The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight was one of 13 wrestling events held as part of the wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.1928 Summer Olympics - Official Report It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 2 to 4, and featured 19 wrestlers from 19 nations. Bantamweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to .
Competition format
This Greco-Roman wrestling competition introduced an elimination system based on the accumulation of points. Each round featured all wrestlers pairing off and wrestling one bout (with one wrestler having a bye if there were an odd number). The loser received 3 points. The winner received 1 point if the win was by decision and 0 points if the win was by fall. At the end of each round, any wrestler with at least 5 points was eliminated.Official Report, p. 848.
Results
Round 1
Four wrestlers finished the round with 0 points (3 winners by fall, 1 bye). Six had 1 point after winning by decision. The nine bout losers each had 3 points. Zervinis withdrew after his bout.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Giovanni Gozzi Decision Anselm Ahlfors Alphonse Aria Decision Ibrahim Kamel Jindřich Maudr Decision Herman Andersen Johannes van Maaren Decision Burhan Conkeroğlu Eduard Pütsep Fall Georges Miller Oscar Lindelöf Fall Eduardo Bosc Kurt Leucht Fall Henryk Ganzera Sven Martinsen Decision Ðula Sabo Ödön Zombori Decision Georgios Zervinis Piet Mollin Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 11 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 11 3 19 3*
Round 2
Lindelöf and Leucht stayed at 0 points, winning their second match each by fall. Three additional men remained undefeated at 2–0 and 1 point after a win by fall and a win by decision; Zombori was 2–0 with 2 points because both wins were by decision. Mollins, who had a bye, was 0–1 with 3 points; also at 3 points were three men with a loss and a win by fall. Three men had a loss and a win by decision, with 4 points. Five were eliminated with 0–2 records (and 6 points) through two rounds.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Anselm Ahlfors Fall Piet Mollin Giovanni Gozzi Fall Alphonse Aria Jindřich Maudr Fall Ibrahim Kamel Herman Andersen Fall Burhan Conkeroğlu Eduard Pütsep Decision Johannes van Maaren Oscar Lindelöf Fall Georges Miller Kurt Leucht Fall Eduardo Bosc Ðula Sabo Fall Henryk Ganzera Ödön Zombori Decision Sven Martinsen
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 6 1 1 2 7 3 0 3 7 3 0 3 7 0 3 3 7 3 0 3 11 1 3 4 11 1 3 4 11 1 3 4 14 3 3 6 14 3 3 6 14 3 3 6 14 3 3 6 14 3 3 6
Round 3
Gozzi won by fall, staying at 1 point. Leucht and Lindelöf each won by decision to gain their first point apiece, creating a three-way tie at 1 point. Zombori's bye kept him at 2 points. Pütsep's first loss took him from 1 points to 4. Maudr had 2 points. Andersen, who had lost in the first round, won again by fall to stay at 3 points. Ahlfors, who started the round tied with Andersen, won by decision to pick up his 4th point. Five men were eliminated: Mollin, at 0–2, had 6 points because of a bye; Sabo was also at 6 points at 1–2 with the win by fall; three others were 1–2 with 7 points because each one's win came by decision.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Giovanni Gozzi Fall Piet Mollin Anselm Ahlfors Decision Alphonse Aria Jindřich Maudr Decision Johannes van Maaren Herman Andersen Fall Eduard Pütsep Oscar Lindelöf Decision Ðula Sabo Kurt Leucht Decision Sven Martinsen Ödön Zombori Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 2 6 3 0 0 3 7 3 0 1 4 7 0 1 3 4 9 0 3 3 6 9 3 0 3 6 11 1 3 3 7 11 1 3 3 7 11 1 3 3 7
Round 4
Zombori won by decision, receiving his 3rd point and eliminating Ahlfors with the latter man's second loss. Lindelöf similarly eliminated Andersen and picked up his 2nd point—and taking sole possession of the lead. Gozzi and Leucht, who had started tied with Lindelöf in first place at 1 point, each survived his first loss, to Maudr and Pütsep, and finished the round with 4 points. Maudr finished the round with 3 points after winning by decision. Pütsep was eliminated with 5 points despite winning in the round, as it was his second win by decision to go along with one prior loss.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ödön Zombori Decision Anselm Ahlfors Jindřich Maudr Decision Giovanni Gozzi Oscar Lindelöf Decision Herman Andersen Eduard Pütsep Decision Kurt Leucht
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 1 3 4 6 0 1 3 1 5 7 3 0 0 3 6 8 3 0 1 3 7
Round 5
Leucht and Maudr were the only men to finish the round still in contention, the former after a bye and the latter after defeating Lindelöf. Gozzi was eliminated with 5 points despite winning, as the win by decision put him at the threshold. Lindelöf's first loss put him at 5 points as well, necessitating a bronze medal bout between him and Gozzi. Zombori finished in 5th place.
Bouts
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Giovanni Gozzi Decision Ödön Zombori Jindřich Maudr Fall Oscar Lindelöf Kurt Leucht Bye N/A N/A
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 3 1 5 3 0 0 1 1 3 5 5 1 1 0 1 3 6
Round 6
The final round featured a gold medal bout and a bronze medal bout. Gozzi beat Lindelöf on points to take the bronze medal. Leucht pinned Maudr to win gold.
Bronze medal bout
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Giovanni Gozzi Decision Oscar Lindelöf
Gold medal bout
Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Kurt Leucht Fall Jindřich Maudr
Points
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 6 1 0 0 3 1 1 6 4 0 0 1 1 3 3 8
References