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Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:

Men's Lightweight, Freestyle

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Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue(s): Power Sports Building, Amsterdam
Date Started: July 30, 1928
Date Finished: August 1, 1928
Format: Single-elimination tournament with separate single-elimination tournaments for second- and third-place. Second-place tournament conducted among those losing to the winner. Third-place tournament conducted among those losing to the winner or runner-up.

Gold: EST Osvald Käpp
Silver: FRA Charles Pacôme
Bronze: FIN Eino Leino

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal
1 Osvald Käpp 23 Estonia EST Gold
2 Charles Pacôme 25 France FRA Silver
3 Eino Leino 37 Finland FIN Bronze
4 Birger Nilsen 31 Norway NOR
5 Carlo Tesdorf Jørgensen 25 Denmark DEN
6 Clarence Berryman 21 United States USA
7 Hans Mollet Switzerland SUI
8T Jean Smet Belgium BEL
8T Isuke Shinmen 38 Japan JPN
10T Algot Malmberg 25 Sweden SWE
10T George MacKenzie 39 Great Britain GBR