The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight was one of thirteen wrestling events held as part of the wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.1928 Summer Olympics - Official Report The competition was held from August 2 to 5, and featured 17 wrestlers from 17 nations. Light heavyweight was the second heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing .

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. 857.

Results

Round 1

The first round produced 4 winners by fall (0 points), 1 bye (0 points), 4 winners by decision (1 point), and 8 losers (3 points). Westergren withdrew after his bout.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Adolf Rieger Decision Ejnar Hansen Robert Gaupset Fall Johan Heijm Otto Pohla Fall Max Studer Onni Pellinen Decision Carl Westergren Imre Szalay Fall Kārlis Pētersons Josef Vávra Decision Bela Juhasz Émile Clody Decision A. Şefik Ibrahim Moustafa Fall Nicolas Appels Jan Gałuszka Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 10 3 10 3 10 3 10 3 10 3 10 3 10 Max Studer 3 17 3*

Round 2

None of the men who started the round with 0 points finished it that sway; Szalay and Moustafa received 1 point after winning by decision, while the other 3 lost. They were the only 2 to have a point total low enough to withstand a loss after this round. Pellinen and Rieger each had 2 points after winning both of their bouts by decision. The other 9 remaining wrestlers each had a loss. Only three men were eliminated with their second loss in round 2.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ejnar Hansen Fall Jan Gałuszka Adolf Rieger Decision Robert Gaupset Johan Heijm Fall Max Studer Onni Pellinen Decision Otto Pohla Imre Szalay Decision Josef Vávra Kārlis Pētersons Fall Bela Juhasz Nicolas Appels Fall Émile Clody Ibrahim Moustafa Decision A. Şefik

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 Total 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 5 3 0 3 5 0 3 3 5 0 3 3 5 3 0 3 5 3 0 3 5 3 0 3 5 0 3 3 5 1 3 4 13 1 3 4 14 3 3 6 14 3 3 6 14 3 3 6

Round 3

The third round featured 4 out of 6 bouts where the winner was guaranteed to advance and the loser guaranteed elimination. Vávra needed to win by fall to avoid elimination; he did. The sixth bout was between Szalay (1 point) and Clody (4 points); the former would advance even if he lost while the latter could be eliminated even with a win, it was by decision. That is exactly what happened; Clody's decision eliminated him but left Szalay at 4 points and still in contention. Moustafa had the bye and stayed at 1 point, now in sole possession of the lead.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Adolf Rieger Fall Jan Gałuszka Ejnar Hansen Fall Robert Gaupset Otto Pohla Fall Johan Heijm Onni Pellinen Fall Kārlis Pētersons Émile Clody Decision Imre Szalay Nicolas Appels Fall Josef Vávra Ibrahim Moustafa Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 3 4 3 0 0 3 4 0 3 0 3 7 0 1 3 4 8 1 3 1 5 9 0 3 3 6 9 0 3 3 6 9 3 0 3 6 9 3 0 3 6 9 1 3 3 7

Round 4

The three losers were eliminated. The three winners, and Appels on a bye, continued on.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ibrahim Moustafa Fall Ejnar Hansen Adolf Rieger Decision Otto Pohla Onni Pellinen Fall Imre Szalay Nicolas Appels Bye N/A N/A

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 3 5 3 0 0 3 6 6 0 1 3 3 6 7 0 3 0 3 6

Round 5

Pellinen and Appels were eliminated, with the bronze medal and 4th place, respectively. Rieger and Moustafa, both undefeated, advanced to face each other in a de facto gold medal bout.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Adolf Rieger Fall Nicolas Appels Ibrahim Moustafa Decision Onni Pellinen

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 5 4 3 0 0 0 3 6

Round 6

Moustafa defeated Rieger to take the gold medal.

Bouts

Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Ibrahim Moustafa Decision Adolf Rieger

Points

Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 6

References