| Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the: Games of theββIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 30βAugust 1 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics | |
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| Greco-Roman | |
| Bantam | men |
| Feather | men |
| Light | men |
| Middle | men |
| Light heavy | men |
| Heavy | men |
| Freestyle | |
| Bantam | men |
| Feather | men |
| Light | men |
| Welter | men |
| Middle | men |
| Light heavy | men |
| Heavy | men |
The men's freestyle heavyweight 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." Heavyweight was the heaviest category, "including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms."
Resultsβ»
Source: Official results; Wudarski
Gold medal roundβ»
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Edward George (USA)
| W | |||||||||||||
 Earl McCready (CAN)
| L | Edward George (USA)
| W | |||||||||||
 Henri Wernli (SUI)
| W | Henri Wernli (SUI)
| L | |||||||||||
 LΓ©on Charlier (BEL)
| L | Edward George (USA)
| L | |||||||||||
 Johan Richthoff (SWE)
| W | Johan Richthoff (SWE)
| W | |||||||||||
 Aukusti Sihvola (FIN)
| L | Johan Richthoff (SWE)
| W | |||||||||||
 Edmond Dame (FRA)
| L | |||||||||||||
Silver medal roundβ»
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Aukusti Sihvola (FIN)
| W | ||||||||
| Edward George (USA)
| L | Aukusti Sihvola (FIN)
| W | ||||||
| Edmond Dame (FRA)
| L | ||||||||
Bronze medal roundβ»
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Edmond Dame (FRA)
| W | ||||||||
| Edward George (USA)
| L | ||||||||
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
- ^ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".
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