1928 Summer Olympics / wrestling

Wrestling with the IX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Amsterdam
Competition venue	Krachtsportgebouw
Nations	29
Athletes	166 (166 men)
date	July 30 - August 5, 1928
decisions	13
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With the IX. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , 13 wrestling competitions were held, seven of which were freestyle and six in Greco-Roman style. The venue was the Krachtsportgebouw , a temporary hall built by Jan Wills next to the Olympic Stadium .

Balance sheet

Krachtsportgebouw

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Finland	3	3	3	9
2	Sweden	3	1	-	4th
3	Estonia	2	-	1	3
4th	German Empire	1	2	1	4th
5	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
6th	Hungary	1	1	-	2
	United States	1	1	-	2
8th	Egypt	1	-	-	1
9	France	-	1	2	3
	Canada	-	1	2	3
11	Belgium	-	1	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	1	-	1
13	Italy	-	-	2	2
14th	Great Britain	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Freestyle competitor gold silver bronze Bantamweight Kaarlo Mäkinen Edmond Spapen James Trifunov Featherweight Allie Morrison Kustaa Pihlajamäki Hans Minder lightweight Osvald Käpp Charles Pacôme Eino Aukusti Leino Welterweight Arvo Haavisto Lloyd Appleton Maurice Letchford medium weight Ernst Kyburz Donald Stockton Samuel Rabin Light heavyweight Thure Sjöstedt Arnold Bögli Henri Lefèbre Heavyweight Johan Richthoff Aukusti Sihvola Edmond lady

Greco-Roman style competitor gold silver bronze Bantamweight Kurt Leucht Jindřich Maudr Giovanni Gozzi Featherweight Voldemar Väli Erik Malmberg Gerolamo Quaglia lightweight Lajos Keresztes Eduard Sperling Edvard Vesterlund medium weight Väinö Kokkinen László cardboard Albert Kusnets Light heavyweight Ibrahim Moustafa Adolf Rieger Onni Pellinen Heavyweight Rudolf Svensson Hjalmar Nyström Georg Gehring

Results freestyle

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	FIN	Kaarlo Mäkinen
2	BEL	Edmond Spapen
3	CAN	James Trifunov
4th	GBR	Harold Sansum
5	United States	Robert Hewitt
6th	SUI	Amedée Piguet
7th	OUT	Arthur Ford
	FRA	Michel Rozan

Date: July 30th to August 1st, 1928
8 participants from 8 countries

Feather weight (up to 61 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Allie Morrison
2	FIN	Kustaa Pihlajamäki
3	SUI	Hans Minder
4th	FRA	René Rottenfluc
5	BEL	Petrus Bressinck
6th	CAN	Daniel MacDonald
7th	GBR	Henry Angus
	NOR	Arthur North
9	EST	Eduard Pütsep

Date: July 30th to August 1st, 1928
9 participants from 9 countries

Lightweight (up to 66 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	EST	Osvald Käpp
2	FRA	Charles Pacôme
3	FIN	Eino Aukusti Leino
4th	NOR	Birgir Nilsen
5	THE	Carlo Jørgensen
6th	United States	Clarence Berryman
7th	SUI	Hans Mollet
8th	JPN	Ichirō Shinmen
	BEL	Jean Smet
10	GBR	George MacKenzie
	SWE	Nils Malmberg

Date: July 30th to August 1st, 1928
11 participants from 11 countries

Welter weight (up to 72 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	FIN	Arvo Haavisto
2	United States	Lloyd Appleton
3	CAN	Maurice Letchford
4th	FRA	Jean Jourlin
5	GBR	Robert Cook
	OUT	Harry Morris
7th	SUI	Fritz Käsermann
	EST	Alfred Praks
	BEL	Hyacinthe Roosen
10	THE	Johannes Jacobsen
	GRE	Theofilos Tomazos

Date: July 30th to August 1st, 1928
11 participants from 11 countries

Middle weight (up to 79 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	SUI	Ernst Kyburz
2	CAN	Donald Stockton
3	GBR	Samuel Rabin
4th	United States	Ralph Hammonds
	RSA	Anton Praeg
6th	OUT	Thomas Bolger
7th	FIN	Vilho Pekkala
8th	FRA	Henri Deniel
	BEL	Louis van der Herten

Date: July 30th to August 1st, 1928
9 participants from 9 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	SWE	Thure Sjöstedt
2	SUI	Arnold Bögli
3	FRA	Henri Lefèbre
4th	United States	Heywood Edwards
5	BEL	Jacques Van Assche
6th	FIN	Edil Rosenqvist
	GBR	Bernard Rowe

Date: July 30th to August 1st, 1928
7 participants from 7 countries

Heavy weight (over 87 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	SWE	Johan Richthoff
2	FIN	Aukusti Sihvola
3	FRA	Edmond lady
4th	United States	Ed Don George
5	SUI	Henri Wernli
6th	BEL	Léon Charlier
	CAN	Earl McCready

Date: July 30th to August 1st, 1928
7 participants from 7 countries

Results Greco-Roman style

Bantam weight (up to 58 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GER	Kurt Leucht
2	TCH	Jindřich Maudr
3	ITA	Giovanni Gozzi
4th	SWE	Oscar Lindelof
5	HUN	Ödön Zombori
6th	EST	Eduard Pütsep
7th	FIN	Anselm Ahlfors
	THE	Herman Andersen

Date: 2nd to 4th August 1928
19 participants from 19 countries

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	EST	Voldemar Väli
2	SWE	Erik Malmberg
3	ITA	Gerolamo Quaglia
4th	HUN	Károly Kárpáti
5	GER	Ernst Steinig
6th	DOOR	Saim Arıkan
	THE	Aage Meyer
	FIN	Aleksanteri Toivola

Date: 2nd to 5th August 1928
20 participants from 20 countries

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Lajos Keresztes
2	GER	Eduard Sperling
3	FIN	Edvard Vesterlund
4th	DOOR	Tayyar Yalaz
5	TCH	Vladimír Vávra
6th	NED	Walter Massop
7th	POLE	Ryszard Błażyca
	BEL	Frits Janssens

Date: 2nd to 5th August 1928
20 participants from 20 countries

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	FIN	Väinö Kokkinen
2	HUN	László cardboard
3	EST	Albert Kusnets
4th	THE	Johannes Jacobsen
5	BEL	Jean Saenen
6th	TCH	František Hala
7th	ITA	Enrico Bonassin
	DOOR	Nurettin Baytorun

Date: 2nd to 5th August 1928
17 participants from 17 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	EGY	Ibrahim Moustafa
2	GER	Adolf Rieger
3	FIN	Onni Pellinen
4th	BEL	Nicolas Appels
5	THE	Ejnar Hansen
	HUN	Imre Szalay
7th	EST	Otto Pohla

Date: 2nd to 5th August 1928
17 participants from 17 countries

Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	SWE	Rudolf Svensson
2	FIN	Hjalmar Nyström
3	GER	Georg Gehring
4th	AUT	Eugen Wiesberger
5	TCH	Josef Urban
6th	HUN	Raymund Badó
7th	DOOR	Mehmet Çoban
	ITA	Aleardo Donati

Date: 2nd to 5th August 1928
15 participants from 15 countries

Web links

• Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1928 Summer Olympics (PDF, 77.8 MB)