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

Men's featherweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Krachtsportgebouw
Dates	July 30–August 1
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Allie Morrison  United States Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland Hans Minder  Switzerland

The men's freestyle featherweight 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. Featherweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 61 kilograms. Kustaa Pihlajamäki, who had won gold in the lighter bantamweight class in 1924, took silver.^[1]

Results

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

Gold medal round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Harold Angus (GBR)

W

Eduard Pütsep (EST)

L

Harold Angus (GBR)

L

Daniel MacDonald (CAN)

W

Daniel MacDonald (CAN)

L

Hans Minder (SUI)

W

Hans Minder (SUI)

W

Arthur Nord (NOR)

L

Hans Minder (SUI)

L

Allie Morrison (USA)

W

Allie Morrison (USA)

W

Pierre Bressinck (BEL)

L

Allie Morrison (USA)

W

Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)

L

Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)

W

René Rottenfluc (FRA)

L

Silver medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	Hans Minder (SUI)		W
	Petrus Bressinck (BEL)		L			Hans Minder (SUI)		L
						Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)		W

Bronze medal round

As Rottenfluc was injured, the single match was scratched and Minder was awarded the bronze medal.

	Semifinals					Final
						Hans Minder (SUI)		W
						René Rottenfluc (FRA)		L

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".