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

Event:	Men's welterweight freestyle wrestling
Games:	1928 Summer
Venue:	Krachtsportgebouw
Dates:	July 30–August 1
Competitors:	11
Nations:	11
Gold:	Arvo Haavisto
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Lloyd Appleton
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Maurice Letchford
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

The men's freestyle welterweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. Welterweight was the median category, including wrestlers weighing up to 72 kilograms. Arvo Haavisto, a 1924 bronze medalist in the lightweight category, won the tournament.^[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 Welterweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131940/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-welterweight-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.