Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
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 | ||||||||||||
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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] Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67.5 to 75 kilograms (148.8 to 165.3 lb).[1]
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 |
---|---|---|---|
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
- ^ a b 1928 Summer Olympics - Official Report
- ^ a b "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.