Wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight
Rank Wrestler Nation Start Earned Total
1 Károly Kárpáti Hungary 0 1 1
1 Gustaf Klarén Sweden 1 0 1
1 Charles Pacôme France 1 0 1
4 Melvin Carl Clodfelter United States 1 3 4
4 Kustaa Pihlajamäki Finland 3 1 4
6 Osvald Käpp Estonia 3 3 6
6 Suzuki Eitaro Japan 3 3 6
6 Howard Thomas Canada 3 3 6
Results -- 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 ( Pacôme staying at 1 point with a win by fall , Kárpáti picking up his first point via win by decision ) 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 . [ 5 ] Bouts Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Gustaf Klarén Sweden Fall Melvin Carl Clodfelter United States Kustaa Pihlajamäki Finland Decision Howard Thomas Canada Charles Pacôme France Fall Suzuki Eitaro Japan Károly Kárpáti Hungary Decision Osvald Käpp Estonia Points
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 (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.