Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle featherweight

Men's featherweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Krachtsportgebouw
Dates	July 30–August 1
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Medalists
01 ! Allie Morrison  United States 02 ! Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland 03 ! Hans Minder  Switzerland

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

The men's freestyle featherweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. Featherweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 61 kilograms.

Kustaa Pihlajamäki, who had won gold in the lighter bantamweight class in 1924, took silver.

Results

Source: Official results;^[1] Wudarski^[2]

Gold medal round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Henry Angus (GBR)

W

Eduard Pütsep (EST)

L

Henry Angus (GBR)

L

Daniel MacDonald (CAN)

W

Daniel MacDonald (CAN)

L

Hans Minder (SUI)

W

Hans Minder (SUI)

W

Arthur Nord (NOR)

L

Hans Minder (SUI)

L

Allie Morrison (USA)

W

Allie Morrison (USA)

W

Petrus Bressinck (BEL)

L

Allie Morrison (USA)

W

Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)

L

Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)

W

René Rottenfluc (FRA)

L

Silver medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	Hans Minder (SUI)		W
	Petrus Bressinck (BEL)		L			Hans Minder (SUI)		L
						Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)		W

Bronze medal round

Rottenfluc was injured and did not compete.

	Semifinals					Final
						Hans Minder (SUI)		W
						René Rottenfluc (FRA)		L

References