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


The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight was one of thirteen wrestling events held as part of the wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held from August 2 to 5, and featured 17 wrestlers from 17 nations.

Competition format

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. 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.

Results

Round 1

The first round produced 4 winners by fall, 1 bye, 4 winners by decision, and 8 losers. Westergren withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adolf RiegerDecisionEjnar Hansen
Robert GaupsetFallJohan Heijm
Otto PohlaFallMax Studer
Onni PellinenDecisionCarl Westergren
Imre SzalayFallKārlis Pētersons
Josef VávraDecisionBela Juhasz
Émile ClodyDecisionA. Şefik
Ibrahim MoustafaFallNicolas Appels
Jan GałuszkaByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationR1
10
10
10
10
10
61
61
61
61
103
103
103
103
103
103
103
173*

Round 2

None of the men who started the round with 0 points finished it that sway; Szalay and Moustafa received 1 point after winning by decision, while the other 3 lost. They were the only 2 to have a point total low enough to withstand a loss after this round. Pellinen and Rieger each had 2 points after winning both of their bouts by decision. The other 9 remaining wrestlers each had a loss. Only three men were eliminated with their second loss in round 2.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ejnar HansenFallJan Gałuszka
Adolf RiegerDecisionRobert Gaupset
Johan HeijmFallMax Studer
Onni PellinenDecisionOtto Pohla
Imre SzalayDecisionJosef Vávra
Kārlis PētersonsFallBela Juhasz
Nicolas AppelsFallÉmile Clody
Ibrahim MoustafaDecisionA. Şefik

; Points
RankWrestlerNationR1R2Total
1011
1011
3112
3112
5303
5033
5033
5303
5303
5303
5033
5134
13134
14336
14336
14336

Round 3

The third round featured 4 out of 6 bouts where the winner was guaranteed to advance and the loser guaranteed elimination. Vávra needed to win by fall to avoid elimination; he did. The sixth bout was between Szalay and Clody ; the former would advance even if he lost while the latter could be eliminated even with a win, it was by decision. That is exactly what happened; Clody's decision eliminated him but left Szalay at 4 points and still in contention. Moustafa had the bye and stayed at 1 point, now in sole possession of the lead.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adolf RiegerFallJan Gałuszka
Ejnar HansenFallRobert Gaupset
Otto PohlaFallJohan Heijm
Onni PellinenFallKārlis Pētersons
Émile ClodyDecisionImre Szalay
Nicolas AppelsFallJosef Vávra
Ibrahim MoustafaByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationR1R2R3Total
10101
21102
21102
43003
43003
40303
70134
81315
90336
90336
93036
93036
91337

Round 4

The three losers were eliminated. The three winners, and Appels on a bye, continued on.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ibrahim MoustafaFallEjnar Hansen
Adolf RiegerDecisionOtto Pohla
Onni PellinenFallImre Szalay
Nicolas AppelsByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationR1R2R3R4Total
101001
211002
330003
311013
530036
601336
703036

Round 5

Pellinen and Appels were eliminated, with the bronze medal and 4th place, respectively. Rieger and Moustafa, both undefeated, advanced to face each other in a de facto gold medal bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Adolf RiegerFallNicolas Appels
Ibrahim MoustafaDecisionOnni Pellinen

; Points
RankWrestlerNationR1R2R3R4R5Total
1010012
2110103
110035
4300036

Round 6

Moustafa defeated Rieger to take the gold medal.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ibrahim MoustafaDecisionAdolf Rieger

; Points
RankWrestlerNationR1R2R3R4R5R6Total
0100113
1101036