The men's freestyle lightweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. Lightweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 65 kilograms. Eino Leino won his third Olympic medal, a bronze to go with his 1920 middleweight gold and 1924 welterweight silver.[1]
| Men's lightweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 30–August 1 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results edit
Source: Official results;[2] Wudarski[3]
Gold medal round edit
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
 Clarence Berryman (USA)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Algot Malmberg (SWE)
| L | Clarence Berryman (USA)
| L | ||||||||||||||||
 Osvald Käpp (EST)
| W | Osvald Käpp (EST)
| W | ||||||||||||||||
 Carlo Jørgensen (DEN)
| L | Osvald Käpp (EST)
| W | ||||||||||||||||
 Eino Leino (FIN)
| W |  Charles Pacôme (FRA)
| L | ||||||||||||||||
 George MacKenzie (GBR)
| L | Eino Leino (FIN)
| L | ||||||||||||||||
| Charles Pacôme (FRA)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Osvald Käpp (EST)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Birgir Nilsen (NOR)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birgir Nilsen (NOR)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Jean Smet (BEL)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birgir Nilsen (NOR)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hans Mollet (SUI)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hans Mollet (SUI)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Isuke Shinmen (JPN)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
Silver medal round edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Carlo Jørgensen (DEN)
| W | ||||||||
| Clarence Berryman (USA)
| L | Carlo Jørgensen (DEN)
| L | ||||||
| Charles Pacôme (FRA)
| W | Charles Pacôme (FRA)
| W | ||||||
| Birgir Nilsen (NOR)
| L | ||||||||
Bronze medal round edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Eino Leino (FIN)
| W | ||||||||
| Birgir Nilsen (NOR)
| L | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
- ^ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".