48.
Schedule Date Event 1 August 1932 Round 1 2 August 1932 Round 2Round 3 3 August 1932 Round 4Final round
Results
Round 1
Of the five bouts, two were won by fall to give Chasson and Pihlajamäki 0 points while the other three winners each received 1 point for wins by decision. The five losers each received 3 points.Official Report, p. 554.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hermanni Pihlajamäki Fall Herb Rowland Edgar Nemir Decision Christian Schack Ioannis Farmakidis Decision Ichiro Hatta Jean Chasson Fall Fidel Arellano Einar Karlsson Decision Joseph Taylor
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Jean Chasson 0 0 0 1 Hermanni Pihlajamäki 0 0 0 3 John Farmakidis 0 1 1 3 Einar Karlsson 0 1 1 3 Edgar Nemir 0 1 1 6 Fidel Arellano 0 3 3 6 Hatta Ichiro 0 3 3 6 Herb Rowland 0 3 3 6 Christian Schack 0 3 3 6 Joseph William Taylor 0 3 3
Round 2
Pihlajamäki quickly became the only remaining 0-point wrestler, with a second win by fall. Farmakidis and Nemir also won by fall this round, staying at 1 point each. Karlsson's second win, like his first, was by decision; he had 2 points after the round. Chasson was the only first-round winner to lose in the second (his facing Farmakidis made it impossible that all five could win), dropping to 3 points. This total was matched by Taylor, the winner of the match-up between two first-round losers. The other four wrestlers who lost in the first round lost again in round 2, being eliminated.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Edgar Nemir Fall Herb Rowland Hermanni Pihlajamäki Fall Christian Schack John Farmakidis Fall Jean Chasson Einar Karlsson Decision Hatta Ichiro Joseph William Taylor Fall Fidel Arellano
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Hermanni Pihlajamäki 0 0 0 2 John Farmakidis 1 0 1 2 Edgar Nemir 1 0 1 4 Einar Karlsson 1 1 2 5 Jean Chasson 0 3 3 5 Joseph William Taylor 3 0 3 7 Fidel Arellano 3 3 6 7 Hatta Ichiro 3 3 6 7 Herb Rowland 3 3 6 7 Christian Schack 3 3 6
Round 3
One bout this round was sure to result in elimination, pitting two 3-point wrestlers against each other. Chasson forfeited the bout, leaving Taylor at 3 points. Karlsson survived potential elimination by defeating Farmakidis; the former had 3 points after his third straight win by decision while the latter jumped to 4 points. Nemir also moved to 4 points after losing to Pihlajamäki
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hermanni Pihlajamäki Decision Edgar Nemir Einar Karlsson Decision John Farmakidis Joseph William Taylor Forfeit Jean Chasson
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Hermanni Pihlajamäki 0 1 1 2 Einar Karlsson 2 1 3 2 Joseph William Taylor 3 0 3 4 John Farmakidis 1 3 4 5 Edgar Nemir 1 3 4 6 Jean Chasson 3 3 6
Round 4
Pihlajamäki won his fourth bout, picking up a second point with the win by decision and eliminating Farmakidis. Nemir, who started with 4 points and therefore needed a win by fall to continue, won by fall, eliminating Taylor. Karlsson had a bye, staying at 3 points.Official Report, p. 555.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hermanni Pihlajamäki Decision John Farmakidis Edgar Nemir Fall Joseph William Taylor Einar Karlsson Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total 1 Hermanni Pihlajamäki 1 1 2 2 Einar Karlsson 3 0 3 3 Edgar Nemir 4 0 4 4 Joseph William Taylor 3 3 6 5 John Farmakidis 4 3 7
Final round
Pihlajamäki finished with a win over Karlsson, ending 5–0 with a gold medal due to his previous win over Nemir. Karlsson's loss moved him to 6 points and the bronze medal.Official Report, p. 555.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Hermanni Pihlajamäki Fall Einar Karlsson Edgar Nemir Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total Hermanni Pihlajamäki 2 0 2 Edgar Nemir 4 0 4 Einar Karlsson 3 3 6
References