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

The men's Greco-Roman featherweight 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. Featherweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 58 to 62 kilograms (128 to 137 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 7 winners by fall (0 points), 3 winners by decision (1 point), and 10 losers (3 points). Milovančev withdrew after his bout.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Saim Arıkan | Turkey | Fall | Iso Milovančev | Yugoslavia |
| Károly Kárpáti | Hungary | Fall | Ali Kamel | Egypt |
| Voldemar Väli | Estonia | Decision | Ludwig Schlanger | Austria |
| František Kratochvíl | Czechoslovakia | Decision | Martin Egeberg | Norway |
| Jacques Dillen | Belgium | Decision | Aage Meyer | Denmark |
| Ernst Steinig | Germany | Fall | Leon Mazurek | Poland |
| Ricardo Rey | Argentina | Fall | Isidor Bieri | Switzerland |
| Erik Malmberg | Sweden | Fall | Roger Mollet | France |
| Aleksanteri Toivola | Finland | Fall | Johannes Nolten Jr. | Netherlands |
| Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | Fall | Benjamin Araújo | Portugal |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
| 1 | Saim Arıkan | Turkey | 0 |
| 1 | Károly Kárpáti | Hungary | 0 |
| 1 | Erik Malmberg | Sweden | 0 |
| 1 | Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | 0 |
| 1 | Ricardo Rey | Argentina | 0 |
| 1 | Ernst Steinig | Germany | 0 |
| 1 | Aleksanteri Toivola | Finland | 0 |
| 8 | Jacques Dillen | Belgium | 1 |
| 8 | František Kratochvíl | Czechoslovakia | 1 |
| 8 | Voldemar Väli | Estonia | 1 |
| 11 | Benjamin Araújo | Portugal | 3 |
| 11 | Isidor Bieri | Switzerland | 3 |
| 11 | Martin Egeberg | Norway | 3 |
| 11 | Ali Kamel | Egypt | 3 |
| 11 | Leon Mazurek | Poland | 3 |
| 11 | Aage Meyer | Denmark | 3 |
| 11 | Roger Mollet | France | 3 |
| 11 | Johannes Nolten Jr. | Netherlands | 3 |
| 11 | Ludwig Schlanger | Austria | 3 |
| 20 | Iso Milovančev | Yugoslavia | 3* |

### Round 2

Eight of the nine bouts were determined by fall. Five men stayed at 0 points, each having won both his bouts by fall. Two others were 2–0 after this round: Väli with 1 point and Dillen with 2 points. Five men were at 3 points (4 after a 1–1 start with win by fall and one at 0–1 with a bye). Kratochvíl had the distinction of being the remaining man with the highest point total, at 4. Six men were 0–2 and were eliminated.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Ali Kamel | Egypt | Fall | Saim Arıkan | Turkey |
| Károly Kárpáti | Hungary | Fall | Ludwig Schlanger | Austria |
| Voldemar Väli | Estonia | Fall | František Kratochvíl | Czechoslovakia |
| Jacques Dillen | Belgium | Decision | Martin Egeberg | Norway |
| Aage Meyer | Denmark | Fall | Leon Mazurek | Poland |
| Ernst Steinig | Germany | Fall | Ricardo Rey | Argentina |
| Erik Malmberg | Sweden | Fall | Isidor Bieri | Switzerland |
| Aleksanteri Toivola | Finland | Fall | Roger Mollet | France |
| Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | Fall | Johannes Nolten Jr. | Netherlands |
| Benjamin Araújo | Portugal | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 1 | Károly Kárpáti | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Erik Malmberg | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Ernst Steinig | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Aleksanteri Toivola | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Voldemar Väli | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jacques Dillen | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Benjamin Araújo | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Saim Arıkan | Turkey | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Ali Kamel | Egypt | 3 | 0 | '3 |
| 8 | Aage Meyer | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Ricardo Rey | Argentina | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | František Kratochvíl | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Isidor Bieri | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Martin Egeberg | Norway | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Leon Mazurek | Poland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Roger Mollet | France | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Johannes Nolten Jr. | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Ludwig Schlanger | Austria | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 3

Of the five men who started the round with 0 points, only 1 finished it with that many: Quaglia, who had a bye. Kárpáti, Malmberg, and Steinig each won by decision, gaining their 1st point. Toivola lost. Väli stayed at 1 point, winning by fall. Dillen's first loss eliminated him, at 5 points after two wins by decision. Arıkan and Meyer won to stay in contention, each by fall to stay at 3 points. The other four men (Rey, Araujo, Kamel, and Dillen) who had a loss before this round lost again and were eliminated.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Saim Arıkan | Turkey | Fall | Benjamin Araújo | Portugal |
| Voldemar Väli | Estonia | Fall | Ali Kamel | Egypt |
| Erik Malmberg | Sweden | Decision | Aleksanteri Toivola | Finland |
| Károly Kárpáti | Hungary | Decision | František Kratochvíl | Czechoslovakia |
| Ernst Steinig | Germany | Decision | Jacques Dillen | Belgium |
| Aage Meyer | Denmark | Fall | Ricardo Rey | Argentina |
| Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
| 1 | Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Károly Kárpáti | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Erik Malmberg | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ernst Steinig | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Voldemar Väli | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Saim Arıkan | Turkey | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Aage Meyer | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Aleksanteri Toivola | Finland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Jacques Dillen | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Benjamin Araújo | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Ali Kamel | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Ricardo Rey | Argentina | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | František Kratochvíl | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 4

Quaglia won his third bout by fall; along with his 3rd round bye, he stayed at 0 points. Väli also won a third bout by fall, making him 4–0 with 1 point as the other win came by decision. Malmberg and Steinig each picked up their 2nd point by winning by decision again, making them vulnerable to elimination upon any future loss. Kárpáti took his first loss, moving to 4 points. All three of the men who started the round with a prior loss lost again and were eliminated.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | Fall | Saim Arıkan | Turkey |
| Voldemar Väli | Estonia | Fall | Károly Kárpáti | Hungary |
| Erik Malmberg | Sweden | Decision | Aage Meyer | Denmark |
| Ernst Steinig | Germany | Decision | Aleksanteri Toivola | Finland |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
| 1 | Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Voldemar Väli | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Erik Malmberg | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Ernst Steinig | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Károly Kárpáti | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Saim Arıkan | Turkey | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Aage Meyer | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Aleksanteri Toivola | Finland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 5

Malmberg received a bye in this round, staying at 2 points. Kárpáti defeated Quaglia, but the bad points system led to the winner (who moved from 4 points to 5) being eliminated while the loser (from 0 points to 3) was not. Väli pinned Steinig to take the lead (at 1 point) and eliminate the latter wrestler.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Károly Kárpáti | Hungary | Decision | Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy |
| Voldemar Väli | Estonia | Fall | Ernst Steinig | Germany |
| Erik Malmberg | Sweden | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
| 1 | Voldemar Väli | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Erik Malmberg | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Károly Kárpáti | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Ernst Steinig | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |

### Round 6

Väli was the only remaining wrestler who had not yet had a bye, so he got one in this round. Malmberg pinned Quaglia, staying in contention and eliminating the Italian with a bronze medal finish.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Erik Malmberg | Sweden | Fall | Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy |
| Voldemar Väli | Estonia | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
| 1 | Voldemar Väli | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Erik Malmberg | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | Gerolamo Quaglia | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### Round 7

Round 7 was effectively a gold medal match. Väli pinned Malmberg.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Voldemar Väli | Estonia | Fall | Erik Malmberg | Sweden |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total |
| | Voldemar Väli | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Erik Malmberg | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |