Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
# Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

At the 1928 Summer Olympics, thirteen wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were six weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling. The freestyle competitions were held from July 30 to August 1, 1928 and the Greco-Roman events were held from August 2 to August 5, 1928.

## Medal summary

### Freestyle

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bantamweight details | Kaarlo Mäkinen Finland | Edmond Spapen Belgium | James Trifunov Canada |
| Featherweight details | Allie Morrison United States | Kustaa Pihlajamäki Finland | Hans Minder Switzerland |
| Lightweight details | Osvald Käpp Estonia | Charles Pacôme France | Eino Augusti Leino Finland |
| Welterweight details | Arvo Haavisto Finland | Lloyd Appleton United States | Maurice Letchford Canada |
| Middleweight details | Ernst Kyburz Switzerland | Donald Stockton Canada | Samuel Rabin Great Britain |
| Light Heavyweight details | Thure Sjöstedt Sweden | Arnold Bögli Switzerland | Henri Lefèbre France |
| Heavyweight details | Johan Richthoff Sweden | Aukusti Sihvola Finland | Edmond Dame France |

### Greco-Roman

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bantamweight details | Kurt Leucht Germany | Jindrich Maudr Czechoslovakia | Giovanni Gozzi Italy |
| Featherweight details | Voldemar Väli Estonia | Eric Malmberg Sweden | Gerolamo Quaglia Italy |
| Lightweight details | Lajos Keresztes Hungary | Eduard Sperling Germany | Edvard Westerlund Finland |
| Middleweight details | Väinö Kokkinen Finland | László Papp Hungary | Albert Kusnets Estonia |
| Light Heavyweight details | Ibrahim Moustafa Egypt | Adolf Rieger Germany | Onni Pellinen Finland |
| Heavyweight details | Rudolf Svensson Sweden | Hjalmar Nyström Finland | Georg Gehring Germany |

## Participating nations

166 wrestlers from 29 nations competed. Argentina competed in wrestling for the first time.

| Argentina (5)  Australia (3)  Austria (2)  Belgium (13)  Canada (5)  Czechoslovakia (6)  Denmark (7)  Egypt (4)  Estonia (6)  Finland (13) | France (13)  Germany (6)  Great Britain (6)  Greece (3)  Hungary (6)  Italy (5)  Japan (1)  Latvia (2)  Luxembourg (3)  Netherlands (6) | Norway (7)  Poland (4)  Portugal (1)  South Africa (1)  Sweden (9)  Switzerland (11)  Turkey (6)  United States (7)  Yugoslavia (5) |
| - | - | - |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Estonia (EST) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
