Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight
The men's freestyle middleweight 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. This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 79kg. This freestyle wrestling competition did not use the single-eliminationbracket 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. 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.
Schedule
Results
Round 1
Hess and Kotani advanced with 0 points. Tunyogi and Luukko each received 1 point for winning by decision. Johansson, Poilvé, and Stockton each received 3 points as losers of their bouts. ; Bouts
The two 0-point wrestlers from the first round both lost, falling to 3 points. They were joined there by two first-round losers, Poilvé and Johansson, who won by fall in the second round. The third first-round loser, Stockton, lost again and was eliminated. Luukko moved into the lowest-points position with a bye keeping him at 1; Tunyogi had the best score among wrestlers who competed in both rounds with 2 points after a second win by decision. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
József Tunyogi
Decision
Robert William Hess
Émile Poilvé
Fall
Donald Stockton
Ivar Johansson
Fall
Kotani Sumiyuki
Kyösti Luukko
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
Start
Earned
Total
1
Kyösti Luukko
1
0
1
2
József Tunyogi
1
1
2
3
Robert William Hess
0
3
3
3
Ivar Johansson
3
0
3
3
Kotani Sumiyuki
0
3
3
3
Émile Poilvé
3
0
3
7
Donald Stockton
3
3
6
Round 3
The lead continued to be elusive, as Luukko lost to move from 1 point to 4. The three winners in this round all ended the round with 3 points, Hess and Johansson staying there with wins by fall and Tunyogi moving from 2 points to 3 with his win by decision. Kotani and Poilvé were both eliminated. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Robert William Hess
Fall
Kyösti Luukko
József Tunyogi
Decision
Kotani Sumiyuki
Ivar Johansson
Fall
Émile Poilvé
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
Start
Earned
Total
1
József Tunyogi
2
1
3
1
Robert William Hess
3
0
3
1
Ivar Johansson
3
0
3
4
Kyösti Luukko
1
3
4
5
Kotani Sumiyuki
3
3
6
5
Émile Poilvé
3
3
6
Final round
With all four wrestlers at no less than 3 points, both bouts in this round would eliminate the loser. Tunyogi and Hess were the defeated wrestlers, each finishing with 6 points. Because Tunyogi had defeated Hess earlier, he was awarded the bronze medal. The winners of the round each won by fall, with Johansson staying at 3 points to Luukko's 4. As the two had already faced each other, the competition was over and Johansson took the gold medal. Johansson had lost to Luukko earlier, but won his remaining matches by fall while Luukko also had a loss and had received an additional point by beating Johansson by decision rather than fall. ; Bouts
