Estonia's Kristjan Palusalu became the only wrestler in Olympic history ever to win both the Greco-Roman and freestyle heavy weight events at Berlin in 1936. A third of the inhabitants of the capital Tallinn turned out to greet him upon his return and the Estonian Government gave him a farm as a reward. It was the last time Estonia were to compete as an independent country in the Olympics until Barcelona in 1992 as they competed under the Soviet Union banner.