The men's Greco-Roman lightweight 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] Lightweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67.5 kilograms (136.7 to 148.8 lb).[1]
| Men's lightweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 2–5 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Competition format
editThis 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
editRound 1
editThe first round produced 5 winners by fall (0 points), 1 bye (0 points), 4 winners by decision (1 point), and 9 losers (3 points). Parisel and Metzner-Fritz withdrew after their bouts.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lajos Keresztes |  Hungary |
Fall | Adolphe Dumont |  Luxembourg
|
| Walter Massop |  Netherlands |
Decision | Miroslav Metzner-Fritz |  Yugoslavia
|
| Einar Borges |  Denmark |
Decision | Ernst Mumenthaler |  Switzerland
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| Frits Janssens |  Belgium |
Fall | Paul Parisel |  France
|
| Vladimír Vávra |  Czechoslovakia |
Fall | Ede Sperling |  Germany
|
| Osvald Käpp |  Estonia |
Fall | Piero Postini |  Italy
|
| Harald Pettersson |  Sweden |
Decision | Vasilios Pavlidis |  Greece
|
| Tayyar Yalaz |  Turkey |
Decision | Ryszard Błażyca |  Poland
|
| Edvard Westerlund |  Finland |
Fall | Alberto Barbieri |  Argentina
|
| Karl Pedersen |  Norway |
Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frits Janssens | Belgium |
0 |
| 1 | Osvald Käpp | Estonia |
0 |
| 1 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
0 |
| 1 | Karl Pedersen | Norway |
0 |
| 1 | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
0 |
| 1 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
0 |
| 7 | Einar Borges | Denmark |
1 |
| 7 | Walter Massop | Netherlands |
1 |
| 7 | Harald Pettersson | Sweden |
1 |
| 7 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
1 |
| 11 | Alberto Barbieri | Argentina |
3 |
| 11 | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland |
3 |
| 11 | Adolphe Dumont | Luxembourg |
3 |
| 11 | Ernst Mumenthaler | Switzerland |
3 |
| 11 | Vasilios Pavlidis | Greece |
3 |
| 11 | Piero Postini | Italy |
3 |
| 11 | Ede Sperling | Germany |
3 |
| 18 | Miroslav Metzner-Fritz | Yugoslavia |
3* |
| 18 | Paul Parisel | France |
3* |
Round 2
editVávra and Westerlund were the only 2 out of the 6 men who started with 0 points to finish with 0 points, Westerlund with a bye and Vávra with a second win by fall. Five men were 2–0 with a win by decision and a win by fall for 1 point apiece. Pedersen, with a first-round bye, lost in the second round for 3 points. Also at 3 points were Błażyca and Sperling, who won by fall in round 2 after losing in round 1. Borges and Pettersson each received their first loss after winning by decision in round 1, for 4 points apiece. Five of the 7 wrestlers who had lost in round 1 lost again in round 2 and were eliminated.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
Decision | Karl Pedersen | Norway
|
| Walter Massop | Netherlands |
Fall | Adolphe Dumont | Luxembourg
|
| Frits Janssens | Belgium |
Decision | Einar Borges | Denmark
|
| Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
Fall | Ernst Mumenthaler | Switzerland
|
| Ede Sperling | Germany |
Fall | Piero Postini | Italy
|
| Osvald Käpp | Estonia |
Decision | Harald Pettersson | Sweden
|
| Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
Fall | Vasilios Pavlidis | Greece
|
| Ryszard Błażyca | Poland |
Fall | Alberto Barbieri | Argentina
|
| Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
Bye | N/A | N/A |
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Frits Janssens | Belgium |
0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Osvald Käpp | Estonia |
0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Walter Massop | Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Karl Pedersen | Norway |
0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Ede Sperling | Germany |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Einar Borges | Denmark |
1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Harald Pettersson | Sweden |
1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Alberto Barbieri | Argentina |
3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Adolphe Dumont | Luxembourg |
3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Ernst Mumenthaler | Switzerland |
3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Piero Postini | Italy |
3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Vasilios Pavlidis | Greece |
3 | 3 | 6 |
Round 3
editAll 6 bouts in round 3 were won by fall, so all of the winners stayed at the same point score: Vávra and Westerlund at 0, Keresztes and Yalaz at 1, and Błażyca and Sperling at 3. Of the 6 losers, 3 had only had 1 point coming into the round and thus remained in competition with 4 points. Käpp, however, withdrew. The other 3 were eliminated.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
Fall | Karl Pedersen | Norway
|
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
Fall | Walter Massop | Netherlands
|
| Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
Fall | Einar Borges | Denmark
|
| Ede Sperling | Germany |
Fall | Frits Janssens | Belgium
|
| Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
Fall | Osvald Käpp | Estonia
|
| Ryszard Błażyca | Poland |
Fall | Harald Pettersson | Sweden
|
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Ede Sperling | Germany |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Frits Janssens | Belgium |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Walter Massop | Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Osvald Käpp | Estonia |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4* |
| 10 | Karl Pedersen | Norway |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Einar Borges | Denmark |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Harald Pettersson | Sweden |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Round 4
editVávra and Westerlund, who started the round with 0 points, each lost to finish the round with 3 points and in 3rd place. Yalaz, who defeated Vávra, took over the lead at 1 point which he had gained in the first round before reeling off 3 wins by fall. Keresztes picked up a 2nd point in his defeat of Westerlund. Sperling won by fall to stay at 3 points and eliminate Błażyca; Massop did the same to stay at 4 and eliminate Janssens.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
Decision | Edvard Westerlund | Finland
|
| Walter Massop | Netherlands |
Fall | Frits Janssens | Belgium
|
| Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
Fall | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia
|
| Ede Sperling | Germany |
Fall | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland
|
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Ede Sperling | Germany |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Walter Massop | Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Frits Janssens | Belgium |
0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Round 5
editThe leader lost again, this time Yalaz falling to Sperling. Keresztes took the lead with 2 points. Sperling followed with 3. Yalaz remained in competition at 4 points, as did Westerlund who picked up his 4th in a win by decision. Vávra, after leading with 0 points through round 3, had a second consecutive loss in round 5 and was eliminated. Massop also took his second loss and was eliminated.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
Decision | Walter Massop | Netherlands
|
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
Fall | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia
|
| Ede Sperling | Germany |
Fall | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey
|
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Ede Sperling | Germany |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Walter Massop | Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Round 6
editKeresztes maintained his lead, defeating Yalaz and eliminating the latter. Sperling won over Westerlund to stay in competition as well, with Westerlund eliminated. Because Westerlund and Yalaz both finished with 7 points, they would need to wrestle each other for the bronze while Sperling and Keresztes contested the gold medal.
- Bouts
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ede Sperling | Germany |
Decision | Edvard Westerlund | Finland
|
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
Fall | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey
|
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Ede Sperling | Germany |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Round 7
editKeresztes defeated Sperling for the gold medal. Westerlund prevailed over Yalaz for the bronze.
- Bronze medal bout
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
Decision | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey
|
- Gold medal bout
| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
Decision | Ede Sperling | Germany
|
- Points
| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Lajos Keresztes | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 |
Ede Sperling | Germany |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
 |
Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
References
edit- ^ a b 1928 Summer Olympics - Official Report
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ Official Report, p. 853.