Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Rank Wrestler Nation R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Vladimír Vávra Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 0
1 Edvard Westerlund Finland 0 0 0 0
3 Lajos Keresztes Hungary 0 1 0 1
3 Tayyar Yalaz Turkey 1 0 0 1
5 Ryszard Błażyca Poland 3 0 0 3
5 Ede Sperling Germany 3 0 0 3
7 Frits Janssens Belgium 0 1 3 4
7 Walter Massop Netherlands 1 0 3 4
9 Osvald Käpp Estonia 0 1 3 4*
10 Karl Pedersen Norway 0 3 3 6
11 Einar Borges Denmark 1 3 3 7
11 Harald Pettersson Sweden 1 3 3 7
Results -- Round 3
All 6 bouts in round 3 were won by fall , so all of the winners stayed at the same point score : Vávra and Westerlund at 0 , Keresztes and Yalaz at 1 , and Błażyca and Sperling at 3 . Of the 6 losers , 3 had only had 1 point coming into the round and thus remained in competition with 4 points . Käpp , however , withdrew . The other 3 were eliminated . Bouts Winner Nation Victory Type Loser Nation Edvard Westerlund Finland Fall Karl Pedersen Norway Lajos Keresztes Hungary Fall Walter Massop Netherlands Vladimír Vávra Czechoslovakia Fall Einar Borges Denmark Ede Sperling Germany Fall Frits Janssens Belgium Tayyar Yalaz Turkey Fall Osvald Käpp Estonia Ryszard Błażyca Poland Fall Harald Pettersson Sweden Points
The men's Greco-Roman lightweight was one of thirteen wrestling events held as part of the wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held from August 2 to 5, and featured 20 wrestlers from 20 nations.