Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman featherweight

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The men's Greco-Roman featherweight 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 20 wrestlers from 20 nations.[2] Featherweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 58 to 62 kilograms (128 to 137 lb).[1]

Men's featherweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueKrachtsportgebouw
DatesAugust 2–5
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Voldemar Väli  Estonia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erik Malmberg  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gerolamo Quaglia  Italy
← 1924
1932 →

Competition format

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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

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Round 1

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The first round produced 7 winners by fall (0 points), 3 winners by decision (1 point), and 10 losers (3 points). Milovančev withdrew after his bout.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Saim Arıkan   Turkey Fall Iso Milovančev   Yugoslavia
Károly Kárpáti   Hungary Fall Ali Kamel   Egypt
Voldemar Väli   Estonia Decision Ludwig Schlanger   Austria
František Kratochvíl   Czechoslovakia Decision Martin Egeberg   Norway
Jacques Dillen   Belgium Decision Aage Meyer   Denmark
Ernst Steinig   Germany Fall Leon Mazurek   Poland
Ricardo Rey   Argentina Fall Isidor Bieri   Switzerland
Erik Malmberg   Sweden Fall Roger Mollet   France
Aleksanteri Toivola   Finland Fall Johannes Nolten Jr.   Netherlands
Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy Fall Benjamin Araújo   Portugal
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1
1 Saim Arıkan   Turkey 0
1 Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 0
1 Erik Malmberg   Sweden 0
1 Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy 0
1 Ricardo Rey   Argentina 0
1 Ernst Steinig   Germany 0
1 Aleksanteri Toivola   Finland 0
8 Jacques Dillen   Belgium 1
8 František Kratochvíl   Czechoslovakia 1
8 Voldemar Väli   Estonia 1
11 Benjamin Araújo   Portugal 3
11 Isidor Bieri   Switzerland 3
11 Martin Egeberg   Norway 3
11 Ali Kamel   Egypt 3
11 Leon Mazurek   Poland 3
11 Aage Meyer   Denmark 3
11 Roger Mollet   France 3
11 Johannes Nolten Jr.   Netherlands 3
11 Ludwig Schlanger   Austria 3
20 Iso Milovančev   Yugoslavia 3*

Round 2

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Eight of the nine bouts were determined by fall. Five men stayed at 0 points, each having won both his bouts by fall. Two others were 2–0 after this round: Väli with 1 point and Dillen with 2 points. Five men were at 3 points (4 after a 1–1 start with win by fall and one at 0–1 with a bye). Kratochvíl had the distinction of being the remaining man with the highest point total, at 4. Six men were 0–2 and were eliminated.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Ali Kamel   Egypt Fall Saim Arıkan   Turkey
Károly Kárpáti   Hungary Fall Ludwig Schlanger   Austria
Voldemar Väli   Estonia Fall František Kratochvíl   Czechoslovakia
Jacques Dillen   Belgium Decision Martin Egeberg   Norway
Aage Meyer   Denmark Fall Leon Mazurek   Poland
Ernst Steinig   Germany Fall Ricardo Rey   Argentina
Erik Malmberg   Sweden Fall Isidor Bieri   Switzerland
Aleksanteri Toivola   Finland Fall Roger Mollet   France
Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy Fall Johannes Nolten Jr.   Netherlands
Benjamin Araújo   Portugal Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total
1 Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 0 0 0
1 Erik Malmberg   Sweden 0 0 0
1 Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy 0 0 0
1 Ernst Steinig   Germany 0 0 0
1 Aleksanteri Toivola   Finland 0 0 0
6 Voldemar Väli   Estonia 1 0 1
7 Jacques Dillen   Belgium 1 1 2
8 Benjamin Araújo   Portugal 3 0 3
8 Saim Arıkan   Turkey 0 3 3
8 Ali Kamel   Egypt 3 0 '3
8 Aage Meyer   Denmark 3 0 3
8 Ricardo Rey   Argentina 0 3 3
13 František Kratochvíl   Czechoslovakia 1 3 4
14 Isidor Bieri   Switzerland 3 3 6
14 Martin Egeberg   Norway 3 3 6
14 Leon Mazurek   Poland 3 3 6
14 Roger Mollet   France 3 3 6
14 Johannes Nolten Jr.   Netherlands 3 3 6
14 Ludwig Schlanger   Austria 3 3 6

