# Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics was held between August 1–7 August at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which were further divided into different weight categories.

## Competition format

Wrestling events consisted of a series of matches and a system of points to decide elimination after each round, followed the format introduced for Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics and now extended to freestyle competition as well. Matches were scored as follows: the results of the bouts were counted on points, with those having the least becoming the winners. Losers received 3 points for each bout lost, those who won by decision of the jury received 1 point, and those who won by pin received 0 points. Those competitors who accumulated 5 bad points were eliminated. If candidates for the third place were eliminated with equal bad points in the same round, they were paired, if they have not yet met each other, for the third place.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Medal summary
### Greco-Roman

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Bantamweight details | Jakob Brendel Germany | Marcello Nizzola Italy | Louis François France |
| Featherweight details | Giovanni Gozzi Italy | Wolfgang Ehrl Germany | Lauri Koskela Finland |
| Lightweight details | Erik Malmberg Sweden | Abraham Kurland Denmark | Eduard Sperling Germany |
| Welterweight details | Ivar Johansson Sweden | Väinö Kajander Finland | Ercole Gallegati Italy |
| Middleweight details | Väinö Kokkinen Finland | Jean Földeák Germany | Axel Cadier Sweden |
| Light Heavyweight details | Rudolf Svensson Sweden | Onni Pellinen Finland | Mario Gruppioni Italy |
| Heavyweight details | Carl Westergren Sweden | Josef Urban Czechoslovakia | Nickolaus Hirschl Austria |

### Freestyle

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Bantamweight details | Robert Pearce United States | Ödön Zombori Hungary | Aatos Jaskari Finland |
| Featherweight details | Hermanni Pihlajamäki Finland | Edgar Nemir United States | Einar Karlsson Sweden |
| Lightweight details | Charles Pacôme France | Károly Kárpáti Hungary | Gustaf Klarén Sweden |
| Welterweight details | Jack van Bebber United States | Daniel MacDonald Canada | Eino Leino Finland |
| Middleweight details | Ivar Johansson Sweden | Kyösti Luukko Finland | József Tunyogi Hungary |
| Light Heavyweight details | Peter Mehringer United States | Thure Sjöstedt Sweden | Eddie Scarf Australia |
| Heavyweight details | Johan Richthoff Sweden | Jack Riley United States | Nickolaus Hirschl Austria |

## Participating nations

18 nations participated in Wrestling at the 1932 Olympics:
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Canada (6)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Denmark (3)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (10)
* France (5)
* Germany (5)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (5)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (7)
* Mexico (2)
* Norway (1)
* Sweden (13)
* United States (7)