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Heavy-Weight - 79,378+ kg
OLYMPIC VICTOR: Herbert Runge (Germany)
Second: José Guillermo Lovell (Argentina)
Third: Erling Nilsen (Norway)
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- Herbert Runge & Guillermo Lovell battle it out for the Olympic gold - |
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- Erling Nilsen (bronze), Herbert (gold) & Lovell (silver) - |
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Entries and participation. Entered: 20
nations with 26 participants. Competed: 17 nations with 17 participants
1st Series - August
10th, Night:
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Bout
1: |
Vincent
Stuart |
(GBR) |
defeats |
Albertus
van Bemmel |
(NED) |
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pts. |
Schröder
(GER) |
Almeida
(ARG), Matsov (EST), Haakon Winther (NOR). |
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2nd Series - August 11th, Afternoon:
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Bout 2: |
José
Feans |
(URU) |
defeats |
Stanisław
Piłat |
(POL) |
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pts. |
Schröder
(GER) |
Benjamin
(USA), Vondrys (CZE), Madsen (DEN). |
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Bout 3: |
Guillermo Lovell |
(ARG) |
defeats |
Omar
Hermansen |
(DEN) |
on pts. |
Schindler (ITA) |
Bielewics (POL), Diehm (USA), Eisner
(HUN). |
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Bout
4: |
Ernest
Toussaint |
(LUX) |
defeats |
Karl
Lutz |
(AUT) |
on
pts. |
Engel (GER) |
Driver (USA), Persson (SWE), Kiss (HUN). |
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Bout 5: |
Erling Nilsen |
(NOR) |
defeats |
Walter Marti |
(SUI) |
DQ 3. |
Tage Bergman (SWE) |
Bloom (USA), Scholz (GER), A. Forray (HUN). |
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August 12th:
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Bout
6: |
Olle
Tandberg |
(SWE) |
defeats |
Arthur
Oliver |
(USA) |
on
pts. |
Jackson
(GBR) |
T. St. J. Dean
(RSA), Ritzi (SUI), Madsen (DEN). |
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Bout 7: |
Ferenc Nagy
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(HUN) |
defeats |
Albert Robbe
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(BEL) |
on
pts. |
Lovell (USA) |
Impey (RSA), Sadlowski (GER), Paajanen
(FIN). |
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Bout
8: |
Herbert
Runge |
(GER) |
defeats |
Rudolf
Kuss |
(CZE) |
KO
1. |
Ritzi (SUI) |
Baly (FRA), James A. Lee (USA), Sven Jerselius
(SWE). |
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Bout 9: |
Vincent Stuart
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(GBR) |
defeats |
Secondo de
Marchi |
(ITA) |
on
pts. |
Falony (BEL) |
Madsen (DEN), A. Forray (HUN), Bourdariat
(FRA). |
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3rd Series - August 13th, Afternoon:
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Bout
10: |
Guillermo
Lovell |
(ARG) |
defeats |
José
Feans |
(URU) |
KO
2. |
Dermant
(FRA) |
Kage
(JPN), del Fante (ITA), Matsov (EST). |
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Bout 11: |
Erling Nilsen
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(NOR) |
defeats |
Ernest Toussaint
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(LUX) |
KO 2. |
Schröder (GER) |
McLean (CAN), Benjamin (USA), Alfred Overgaard
(DEN). |
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Bout
12: |
Ferenc
Nagy |
(HUN) |
defeats |
Olle
Tandberg |
(SWE) |
on
pts. |
Falony (BEL) |
Kage (JPN), Jackson (GBR), Impey (South
Africa). |
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Bout 13: |
Herbert Runge
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(GER) |
defeats |
Vincent Stuart
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(GBR) |
on pts. |
Eisner (HUN) |
Alfred Overgaard (DEN), James A. Lee (USA), Ritzi
(SUI). |
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4th Series - August 14th, Afternoon:
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Bout
14: |
Guillermo
Lovell |
(ARG) |
defeats |
Erling
Nilsen |
(NOR) |
on
pts. |
Falony
(BEL) |
Bergström
(NED), Benjamin (USA), Hegemann (GER). |
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Bout
15: |
Herbert
Runge |
(GER) |
defeats |
Ferenc
Nagy |
(HUN) |
WO. |
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Nagy did not appear in the ring because of injuries. |
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Bout for the 3rd and
4th places - August 15th, Night:
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Bout 16: |
Erling
Nilsen |
(NOR) |
defeats |
Ferenc Nagy
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(HUN)
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WO. |
Nagy did not appear in the ring because of injuries. |
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Bout for the 1st
and 2nd places - August 15th, Night:
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Bout
17: |
Herbert
Runge |
(GER) |
defeats |
Guillermo
Lovell |
(ARG) |
on
pts. |
Warnes
(GBR) |
Teodori
(ITA), Pedersen (DEN), Lovell (USA). |
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- 2:15 of the bout can be seen in 'Olympia; 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit'. Directed by Leni Riefenstahl, 1936.
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See also Erling Nilsen's:
See also:
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