This Greco-Roman wrestling competition introduced 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.
Eight of the nine bouts were determined by fall. Five men stayed at 0 points, each having won both his bouts by fall. Two others were 2–0 after this round: Väli with 1 point and Dillen with 2 points. Five men were at 3 points. Kratochvíl had the distinction of being the remaining man with the highest point total, at 4. Six men were 0–2 and were eliminated. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Ali Kamel
Fall
Saim Arıkan
Károly Kárpáti
Fall
Ludwig Schlanger
Voldemar Väli
Fall
František Kratochvíl
Jacques Dillen
Decision
Martin Egeberg
Aage Meyer
Fall
Leon Mazurek
Ernst Steinig
Fall
Ricardo Rey
Erik Malmberg
Fall
Isidor Bieri
Aleksanteri Toivola
Fall
Roger Mollet
Gerolamo Quaglia
Fall
Johannes Nolten Jr.
Benjamin Araújo
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
Total
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
6
1
0
1
7
1
1
2
8
3
0
3
8
0
3
3
8
3
0
3
8
3
0
3
8
0
3
3
13
1
3
4
14
3
3
6
14
3
3
6
14
3
3
6
14
3
3
6
14
3
3
6
14
3
3
6'
Round 3
Of the five men who started the round with 0 points, only 1 finished it with that many: Quaglia, who had a bye. Kárpáti, Malmberg, and Steinig each won by decision, gaining their 1st point. Toivola lost. Väli stayed at 1 point, winning by fall. Dillen's first loss eliminated him, at 5 points after two wins by decision. Arıkan and Meyer won to stay in contention, each by fall to stay at 3 points. The other four men who had a loss before this round lost again and were eliminated. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Saim Arıkan
Fall
Benjamin Araújo
Voldemar Väli
Fall
Ali Kamel
Erik Malmberg
Decision
Aleksanteri Toivola
Károly Kárpáti
Decision
František Kratochvíl
Ernst Steinig
Decision
Jacques Dillen
Aage Meyer
Fall
Ricardo Rey
Gerolamo Quaglia
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
Total
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
6
0
3
0
3
6
3
0
0
3
6
0
0
3
3
9
1
1
3
5
10
3
0
3
6
10
3
0
3
6
10
0
3
3
6
13
1
3
3
7
Round 4
Quaglia won his third bout by fall; along with his 3rd round bye, he stayed at 0 points. Väli also won a third bout by fall, making him 4–0 with 1 point as the other win came by decision. Malmberg and Steinig each picked up their 2nd point by winning by decision again, making them vulnerable to elimination upon any future loss. Kárpáti took his first loss, moving to 4 points. All three of the men who started the round with a prior loss lost again and were eliminated. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Gerolamo Quaglia
Fall
Saim Arıkan
Voldemar Väli
Fall
Károly Kárpáti
Erik Malmberg
Decision
Aage Meyer
Ernst Steinig
Decision
Aleksanteri Toivola
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
1
1
2
3
0
0
1
1
2
5
0
0
1
3
4
6
0
3
0
3
6
6
3
0
0
3
6
6
0
0
3
3
6
Round 5
Malmberg received a bye in this round, staying at 2 points. Kárpáti defeated Quaglia, but the bad points system led to the winner being eliminated while the loser was not. Väli pinned Steinig to take the lead and eliminate the latter wrestler. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Károly Kárpáti
Decision
Gerolamo Quaglia
Voldemar Väli
Fall
Ernst Steinig
Erik Malmberg
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
Total
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
3
3
4
0
0
1
3
1
5
5
0
0
1
1
3
5
Round 6
Väli was the only remaining wrestler who had not yet had a bye, so he got one in this round. Malmberg pinned Quaglia, staying in contention and eliminating the Italian with a bronze medal finish. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Erik Malmberg
Fall
Gerolamo Quaglia
Voldemar Väli
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
Total
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
3
6
Round 7
Round 7 was effectively a gold medal match. Väli pinned Malmberg. ; Bouts
