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

Event:Men's featherweight freestyle wrestling
Games:1928 Summer
Venue:Krachtsportgebouw
Dates:July 30–August 1
Competitors:9
Nations:9
Gold:Allie Morrison
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Kustaa Pihlajamäki
Silvernoc:FIN
Bronze:Hans Minder
Bronzenoc:SUI
Prev:1924
Next:1932

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.[1]

Results

Source: Official results;[2] Wudarski[3]

Bronze medal round

As Rottenfluc was injured, the single match was scratched and Minder was awarded the bronze medal.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131940/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-featherweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 14 February 2019.
  2. Web site: 1928 Summer Olympics official report.
  3. Web site: Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich.