▁" bad ▁points " ▁elim ination ▁system ▁introduced ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁for ▁Gre co - R oman ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁for ▁fre est yle ▁wrest ling , ▁removing ▁the ▁slight ▁modification ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁and ▁used ▁until ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁( which ▁had ▁a ▁reduced ▁penalty ▁for ▁a ▁loss ▁by ▁ 2 – 1 ▁decision ). ▁Each ▁round ▁featured ▁all ▁wrest lers ▁pair ing ▁off ▁and ▁wrest ling ▁one ▁bout ▁( with ▁one ▁wrest ler ▁having ▁a ▁by e ▁if ▁there ▁were ▁an ▁odd ▁number ). ▁The ▁los er ▁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 ▁wrest ler ▁with ▁at ▁least ▁ 5 ▁points ▁was ▁elimin ated . ▁This ▁elim ination ▁continued ▁until ▁the ▁medal ▁r ounds , ▁which ▁began ▁when ▁ 3 ▁wrest lers ▁remained . ▁These ▁ 3 ▁wrest lers ▁each ▁faced ▁each ▁other ▁in ▁a ▁round - ro bin ▁medal ▁round ▁( with ▁earlier ▁results ▁counting , ▁if ▁any ▁had ▁wrest led ▁another ▁before ); ▁record ▁within ▁the ▁medal ▁round ▁determined ▁med als , ▁with ▁bad ▁points ▁breaking ▁t ies . ▁ ▁Results ▁ ▁Round ▁ 1 ▁▁ ▁B outs ▁▁ ▁Point s ▁ ▁Round ▁ 2 ▁▁ ▁B outs ▁▁ ▁Point s ▁ ▁Round ▁ 3 ▁▁ ▁B outs ▁▁ ▁Point