Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight

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Men's middleweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue Krachtsportgebouw
DatesJuly 30–August 1
Competitors9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ernst Kyburz Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Donald Stockton Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Samuel Rabin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1924
1932  

The men's freestyle middleweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 79 kilograms. [1]

Freestyle wrestling style of amateur wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practiced throughout the world. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games. American high school and college wrestling is conducted under different rules and is termed scholastic and collegiate wrestling.

At the 1928 Summer Olympics, thirteen wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were six weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling. The freestyle competitions were held from July 30 to August 1, 1928 and the Greco-Roman events were held from August 2 to August 5, 1928.

Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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Results

Source: Official results; [2] Wudarski [3]

Gold medal round

Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Ernst Kyburz  (SUI)W 
Flag of Australia.svg  Thomas Bolger  (AUS)L  Flag of Switzerland.svg  Ernst Kyburz  (SUI)W 
  Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1928).svg  Anton Praeg  (RSA)L 
   Flag of Switzerland.svg  Ernst Kyburz  (SUI)W 
   Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Donald Stockton  (CAN)L 
  Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Donald Stockton  (CAN)W 
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Samuel Rabin  (GBR)L 
   Flag of Switzerland.svg  Ernst Kyburz  (SUI)W
   US flag 48 stars.svg  Ralph Hammonds  (USA)L
  US flag 48 stars.svg  Ralph Hammonds  (USA)W 
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Louis Van Der Herten  (BEL)L 
   US flag 48 stars.svg  Ralph Hammonds  (USA)W 
   Flag of Finland.svg  Vilho Pekkala  (FIN)L 
  Flag of Finland.svg  Vilho Pekkala  (FIN)W   
  Flag of France.svg  Henri Deniel  (FRA)L   
 

Silver medal round

SemifinalsFinal
Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1928).svg  Anton Praeg  (RSA)W 
Flag of Australia.svg  Thomas Bolger  (AUS)L  Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1928).svg  Anton Praeg  (RSA)L
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Donald Stockton  (CAN)W1  Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Donald Stockton  (CAN)W
US flag 48 stars.svg  Ralph Hammonds  (USA)L 

1 Stockton was declared the winner after Hammonds retired from the match due to injury.

Bronze medal round

As Hammonds and Praeg were both unable to compete after being injured in the silver medal round, Samuel Rabin was awarded the bronze medal.

Samuel (Sam) Rabin, originally Samuel Rabinovitch, was an English sculptor, artist, teacher, singer, wrestler and Olympic bronze medalist.

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".