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

Event:	Men's middleweight freestyle wrestling
Games:	1928 Summer
Venue:	Krachtsportgebouw
Dates:	July 30–August 1
Competitors:	9
Nations:	9
Gold:	Ernst Kyburz
Goldnoc:	SUI
Silver:	Donald Stockton
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Samuel Rabin
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

The men's freestyle middleweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 79 kilograms.^[1]

Results

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

Silver medal round

¹ Stockton was declared the winner after Hammonds retired from the match due to injury.

Bronze medal round

As Hammonds and Praeg were both unable to compete after being injured in the silver medal round, Samuel Rabin was awarded the bronze medal.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130406/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-middleweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 15 February 2019.
2. Web site: 1928 Summer Olympics official report.
3. Web site: Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich.