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Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤75 kilograms), Men

Date	2 – 5 August 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Krachtsportgebouw, Amsterdam
Participants	17 from 17 countries
Format	Double-elimination tournament.

The defending champion was Finn Edvard Westerlund, who competed in Amsterdam, but dropped down to lightweight, where he won a bronze medal. The last two European Championships had been won by Hungarian László Papp (1927) and Dane Johannes Jacobsen (1926). In Westerlund’s absence the Finnish entry was Väinö Kokkinen, who dominated the class, winning five straight matches by falls, after a bye in the first round, to take the gold medal. Kokkinen would return in 1932 and defend his gold medal. Papp and Jacobsen both made it to the medal matches, with Papp earning a silver medal by defeating Estonian Albert Kusnets, while Jacobsen lost by fall to Kokkinen and dropped off the podium.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Väinö Kokkinen	FIN	Gold
2	László Papp	HUN	Silver
3	Albert Kusnets	EST	Bronze
4	Johannes Jacobsen	DEN
5	Jan Saenen	BEL
6	František Hala	TCH
=7	Enrico Bonassin	ITA
=7	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR
=9	Ivar Johansson	SWE
=9	Franjo Palković	YUG
=9	Otto Frei	SUI
=9	Antonio Walzer	ARG
=13	Émile Frantz	LUX
=13	Émile Poilvé	FRA
=13	Simon Balkema	NED
=13	Alfred Larsen	NOR
=13	Hermann Simon	GER

Round One (2 August 1928)

Match #1	Ivar Johansson	SWE	fall	Émile Frantz	LUX
Match #2	László Papp	HUN	decision	František Hala	TCH
Match #3	Jan Saenen	BEL	decision	Émile Poilvé	FRA
Match #4	Franjo Palković	YUG	fall	Simon Balkema	NED
Match #5	Enrico Bonassin	ITA	fall	Alfred Larsen	NOR
Match #6	Albert Kusnets	EST	decision	Hermann Simon	GER
Match #7	Johannes Jacobsen	DEN	fall	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR
Match #8	Otto Frei	SUI	decision	Antonio Walzer	ARG
Match #9	Väinö Kokkinen	FIN	bye

Round Two (3 August 1928)

Match #1	Väinö Kokkinen	FIN	fall	Ivar Johansson	SWE
Match #2	František Hala	TCH	fall	Émile Frantz	LUX
Match #3	László Papp	HUN	fall	Émile Poilvé	FRA
Match #4	Jan Saenen	BEL	fall	Simon Balkema	NED
Match #5	Enrico Bonassin	ITA	decision	Franjo Palković	YUG
Match #6	Albert Kusnets	EST	fall	Alfred Larsen	NOR
Match #7	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR	decision	Hermann Simon	GER
Match #8	Johannes Jacobsen	DEN	fall	Otto Frei	SUI
Match #9	Antonio Walzer	ARG	bye

Round Three (4 August 1928)

Match #1	Väinö Kokkinen	FIN	fall	Antonio Walzer	ARG
Match #2	František Hala	TCH	fall	Ivar Johansson	SWE
Match #3	László Papp	HUN	fall	Jan Saenen	BEL
Match #4	Albert Kusnets	EST	fall	Franjo Palković	YUG
Match #5	Johannes Jacobsen	DEN	fall	Enrico Bonassin	ITA
Match #6	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR	fall	Otto Frei	SUI

Round Four (5 August 1928)

Match #1	Väinö Kokkinen	FIN	fall	František Hala	TCH
Match #2	László Papp	HUN	fall	Enrico Bonassin	ITA
Match #3	Jan Saenen	BEL	fall	Nurettin Baytorun	TUR
Match #4	Albert Kusnets	EST	decision	Johannes Jacobsen	DEN

Round Five (5 August 1928)

Match #1	Väinö Kokkinen	FIN	fall	László Papp	HUN
Match #2	Albert Kusnets	EST	fall	Jan Saenen	BEL
Match #3	Johannes Jacobsen	DEN	bye

Final Round (5 August 1928)

Match #1	Väinö Kokkinen	FIN	fall	Johannes Jacobsen	DEN
Match #2	László Papp	HUN	decision	Albert Kusnets	EST