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

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]

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
Ernst Kyburz  Switzerland Donald Stockton  Canada Samuel Rabin  Great Britain
← 1924 1932 →

Results

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

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 1			Donald Stockton (CAN)		W
	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.

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".