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.

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

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

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
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  United States (USA) 1 1 0 2
 Hungary (HUN) 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
11  Italy (ITA) 0 0 2 2
12  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1

See also

References

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