# Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

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. 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 75 to 82.5 kilograms (165.3 to 181.9 lb).

## 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.

## 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 | Germany | Decision | Ejnar Hansen | Denmark |
| Robert Gaupset | Norway | Fall | Johan Heijm | Netherlands |
| Otto Pohla | Estonia | Fall | Max Studer | Switzerland |
| Onni Pellinen | Finland | Decision | Carl Westergren | Sweden |
| Imre Szalay | Hungary | Fall | Kārlis Pētersons | Latvia |
| Josef Vávra | Czechoslovakia | Decision | Bela Juhasz | Yugoslavia |
| Émile Clody | France | Decision | A. Şefik | Turkey |
| Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | Fall | Nicolas Appels | Belgium |
| Jan Gałuszka | Poland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
| 1 | Jan Gałuszka | Poland | 0 |
| 1 | Robert Gaupset | Norway | 0 |
| 1 | Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | 0 |
| 1 | Otto Pohla | Estonia | 0 |
| 1 | Imre Szalay | Hungary | 0 |
| 6 | Émile Clody | France | 1 |
| 6 | Onni Pellinen | Finland | 1 |
| 6 | Adolf Rieger | Germany | 1 |
| 6 | Josef Vávra | Czechoslovakia | 1 |
| 10 | Nicolas Appels | Belgium | 3 |
| 10 | Ejnar Hansen | Denmark | 3 |
| 10 | Johan Heijm | Netherlands | 3 |
| 10 | Bela Juhasz | Yugoslavia | 3 |
| 10 | Kārlis Pētersons | Latvia | 3 |
| 10 | A. Şefik | Turkey | 3 |
| 10 | Max Studer | Switzerland | 3 |
| 17 | Carl Westergren | Sweden | 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 | Denmark | Fall | Jan Gałuszka | Poland |
| Adolf Rieger | Germany | Decision | Robert Gaupset | Norway |
| Johan Heijm | Netherlands | Fall | Max Studer | Switzerland |
| Onni Pellinen | Finland | Decision | Otto Pohla | Estonia |
| Imre Szalay | Hungary | Decision | Josef Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
| Kārlis Pētersons | Latvia | Fall | Bela Juhasz | Yugoslavia |
| Nicolas Appels | Belgium | Fall | Émile Clody | France |
| Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | Decision | A. Şefik | Turkey |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 1 | Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Imre Szalay | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Onni Pellinen | Finland | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Adolf Rieger | Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Nicolas Appels | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jan Gałuszka | Poland | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Robert Gaupset | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Ejnar Hansen | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Johan Heijm | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Kārlis Pētersons | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Otto Pohla | Estonia | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Josef Vávra | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Émile Clody | France | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Bela Juhasz | Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | A. Şefik | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Max Studer | Switzerland | 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 | Germany | Fall | Jan Gałuszka | Poland |
| Ejnar Hansen | Denmark | Fall | Robert Gaupset | Norway |
| Otto Pohla | Estonia | Fall | Johan Heijm | Netherlands |
| Onni Pellinen | Finland | Fall | Kārlis Pētersons | Latvia |
| Émile Clody | France | Decision | Imre Szalay | Hungary |
| Nicolas Appels | Belgium | Fall | Josef Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
| Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| 1 | Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Onni Pellinen | Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Adolf Rieger | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Nicolas Appels | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Ejnar Hansen | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Otto Pohla | Estonia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Imre Szalay | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Émile Clody | France | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Jan Gałuszka | Poland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Robert Gaupset | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Johan Heijm | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Kārlis Pētersons | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Josef Vávra | Czechoslovakia | 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 | Egypt | Fall | Ejnar Hansen | Denmark |
| Adolf Rieger | Germany | Decision | Otto Pohla | Estonia |
| Onni Pellinen | Finland | Fall | Imre Szalay | Hungary |
| Nicolas Appels | Belgium | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
| 1 | Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Onni Pellinen | Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Nicolas Appels | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Adolf Rieger | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ejnar Hansen | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Imre Szalay | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Otto Pohla | Estonia | 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 | Germany | Fall | Nicolas Appels | Belgium |
| Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | Decision | Onni Pellinen | Finland |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
| 1 | Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Adolf Rieger | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| | Onni Pellinen | Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Nicolas Appels | Belgium | 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 | Egypt | Decision | Adolf Rieger | Germany |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
| | Ibrahim Moustafa | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| | Adolf Rieger | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |