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

Men's middleweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Krachtsportgebouw
Dates	July 30–August 1
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Medalists
01 ! Ernst Kyburz  Switzerland 02 ! Donald Stockton  Canada 03 ! Samuel Rabin  Great Britain

Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Bantam	men
Feather	men
Light	men
Middle	men
Light heavy	men
Heavy	men
Freestyle
Bantam	men
Feather	men
Light	men
Welter	men
Middle	men
Light heavy	men
Heavy	men

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.

Results

Source: Official results;^[1] Wudarski^[2]

Gold medal round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Ernst Kyburz (SUI)

W

Thomas Bolger (AUS)

L

Ernst Kyburz (SUI)

W

Anton Praeg (RSA)

L

Ernst Kyburz (SUI)

W

Donald Stockton (CAN)

L

Donald Stockton (CAN)

W

Samuel Rabin (GBR)

L

Ernst Kyburz (SUI)

W

Ralph Hammonds (USA)

L

Ralph Hammonds (USA)

W

Louis van der Herten (BEL)

L

Ralph Hammonds (USA)

W

Vilho Pekkala (FIN)

L

Vilho Pekkala (FIN)

W

Henri Deniel (FRA)

L

Silver medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	Anton Praeg (RSA)		W
	Thomas Bolger (AUS)		L			Anton Praeg (RSA)		L
	Donald Stockton (CAN)		W/O			Donald Stockton (CAN)		W
	Ralph Hammonds (USA)		Ret.

Bronze medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	Samuel Rabin (GBR)		W/O
	Ralph Hammonds (USA)		Ret.			Samuel Rabin (GBR)		W/O
						Anton Praeg (RSA)		Ret.

References