Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
The men's Greco-Roman middleweight was one of thirteen wrestling events held as part of the wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] The competition was held from August 2 to 5, and featured 17 wrestlers from 17 nations.[2]
Men's middleweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 2–5 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 17 from 17 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Bantam | men |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Welter | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Competition format
This Greco-Roman wrestling competition introduced an elimination system based on the accumulation of points. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.[2][3]
Results
Round 1
The first round produced 4 winners by fall (0 points), 1 bye (0 points), 4 winners by decision (1 point), and 8 losers (3 points).
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Ivar Johansson | Fall | Émile Frantz | ||
László Papp | Decision | František Hala | ||
Jean Saenen | Decision | Émile Poilvé | ||
Franjo Palković | Fall | Simon Balkema | ||
Enrico Bonassin | Fall | Alfred Larsen | ||
Albert Kusnets | Decision | Hermann Simon | ||
Johannes Jacobsen | Fall | Nurettin Baytorun | ||
Otto Frei | Decision | Antonio Walzer | ||
Väinö Kokkinen | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
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1 | Enrico Bonassin | 0 | |
1 | Johannes Jacobsen | 0 | |
1 | Ivar Johansson | 0 | |
1 | Väinö Kokkinen | 0 | |
1 | Franjo Palković | 0 | |
6 | Otto Frei | 1 | |
6 | Albert Kusnets | 1 | |
6 | László Papp | 1 | |
6 | Jean Saenen | 1 | |
10 | Simon Balkema | 3 | |
10 | Nurettin Baytorun | 3 | |
10 | Émile Frantz | 3 | |
10 | František Hala | 3 | |
10 | Alfred Larsen | 3 | |
10 | Émile Poilvé | 3 | |
10 | Hermann Simon | 3 | |
10 | Antonio Walzer | 3 |
Round 2
Jacobsen (second win by fall) and Kokkinen (bye, win by fall) stayed at 0 points. Four men finished the second round at 2–0 with one win by fall and one by decision for 1 point apiece. Five more were 1–1 with either 3 or 4 points depending on how the win was achieved. Walzer had 3 points after a loss and a bye. Five wrestlers were 0–2 and were eliminated.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Väinö Kokkinen | Fall | Ivar Johansson | ||
František Hala | Fall | Émile Frantz | ||
László Papp | Fall | Émile Poilvé | ||
Jean Saenen | Fall | Simon Balkema | ||
Enrico Bonassin | Decision | Franjo Palković | ||
Albert Kusnets | Fall | Alfred Larsen | ||
Nurettin Baytorun | Decision | Hermann Simon | ||
Johannes Jacobsen | Fall | Otto Frei | ||
Antonio Walzer | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
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1 | Johannes Jacobsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Väinö Kokkinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Enrico Bonassin | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
3 | Albert Kusnets | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | László Papp | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Jean Saenen | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | František Hala | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
7 | Ivar Johansson | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Franjo Palković | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
7 | Antonio Walzer | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
11 | Nurettin Baytorun | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
11 | Otto Frei | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
13 | Émile Frantz | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
13 | Émile Poilvé | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
13 | Simon Balkema | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
13 | Alfred Larsen | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
13 | Hermann Simon | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
All 6 bouts in round 3 were won by fall, so the winners remained at the same point totals: Jacobsen and Kokkinen at 0, Kusnets and Papp at 1, Hala at 3, and Baytorun at 4. Two of the losers—Bonassin and Saenen—reached only 4 points and continued in competition. The other 4 losers were eliminated.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Väinö Kokkinen | Fall | Antonio Walzer | ||
František Hala | Fall | Ivar Johansson | ||
László Papp | Fall | Jean Saenen | ||
Albert Kusnets | Fall | Franjo Palković | ||
Johannes Jacobsen | Fall | Enrico Bonassin | ||
Nurettin Baytorun | Fall | Otto Frei |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
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1 | Johannes Jacobsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | Väinö Kokkinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Albert Kusnets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | László Papp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | František Hala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
6 | Nurettin Baytorun | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | Enrico Bonassin | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
6 | Jean Saenen | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
9 | Ivar Johansson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
9 | Franjo Palković | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
9 | Antonio Walzer | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
12 | Otto Frei | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
Jacobsen had his first loss, but only went to 3 points and continued in competition. The other three losers were eliminated. Kokkinen was the only man left with 0 points. Each of the 5 remaining wrestlers had a different point total, 0 through 4.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Väinö Kokkinen | Fall | František Hala | ||
László Papp | Fall | Enrico Bonassin | ||
Jean Saenen | Fall | Nurettin Baytorun | ||
Albert Kusnets | Decision | Johannes Jacobsen |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
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1 | Väinö Kokkinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | László Papp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Albert Kusnets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | Johannes Jacobsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
5 | Jean Saenen | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | František Hala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
7 | Nurettin Baytorun | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
8 | Enrico Bonassin | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
With Jacobsen on a bye, and Kokkinen (at 0 points) and Papp (at 1 point) facing each other in a no-elimination-possible match, the only man that would be eliminated in round 5 was the loser of the Kusnets vs. Saenen bout. Kusnets won, so Saenen was eliminated.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Väinö Kokkinen | Fall | László Papp | ||
Albert Kusnets | Fall | Jean Saenen | ||
Johannes Jacobsen | Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
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1 | Väinö Kokkinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Albert Kusnets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | Johannes Jacobsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | László Papp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
5 | Jean Saenen | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Round 6
In contrast to the previous round which eliminated only 1 of 5 wrestlers, round 6 eliminated 3 of the remaining 4. Kokkinen beat Jacobsen to eliminate the latter man, who finished in 4th place. The Papp vs. Kusnets match ended in mutual elimination because Papp won by decision; both men finished with 5 points, but Papp had the head-to-head tie-breaker because of this win and received the silver medal. Kokkinen, who never received a point in the tournament (a bye and 4 wins by fall), won the gold medal as the last man remaining.
- Bouts
Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
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Väinö Kokkinen | Fall | Johannes Jacobsen | ||
László Papp | Decision | Albert Kusnets |
- Points
Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
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Väinö Kokkinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
László Papp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
Albert Kusnets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
4 | Johannes Jacobsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
References
- 1928 Summer Olympics - Official Report
- "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- Official Report, p. 855.