Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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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.

Wrestling

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
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Kaarlo Mäkinen
 Finland
Edmond Spapen
 Belgium
James Trifunov
23x15px Canada
Featherweight
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Allie Morrison
 United States
Kustaa Pihlajamäki
 Finland
Hans Minder
 Switzerland
Lightweight
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Osvald Käpp
 Estonia
Charles Pacôme
 France
Eino Augusti Leino
 Finland
Welterweight
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Arvo Haavisto
 Finland
Lloyd Appleton
 United States
Maurice Letchford
23x15px Canada
Middleweight
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Ernst Kyburz
 Switzerland
Donald Stockton
23x15px Canada
Samuel Rabin
 Great Britain
Light Heavyweight
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Thure Sjöstedt
 Sweden
Arnold Bögli
 Switzerland
Henri Lefèbre
 France
Heavyweight
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Johan Richthoff
 Sweden
Aukusti Sihvola
 Finland
Edmond Dame
 France

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
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Kurt Leucht
 Germany
Jindrich Maudr
 Czechoslovakia
Giovanni Gozzi
 Italy
Featherweight
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Voldemar Väli
 Estonia
Eric Malmberg
 Sweden
Gerolamo Quaglia
 Italy
Lightweight
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Lajos Keresztes
 Hungary
Eduard Sperling
 Germany
Edvard Westerlund
 Finland
Middleweight
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Väinö Kokkinen
 Finland
László Papp
 Hungary
Albert Kusnets
 Estonia
Light Heavyweight
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Ibrahim Moustafa
23x15px Egypt
Adolf Rieger
 Germany
Onni Pellinen
 Finland
Heavyweight
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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 22x20px Egypt (EGY) 1 0 0 1
9 22x20px 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

List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling

List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

United States results in men's freestyle wrestling

References

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