Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

at the Games of the IX Olympiad

Venue| Vélodrome d'Hiver
Dates| 30 July –5 August 1928
No. of events| 13 (13 men, 0 women)
Competitors| 166 from 29 nations

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Wrestling at the
1928 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman
Bantam| men
Feather| men
Light| men
Middle| men
Light heavy| men
Heavy| men
Freestyle
Bantam| men
Feather| men
Light| men
Welter| men
Middle| men
Light heavy| men
Heavy| men

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At the 1928 Summer Olympics, thirteen wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were six weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling. The freestyle competitions were held from July 30 to August 1, 1928 and the Greco-Roman events were held from August 2 to August 5, 1928.[1]

## Medal summary

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### Freestyle

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Bantamweight
details | Kaarlo Mäkinen
Finland | Edmond Spapen
Belgium | James Trifunov
Canada
Featherweight
details | Allie Morrison
United States | Kustaa Pihlajamäki
Finland | Hans Minder
Switzerland
Lightweight
details | Osvald Käpp
Estonia | Charles Pacôme
France | Eino Augusti Leino
Finland
Welterweight
details | Arvo Haavisto
Finland | Lloyd Appleton
United States | Maurice Letchford
Canada
Middleweight
details | Ernst Kyburz
Switzerland | Donald Stockton
Canada | Samuel Rabin
Great Britain
Light Heavyweight
details | Thure Sjöstedt
Sweden | Arnold Bögli
Switzerland | Henri Lefèbre
France
Heavyweight
details | Johan Richthoff
Sweden | Aukusti Sihvola
Finland | Edmond Dame
France

### Greco-Roman

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Bantamweight
details | Kurt Leucht
Germany | Jindrich Maudr
Czechoslovakia | Giovanni Gozzi
Italy
Featherweight
details | Voldemar Väli
Estonia | Eric Malmberg
Sweden | Gerolamo Quaglia
Italy
Lightweight
details | Lajos Keresztes
Hungary | Eduard Sperling
Germany | Edvard Westerlund
Finland
Middleweight
details | Väinö Kokkinen
Finland | László Papp
Hungary | Albert Kusnets
Estonia
Light Heavyweight
details | Ibrahim Moustafa
Egypt | Adolf Rieger
Germany | Onni Pellinen
Finland
Heavyweight
details | Rudolf Svensson
Sweden | Hjalmar Nyström
Finland | Georg Gehring
Germany

## Participating nations

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166 wrestlers from 29 nations competed. Argentina competed in wrestling for the first time.[1]

* Argentina (5)
* Australia (3)
* Austria (2)
* Belgium (13)
* Canada (5)
* Czechoslovakia (6)
* Denmark (7)
* Egypt (4)
* Estonia (6)
* Finland (13)

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* France (13)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (6)
* Greece (3)
* Hungary (6)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (1)
* Latvia (2)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Netherlands (6)

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* Norway (7)
* Poland (4)
* Portugal (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (11)
* Turkey (6)
* United States (7)
* Yugoslavia (5)

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## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Finland (FIN)| 3| 3| 3| 9
2|  Sweden (SWE)| 3| 1| 0| 4
3|  Estonia (EST)| 2| 0| 1| 3
4|  Germany (GER)| 1| 2| 1| 4
5|  Switzerland (SUI)| 1| 1| 1| 3
6|  Hungary (HUN)| 1| 1| 0| 2
United States (USA)| 1| 1| 0| 2
8|  Egypt (EGY)| 1| 0| 0| 1
9|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 1| 2| 3
France (FRA)| 0| 1| 2| 3
11|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 0| 1| 0| 1
13|  Italy (ITA)| 0| 0| 2| 2
14|  Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 13| 13| 13| 39

## See also

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* List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
* List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

## References

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1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

## External links

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* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.

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Events at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam

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