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

The men's Greco-Roman middleweight 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. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67.5 to 75 kilograms (148.8 to 165.3 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).

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Ivar Johansson | Sweden | Fall | Émile Frantz | Luxembourg |
| László Papp | Hungary | Decision | František Hala | Czechoslovakia |
| Jean Saenen | Belgium | Decision | Émile Poilvé | France |
| Franjo Palković | Yugoslavia | Fall | Simon Balkema | Netherlands |
| Enrico Bonassin | Italy | Fall | Alfred Larsen | Norway |
| Albert Kusnets | Estonia | Decision | Hermann Simon | Germany |
| Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | Fall | Nurettin Baytorun | Turkey |
| Otto Frei | Switzerland | Decision | Antonio Walzer | Argentina |
| Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
| 1 | Enrico Bonassin | Italy | 0 |
| 1 | Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | 0 |
| 1 | Ivar Johansson | Sweden | 0 |
| 1 | Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | 0 |
| 1 | Franjo Palković | Yugoslavia | 0 |
| 6 | Otto Frei | Switzerland | 1 |
| 6 | Albert Kusnets | Estonia | 1 |
| 6 | László Papp | Hungary | 1 |
| 6 | Jean Saenen | Belgium | 1 |
| 10 | Simon Balkema | Netherlands | 3 |
| 10 | Nurettin Baytorun | Turkey | 3 |
| 10 | Émile Frantz | Luxembourg | 3 |
| 10 | František Hala | Czechoslovakia | 3 |
| 10 | Alfred Larsen | Norway | 3 |
| 10 | Émile Poilvé | France | 3 |
| 10 | Hermann Simon | Germany | 3 |
| 10 | Antonio Walzer | Argentina | 3 |

### Round 2

Jacobsen (second win by fall) and Kokkinen (bye, win by fall) stayed at 0 points. Four men finished the second round at 2–0 with one win by fall and one by decision for 1 point apiece. Five more were 1–1 with either 3 or 4 points depending on how the win was achieved. Walzer had 3 points after a loss and a bye. Five wrestlers were 0–2 and were eliminated.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | Fall | Ivar Johansson | Sweden |
| František Hala | Czechoslovakia | Fall | Émile Frantz | Luxembourg |
| László Papp | Hungary | Fall | Émile Poilvé | France |
| Jean Saenen | Belgium | Fall | Simon Balkema | Netherlands |
| Enrico Bonassin | Italy | Decision | Franjo Palković | Yugoslavia |
| Albert Kusnets | Estonia | Fall | Alfred Larsen | Norway |
| Nurettin Baytorun | Turkey | Decision | Hermann Simon | Germany |
| Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | Fall | Otto Frei | Switzerland |
| Antonio Walzer | Argentina | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 1 | Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Enrico Bonassin | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Albert Kusnets | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | László Papp | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Jean Saenen | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | František Hala | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Ivar Johansson | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Franjo Palković | Yugoslavia | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Antonio Walzer | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Nurettin Baytorun | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Otto Frei | Switzerland | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Émile Frantz | Luxembourg | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Émile Poilvé | France | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Simon Balkema | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Alfred Larsen | Norway | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Hermann Simon | Germany | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3

All 6 bouts in round 3 were won by fall, so the winners remained at the same point totals: Jacobsen and Kokkinen at 0, Kusnets and Papp at 1, Hala at 3, and Baytorun at 4. Two of the losers—Bonassin and Saenen—reached only 4 points and continued in competition. The other 4 losers were eliminated.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | Fall | Antonio Walzer | Argentina |
| František Hala | Czechoslovakia | Fall | Ivar Johansson | Sweden |
| László Papp | Hungary | Fall | Jean Saenen | Belgium |
| Albert Kusnets | Estonia | Fall | Franjo Palković | Yugoslavia |
| Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | Fall | Enrico Bonassin | Italy |
| Nurettin Baytorun | Turkey | Fall | Otto Frei | Switzerland |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| 1 | Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Albert Kusnets | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | László Papp | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | František Hala | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Nurettin Baytorun | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Enrico Bonassin | Italy | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Jean Saenen | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Ivar Johansson | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Franjo Palković | Yugoslavia | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Antonio Walzer | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Otto Frei | Switzerland | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4

Jacobsen had his first loss, but only went to 3 points and continued in competition. The other three losers were eliminated. Kokkinen was the only man left with 0 points. Each of the 5 remaining wrestlers had a different point total, 0 through 4.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | Fall | František Hala | Czechoslovakia |
| László Papp | Hungary | Fall | Enrico Bonassin | Italy |
| Jean Saenen | Belgium | Fall | Nurettin Baytorun | Turkey |
| Albert Kusnets | Estonia | Decision | Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
| 1 | Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | László Papp | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Albert Kusnets | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean Saenen | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | František Hala | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Nurettin Baytorun | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Enrico Bonassin | Italy | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5

With Jacobsen on a bye, and Kokkinen (at 0 points) and Papp (at 1 point) facing each other in a no-elimination-possible match, the only man that would be eliminated in round 5 was the loser of the Kusnets vs. Saenen bout. Kusnets won, so Saenen was eliminated.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | Fall | László Papp | Hungary |
| Albert Kusnets | Estonia | Fall | Jean Saenen | Belgium |
| Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
| 1 | Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Albert Kusnets | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | László Papp | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Jean Saenen | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 6

In contrast to the previous round which eliminated only 1 of 5 wrestlers, round 6 eliminated 3 of the remaining 4. Kokkinen beat Jacobsen to eliminate the latter man, who finished in 4th place. The Papp vs. Kusnets match ended in mutual elimination because Papp won by decision; both men finished with 5 points, but Papp had the head-to-head tie-breaker because of this win and received the silver medal. Kokkinen, who never received a point in the tournament (a bye and 4 wins by fall), won the gold medal as the last man remaining.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | Fall | Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark |
| László Papp | Hungary | Decision | Albert Kusnets | Estonia |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
| | Väinö Kokkinen | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | László Papp | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| | Albert Kusnets | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Johannes Jacobsen | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |