| Event: | Men's freestyle featherweight |
| Games: | 1932 Summer |
| Venue: | Grand Olympic Auditorium |
| Dates: | 1–3 August |
| Competitors: | 10 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Gold: | Hermanni Pihlajamäki |
| Goldnoc: | FIN |
| Silver: | Edgar Nemir |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Einar Karlsson |
| Bronzenoc: | SWE |
| Prev: | 1928 |
| Next: | 1936 |
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.[1] [2] This weight class was limited to wrestlers weighing up to 61kg.[3]
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.[4]
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 August 1932 | Round 1 | |
| 2 August 1932 | Round 2 Round 3 | |
| 3 August 1932 | Round 4 Final round |
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.[5]
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Decision |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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.[5]
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Fall |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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[5]
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | |||||
| Decision | |||||
| Forfeit |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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.[6]
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decision | |||||
| Fall | |||||
| Bye | N/A | N/A |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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.[7]
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | |||||
| Bye | N/A | N/A |
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | Start | Earned | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 6 |