Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight explained
The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight was one of thirteen wrestling events held as part of the wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] The competition was held from August 2 to 5, and featured 17 wrestlers from 17 nations.[2] Light heavyweight was the second heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 75to.
Competition format
This Greco-Roman wrestling competition introduced an elimination system based on the accumulation of points. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.[2] [3]
Results
Round 1
The first round produced 4 winners by fall (0 points), 1 bye (0 points), 4 winners by decision (1 point), and 8 losers (3 points). Westergren withdrew after his bout.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | A. Şefik | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 |
| 6 | | | 1 |
| 6 | | | 1 |
| 6 | | | 1 |
| 6 | | | 1 |
| 10 | | | 3 |
| 10 | | | 3 |
| 10 | | | 3 |
| 10 | | | 3 |
| 10 | | | 3 |
| 10 | | | 3 |
| 10 | | | 3 |
| 17 | | | 3* | |
Round 2
None of the men who started the round with 0 points finished it that sway; Szalay and Moustafa received 1 point after winning by decision, while the other 3 lost. They were the only 2 to have a point total low enough to withstand a loss after this round. Pellinen and Rieger each had 2 points after winning both of their bouts by decision. The other 9 remaining wrestlers each had a loss. Only three men were eliminated with their second loss in round 2.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | A. Şefik | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Round 3
The third round featured 4 out of 6 bouts where the winner was guaranteed to advance and the loser guaranteed elimination. Vávra needed to win by fall to avoid elimination; he did. The sixth bout was between Szalay (1 point) and Clody (4 points); the former would advance even if he lost while the latter could be eliminated even with a win, it was by decision. That is exactly what happened; Clody's decision eliminated him but left Szalay at 4 points and still in contention. Moustafa had the bye and stayed at 1 point, now in sole possession of the lead.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | | | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 4
The three losers were eliminated. The three winners, and Appels on a bye, continued on.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | | | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Round 5
Pellinen and Appels were eliminated, with the bronze medal and 4th place, respectively. Rieger and Moustafa, both undefeated, advanced to face each other in a de facto gold medal bout.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Round 6
Moustafa defeated Rieger to take the gold medal.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Decision | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
|---|
| | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Notes and References
- http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928.pdf 1928 Summer Olympics - Official Report
- Web site: Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131934/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 17 February 2019.
- Official Report, p. 857.
