Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight


The men's freestyle lightweight 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 66kg.
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. 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

Kárpáti was the only winner by fall and therefore the only wrestler to advance with 0 points. The other three winners each received 1 point for wins by decision. The four losers each received 3 points.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gustaf KlarénDecisionHoward Thomas
Melvin ClodfelterDecisionKustaa Pihlajamäki
Károly KárpátiFallEitaro Suzuki
Charles PacômeDecisionOsvald Käpp

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Károly Kárpáti000
2Melvin Carl Clodfelter011
2Gustaf Klarén011
2Charles Pacôme011
4Osvald Käpp033
4Kustaa Pihlajamäki033
4Suzuki Eitaro033
4Howard Thomas033

Round 2

Klarén against Clodfelter was a bout between two first-round winners, each of whom were safe from elimination. Klarén won by fall to stay at 1 point; Clodfelter's loss took him to 4 points. Both bouts pitting a 1–0 wrestler against an 0–1 wrestler ended in the first-round winner winning again and the first-round loser eliminated. The bout between two first-round losers resulted in Thomas being the man eliminated and Pihlajamäki holding on at 4 points.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Gustaf KlarénFallMelvin Carl Clodfelter
Kustaa PihlajamäkiDecisionHoward Thomas
Charles PacômeFallSuzuki Eitaro
Károly KárpátiDecisionOsvald Käpp

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Károly Kárpáti011
1Gustaf Klarén101
1Charles Pacôme101
4Melvin Carl Clodfelter134
4Kustaa Pihlajamäki314
6Osvald Käpp336
6Suzuki Eitaro336
6Howard Thomas336

Round 3

Pacôme had a bye this round, staying at 1 point. The two contested bouts each featured a 1-point wrestler against a 4-point wrestler; in both cases, the 4-point wrestler won. Clodfelter initially won by fall, which would have resulted in his staying in the competition, but the officials declared a rematch. This time, Clodfelter won by decision. Pihlajamäki also won by decision. Both winners, therefore, picked up their fifth point and were the only wrestlers eliminated in the round despite each winning.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Kustaa PihlajamäkiDecisionGustaf Klarén
Melvin Carl ClodfelterDecisionKároly Kárpáti
Charles PacômeByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Charles Pacôme101
2Károly Kárpáti134
2Gustaf Klarén134
4Melvin Carl Clodfelter415
4Kustaa Pihlajamäki415

Round 4

Pacôme defeated Klarén to eliminate the latter, who received the bronze medal. Pacôme and Kárpáti advanced to the final.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Charles PacômeDecisionGustaf Klarén
Károly KárpátiByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1Charles Pacôme112
2Károly Kárpáti404
Gustaf Klarén437

Final round

Pacôme defeated Kárpáti in the final to take the gold medal.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Charles PacômeDecisionKároly Kárpáti

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
Charles Pacôme213
Károly Kárpáti437