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

Event:	Men's bantamweight freestyle wrestling
Games:	1928 Summer
Venue:	Krachtsportgebouw
Dates:	July 30–August 1
Competitors:	8
Nations:	8
Gold:	Kaarlo Mäkinen
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Edmond Spapen
Silvernoc:	BEL
Bronze:	James Trifunov
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

The men's freestyle bantamweight 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. Bantamweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 56 kilograms. Kaarlo Mäkinen, the silver medalist at the previous Games, won the event.^[1]

Results

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

Bronze medal round

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131937/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-bantamweight-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.