Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight explained
The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67.5to.
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).
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | 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 |
| 10 | | | 3 | |
Round 2
Jacobsen (second win by fall) and Kokkinen (bye, win by fall) stayed at 0 points. Four men finished the second round at 2–0 with one win by fall and one by decision for 1 point apiece. Five more were 1–1 with either 3 or 4 points depending on how the win was achieved. Walzer had 3 points after a loss and a bye. Five wrestlers were 0–2 and were eliminated.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | |
| | 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 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | | | 3 | 1 | 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 the winners remained at the same point totals: Jacobsen and Kokkinen at 0, Kusnets and Papp at 1, Hala at 3, and Baytorun at 4. Two of the losers—Bonassin and Saenen—reached only 4 points and continued in competition. The other 4 losers were eliminated.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | | | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 4
Jacobsen had his first loss, but only went to 3 points and continued in competition. The other three losers were eliminated. Kokkinen was the only man left with 0 points. Each of the 5 remaining wrestlers had a different point total, 0 through 4.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | | | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 5
With Jacobsen on a bye, and Kokkinen (at 0 points) and Papp (at 1 point) facing each other in a no-elimination-possible match, the only man that would be eliminated in round 5 was the loser of the Kusnets vs. Saenen bout. Kusnets won, so Saenen was eliminated.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Fall | | |
| | Bye | N/A | N/A | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
|---|
| 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | | | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
Round 6
In contrast to the previous round which eliminated only 1 of 5 wrestlers, round 6 eliminated 3 of the remaining 4. Kokkinen beat Jacobsen to eliminate the latter man, who finished in 4th place. The Papp vs. Kusnets match ended in mutual elimination because Papp won by decision; both men finished with 5 points, but Papp had the head-to-head tie-breaker because of this win and received the silver medal. Kokkinen, who never received a point in the tournament (a bye and 4 wins by fall), won the gold medal as the last man remaining.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|
| | Fall | | |
| | Decision | | | |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
|---|
| | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 Middleweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131936/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-middleweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 17 February 2019.
- Official Report, p. 855.
