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.
Jacobsen and Kokkinen stayed at 0 points. Four men finished the second round at 2–0 with one win by fall and one by decision for 1 point apiece. Five more were 1–1 with either 3 or 4 points depending on how the win was achieved. Walzer had 3 points after a loss and a bye. Five wrestlers were 0–2 and were eliminated. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Väinö Kokkinen
Fall
Ivar Johansson
František Hala
Fall
Émile Frantz
László Papp
Fall
Émile Poilvé
Jean Saenen
Fall
Simon Balkema
Enrico Bonassin
Decision
Franjo Palković
Albert Kusnets
Fall
Alfred Larsen
Nurettin Baytorun
Decision
Hermann Simon
Johannes Jacobsen
Fall
Otto Frei
Antonio Walzer
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
Total
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
1
3
1
0
1
3
1
0
1
3
1
0
1
7
3
0
3
7
0
3
3
7
0
3
3
7
3
0
3
11
3
1
4
11
1
3
4
13
3
3
6
13
3
3
6
13
3
3
6
13
3
3
6
13
3
3
6
Round 3
All 6 bouts in round 3 were won by fall, so the winners remained at the same point totals: Jacobsen and Kokkinen at 0, Kusnets and Papp at 1, Hala at 3, and Baytorun at 4. Two of the losers—Bonassin and Saenen—reached only 4 points and continued in competition. The other 4 losers were eliminated. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Väinö Kokkinen
Fall
Antonio Walzer
František Hala
Fall
Ivar Johansson
László Papp
Fall
Jean Saenen
Albert Kusnets
Fall
Franjo Palković
Johannes Jacobsen
Fall
Enrico Bonassin
Nurettin Baytorun
Fall
Otto Frei
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
Total
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
1
5
3
0
0
3
6
3
1
0
4
6
0
1
3
4
6
1
0
3
4
9
0
3
3
6
9
0
3
3
6
9
3
0
3
6
12
1
3
3
7
Round 4
Jacobsen had his first loss, but only went to 3 points and continued in competition. The other three losers were eliminated. Kokkinen was the only man left with 0 points. Each of the 5 remaining wrestlers had a different point total, 0 through 4. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Väinö Kokkinen
Fall
František Hala
László Papp
Fall
Enrico Bonassin
Jean Saenen
Fall
Nurettin Baytorun
Albert Kusnets
Decision
Johannes Jacobsen
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
1
2
4
0
0
0
3
3
5
1
0
3
0
4
6
3
0
0
3
6
7
3
1
0
3
6
8
0
1
3
3
7
Round 5
With Jacobsen on a bye, and Kokkinen and Papp facing each other in a no-elimination-possible match, the only man that would be eliminated in round 5 was the loser of the Kusnets vs. Saenen bout. Kusnets won, so Saenen was eliminated. ; Bouts
Winner
Nation
Victory Type
Loser
Nation
Väinö Kokkinen
Fall
László Papp
Albert Kusnets
Fall
Jean Saenen
Johannes Jacobsen
Bye
N/A
N/A
; Points
Rank
Wrestler
Nation
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
Total
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
2
3
0
0
0
3
0
3
4
1
0
0
0
3
4
5
1
0
3
0
3
7
Round 6
In contrast to the previous round which eliminated only 1 of 5 wrestlers, round 6 eliminated 3 of the remaining 4. Kokkinen beat Jacobsen to eliminate the latter man, who finished in 4th place. The Papp vs. Kusnets match ended in mutual elimination because Papp won by decision; both men finished with 5 points, but Papp had the head-to-head tie-breaker because of this win and received the silver medal. Kokkinen, who never received a point in the tournament, won the gold medal as the last man remaining. ; Bouts
