The men's freestyle featherweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. Featherweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 61 kilograms. Kustaa Pihlajamäki, who had won gold in the lighter bantamweight class in 1924, took silver.[1]
| Men's featherweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 30–August 1 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results edit
Source: Official results;[2] Wudarski[3]
Gold medal round edit
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
 Harold Angus (GBR)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Eduard Pütsep (EST)
| L | Harold Angus (GBR)
| L | ||||||||||||||||
 Daniel MacDonald (CAN)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel MacDonald (CAN)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hans Minder (SUI)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hans Minder (SUI)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Arthur Nord (NOR)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hans Minder (SUI)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
 Allie Morrison (USA)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allie Morrison (USA)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Pierre Bressinck (BEL)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allie Morrison (USA)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 René Rottenfluc (FRA)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
Silver medal round edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Hans Minder (SUI)
| W | ||||||||
| Petrus Bressinck (BEL)
| L | Hans Minder (SUI)
| L | ||||||
| Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)
| W | ||||||||
Bronze medal round edit
As Rottenfluc was injured, the single match was scratched and Minder was awarded the bronze medal.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Hans Minder (SUI)
| W | ||||||||
| René Rottenfluc (FRA)
| L | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
- ^ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".