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]
| Men's bantamweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 30–August 1 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results edit
Source: Official results;[2] Wudarski[3]
Gold medal round edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Amedée Piguet (SUI)
| W | |||||||||||||
 Arthur Ford (AUS)
| L | |||||||||||||
| Amedée Piguet (SUI)
| L | |||||||||||||
 Robert Hewitt (USA)
| W | |||||||||||||
| Robert Hewitt (USA)
| W | |||||||||||||
 Michel Rozan (FRA)
| L | |||||||||||||
| Robert Hewitt (USA)
| L | |||||||||||||
 Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||
| Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||
 Harold Sansum (GBR)
| L | |||||||||||||
| Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||
 Edmond Spapen (BEL)
| L | |||||||||||||
| Edmond Spapen (BEL)
| W | |||||||||||||
 James Trifunov (CAN)
| L | |||||||||||||
Silver medal round edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Harold Sansum (GBR)
| W | ||||||||
| Robert Hewitt (USA)
| L | Harold Sansum (GBR)
| L | ||||||
| Edmond Spapen (BEL)
| W | ||||||||
Bronze medal round edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| James Trifunov (CAN)
| W | ||||||||
| Harold Sansum (GBR)
| L | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
- ^ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".