The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 87 kilograms.[1]
| Men's light heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 30–August 1 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results
editSource: Official results;[2] Wudarski[3]
Gold medal round
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Heywood Edwards (USA)
| W | |||||||||||||
 Edil Rosenqvist (FIN)
| L | Heywood Edwards (USA)
| W | |||||||||||
 Jacques Van Assche (BEL)
| W | Jacques van Assche (BEL)
| L | |||||||||||
 Bernard Rowe (GBR)
| L | Heywood Edwards (USA)
| L | |||||||||||
 Arnold Bögli (SUI)
| W |  Thure Sjöstedt (SWE)
| W | |||||||||||
 Henri Lefèbre (FRA)
| L | Arnold Bögli (SUI)
| L | |||||||||||
| Thure Sjöstedt (SWE)
| W | |||||||||||||
Silver medal round
edit| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Arnold Bögli (SUI)
| W | ||||||||
| Heywood Edwards (USA)
| L | ||||||||
Bronze medal round
edit| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Henri Lefèbre (FRA)
| W | ||||||||
| Heywood Edwards (USA)
| L | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
- ^ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".