Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight explained
The men's Greco-Roman lightweight 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 20 wrestlers from 20 nations.[2] Lightweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62to.
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 5 winners by fall (0 points), 1 bye (0 points), 4 winners by decision (1 point), and 9 losers (3 points). Parisel and Metzner-Fritz withdrew after their bouts.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
---|
1 | | | 0 |
1 | | | 0 |
1 | | | 0 |
1 | | | 0 |
1 | | | 0 |
1 | | | 0 |
7 | | | 1 |
7 | | | 1 |
7 | | | 1 |
7 | | | 1 |
11 | | | 3 |
11 | | | 3 |
11 | | | 3 |
11 | | | 3 |
11 | | | 3 |
11 | | | 3 |
11 | | | 3 |
18 | | | 3* |
18 | | | 3* | |
Round 2
Vávra and Westerlund were the only 2 out of the 6 men who started with 0 points to finish with 0 points, Westerlund with a bye and Vávra with a second win by fall. Five men were 2–0 with a win by decision and a win by fall for 1 point apiece. Pedersen, with a first-round bye, lost in the second round for 3 points. Also at 3 points were Błażyca and Sperling, who won by fall in round 2 after losing in round 1. Borges and Pettersson each received their first loss after winning by decision in round 1, for 4 points apiece. Five of the 7 wrestlers who had lost in round 1 lost again in round 2 and were eliminated.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
---|
1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | | | 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
8 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
8 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
11 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
11 | | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
13 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
13 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
13 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
13 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 |
13 | | | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Round 3
All 6 bouts in round 3 were won by fall, so all of the winners stayed at the same point score: Vávra and Westerlund at 0, Keresztes and Yalaz at 1, and Błażyca and Sperling at 3. Of the 6 losers, 3 had only had 1 point coming into the round and thus remained in competition with 4 points. Käpp, however, withdrew. The other 3 were eliminated.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | | |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
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1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
5 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
7 | | | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
7 | | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
9 | | | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4* |
10 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
11 | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 4
Vávra and Westerlund, who started the round with 0 points, each lost to finish the round with 3 points and in 3rd place. Yalaz, who defeated Vávra, took over the lead at 1 point which he had gained in the first round before reeling off 3 wins by fall. Keresztes picked up a 2nd point in his defeat of Westerlund. Sperling won by fall to stay at 3 points and eliminate Błażyca; Massop did the same to stay at 4 and eliminate Janssens.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | | |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
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1 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
3 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
7 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
8 | | | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 5
The leader lost again, this time Yalaz falling to Sperling. Keresztes took the lead with 2 points. Sperling followed with 3. Yalaz remained in competition at 4 points, as did Westerlund who picked up his 4th in a win by decision. Vávra, after leading with 0 points through round 3, had a second consecutive loss in round 5 and was eliminated. Massop also took his second loss and was eliminated.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | | |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
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1 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
3 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
5 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
6 | | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 6
Keresztes maintained his lead, defeating Yalaz and eliminating the latter. Sperling won over Westerlund to stay in competition as well, with Westerlund eliminated. Because Westerlund and Yalaz both finished with 7 points, they would need to wrestle each other for the bronze while Sperling and Keresztes contested the gold medal.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | | |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
---|
1 | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
3 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 7
Keresztes defeated Sperling for the gold medal. Westerlund prevailed over Yalaz for the bronze.
- Bronze medal bout
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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| | Decision | | | |
- Gold medal bout
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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| | Decision | | | |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total |
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| | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
4 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
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 Lightweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131940/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-lightweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 17 February 2019.
- Official Report, p. 853.