Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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[edit]
Freestyle[edit]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight | Kaarlo Mäkinen Finland | Edmond Spapen Belgium | James Trifunov Canada |
Featherweight | Allie Morrison United States | Kustaa Pihlajamäki Finland | Hans Minder Switzerland |
Lightweight | Osvald Käpp Estonia | Charles Pacôme France | Eino Augusti Leino Finland |
Welterweight | Arvo Haavisto Finland | Lloyd Appleton United States | Maurice Letchford Canada |
Middleweight | Ernst Kyburz Switzerland | Donald Stockton Canada | Samuel Rabin Great Britain |
Light Heavyweight | Thure Sjöstedt Sweden | Arnold Bögli Switzerland | Henri Lefèbre France |
Heavyweight | Johan Richthoff Sweden | Aukusti Sihvola Finland | Edmond Dame France |
Greco-Roman[edit]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight | Kurt Leucht Germany | Jindrich Maudr Czechoslovakia | Giovanni Gozzi Italy |
Featherweight | Voldemar Väli Estonia | Eric Malmberg Sweden | Gerolamo Quaglia Italy |
Lightweight | Lajos Keresztes Hungary | Eduard Sperling Germany | Edvard Westerlund Finland |
Middleweight | Väinö Kokkinen Finland | László Papp Hungary | Albert Kusnets Estonia |
Light Heavyweight | Ibrahim Moustafa Egypt | Adolf Rieger Germany | Onni Pellinen Finland |
Heavyweight | Rudolf Svensson Sweden | Hjalmar Nyström Finland | Georg Gehring Germany |
Participating nations[edit]
166 wrestlers from 29 nations competed. Argentina competed in wrestling for the first time.[1]
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Medal table[edit]
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[edit]
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-05.