Date | 30 July – 1 August 1928 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Krachtsportgebouw, Amsterdam | |
Participants | 11 from 11 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament with separate single-elimination tournaments for second- and third-place. Second-place tournament conducted among those losing to the winner. Third-place tournament conducted among those losing to the winner or runner-up. |
No international freestyle events had been contested since the 1924 Olympics so it was difficult to choose a favorite. Only one of the 11 entrants had previously won an Olympic medal and that was Finland’s Arvo Haavisto, who won bronze as a lightweight in 1924. Haavisto won three straight matches to coast to the gold medal, defeating American Lloyd Appleton in the final match. Appleton would get through the second-place tournament to win the silver medal, while the bronze went to Canadian Maurice Letchford.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
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1 | Arvo Haavisto | FIN | Gold | ||
2 | Lloyd Appleton | USA | Silver | ||
3 | Maurice Letchford | CAN | Bronze | ||
4 | Jean Jourlin | FRA | |||
=5 | Harry Morris | AUS | |||
=5 | Bob Cook | GBR | |||
=7 | Alfred Praks | EST | |||
=7 | Hyacinthe Roosen | BEL | |||
=7 | Fritz Käsermann | SUI | |||
=10 | Theofilos Tomazos | GRE | |||
=10 | Johannes Jacobsen | DEN |
Match #1 | Lloyd Appleton | USA | Bob Cook | GBR | |
Match #2 | Alfred Praks | EST | Theofilos Tomazos | GRE | |
Match #3 | Hyacinthe Roosen | BEL | Johannes Jacobsen | DEN | |
Match #4 | Maurice Letchford | CAN | bye | ||
Match #5 | Fritz Käsermann | SUI | bye | ||
Match #6 | Jean Jourlin | FRA | bye | ||
Match #7 | Harry Morris | AUS | bye | ||
Match #8 | Arvo Haavisto | FIN | bye |
Match #1 | Lloyd Appleton | USA | Alfred Praks | EST | |
Match #2 | Maurice Letchford | CAN | Hyacinthe Roosen | BEL | |
Match #3 | Jean Jourlin | FRA | Fritz Käsermann | SUI | |
Match #4 | Arvo Haavisto | FIN | Harry Morris | AUS |
Match #1 | Lloyd Appleton | USA | Maurice Letchford | CAN | |
Match #2 | Arvo Haavisto | FIN | Jean Jourlin | FRA |
Match #1 | Arvo Haavisto | FIN | Lloyd Appleton | USA |
Match #1 | Lloyd Appleton | USA | Jean Jourlin | FRA | |
Match #2 | Lloyd Appleton | USA | Harry Morris | AUS |
Match #1 | Maurice Letchford | CAN | Bob Cook | GBR | |
Match #2 | Jean Jourlin | FRA | Harry Morris | AUS | |
Match #3 | Maurice Letchford | CAN | Jean Jourlin | FRA |