Round 3

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Of the five men who started the round with 0 points, only 1 finished it with that many: Quaglia, who had a bye. Kárpáti, Malmberg, and Steinig each won by decision, gaining their 1st point. Toivola lost. Väli stayed at 1 point, winning by fall. Dillen's first loss eliminated him, at 5 points after two wins by decision. Arıkan and Meyer won to stay in contention, each by fall to stay at 3 points. The other four men (Rey, Araujo, Kamel, and Dillen) who had a loss before this round lost again and were eliminated.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Saim Arıkan   Turkey Fall Benjamin Araújo   Portugal
Voldemar Väli   Estonia Fall Ali Kamel   Egypt
Erik Malmberg   Sweden Decision Aleksanteri Toivola   Finland
Károly Kárpáti   Hungary Decision František Kratochvíl   Czechoslovakia
Ernst Steinig   Germany Decision Jacques Dillen   Belgium
Aage Meyer   Denmark Fall Ricardo Rey   Argentina
Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy 0 0 0 0
2 Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 0 0 1 1
2 Erik Malmberg   Sweden 0 0 1 1
2 Ernst Steinig   Germany 0 0 1 1
2 Voldemar Väli   Estonia 1 0 0 1
6 Saim Arıkan   Turkey 0 3 0 3
6 Aage Meyer   Denmark 3 0 0 3
6 Aleksanteri Toivola   Finland 0 0 3 3
9 Jacques Dillen   Belgium 1 1 3 5
10 Benjamin Araújo   Portugal 3 0 3 6
10 Ali Kamel   Egypt 3 0 3 6
10 Ricardo Rey   Argentina 0 3 3 6
13 František Kratochvíl   Czechoslovakia 1 3 3 7

Round 4

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Quaglia won his third bout by fall; along with his 3rd round bye, he stayed at 0 points. Väli also won a third bout by fall, making him 4–0 with 1 point as the other win came by decision. Malmberg and Steinig each picked up their 2nd point by winning by decision again, making them vulnerable to elimination upon any future loss. Kárpáti took his first loss, moving to 4 points. All three of the men who started the round with a prior loss lost again and were eliminated.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy Fall Saim Arıkan   Turkey
Voldemar Väli   Estonia Fall Károly Kárpáti   Hungary
Erik Malmberg   Sweden Decision Aage Meyer   Denmark
Ernst Steinig   Germany Decision Aleksanteri Toivola   Finland
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy 0 0 0 0 0
2 Voldemar Väli   Estonia 1 0 0 0 1
3 Erik Malmberg   Sweden 0 0 1 1 2
3 Ernst Steinig   Germany 0 0 1 1 2
5 Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 0 0 1 3 4
6 Saim Arıkan   Turkey 0 3 0 3 6
6 Aage Meyer   Denmark 3 0 0 3 6
6 Aleksanteri Toivola   Finland 0 0 3 3 6

Round 5

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Malmberg received a bye in this round, staying at 2 points. Kárpáti defeated Quaglia, but the bad points system led to the winner (who moved from 4 points to 5) being eliminated while the loser (from 0 points to 3) was not. Väli pinned Steinig to take the lead (at 1 point) and eliminate the latter wrestler.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Károly Kárpáti   Hungary Decision Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy
Voldemar Väli   Estonia Fall Ernst Steinig   Germany
Erik Malmberg   Sweden Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
1 Voldemar Väli   Estonia 1 0 0 0 0 1
2 Erik Malmberg   Sweden 0 0 1 1 0 2
3 Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Károly Kárpáti   Hungary 0 0 1 3 1 5
5 Ernst Steinig   Germany 0 0 1 1 3 5

Round 6

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Väli was the only remaining wrestler who had not yet had a bye, so he got one in this round. Malmberg pinned Quaglia, staying in contention and eliminating the Italian with a bronze medal finish.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Erik Malmberg   Sweden Fall Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy
Voldemar Väli   Estonia Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total
1 Voldemar Väli   Estonia 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Erik Malmberg   Sweden 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
  Gerolamo Quaglia   Italy 0 0 0 0 3 3 6

Round 7

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Round 7 was effectively a gold medal match. Väli pinned Malmberg.

Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation
Voldemar Väli   Estonia Fall Erik Malmberg   Sweden
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total
  Voldemar Väli   Estonia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Erik Malmberg   Sweden 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 5

References

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  1. ^ a b 1928 Summer Olympics - Official Report
  2. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 851.