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

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. Lightweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67.5 kilograms (136.7 to 148.8 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 5 winners by fall (0 points), 1 bye (0 points), 4 winners by decision (1 point), and 9 losers (3 points). Parisel and Metzner-Fritz withdrew after their bouts.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | Fall | Adolphe Dumont | Luxembourg |
| Walter Massop | Netherlands | Decision | Miroslav Metzner-Fritz | Yugoslavia |
| Einar Borges | Denmark | Decision | Ernst Mumenthaler | Switzerland |
| Frits Janssens | Belgium | Fall | Paul Parisel | France |
| Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia | Fall | Ede Sperling | Germany |
| Osvald Käpp | Estonia | Fall | Piero Postini | Italy |
| Harald Pettersson | Sweden | Decision | Vasilios Pavlidis | Greece |
| Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey | Decision | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland |
| Edvard Westerlund | Finland | Fall | Alberto Barbieri | Argentina |
| Karl Pedersen | Norway | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 |
| 1 | Frits Janssens | Belgium | 0 |
| 1 | Osvald Käpp | Estonia | 0 |
| 1 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | 0 |
| 1 | Karl Pedersen | Norway | 0 |
| 1 | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia | 0 |
| 1 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland | 0 |
| 7 | Einar Borges | Denmark | 1 |
| 7 | Walter Massop | Netherlands | 1 |
| 7 | Harald Pettersson | Sweden | 1 |
| 7 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey | 1 |
| 11 | Alberto Barbieri | Argentina | 3 |
| 11 | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland | 3 |
| 11 | Adolphe Dumont | Luxembourg | 3 |
| 11 | Ernst Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 3 |
| 11 | Vasilios Pavlidis | Greece | 3 |
| 11 | Piero Postini | Italy | 3 |
| 11 | Ede Sperling | Germany | 3 |
| 18 | Miroslav Metzner-Fritz | Yugoslavia | 3* |
| 18 | Paul Parisel | France | 3* |

### Round 2

Vávra and Westerlund were the only 2 out of the 6 men who started with 0 points to finish with 0 points, Westerlund with a bye and Vávra with a second win by fall. Five men were 2–0 with a win by decision and a win by fall for 1 point apiece. Pedersen, with a first-round bye, lost in the second round for 3 points. Also at 3 points were Błażyca and Sperling, who won by fall in round 2 after losing in round 1. Borges and Pettersson each received their first loss after winning by decision in round 1, for 4 points apiece. Five of the 7 wrestlers who had lost in round 1 lost again in round 2 and were eliminated.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | Decision | Karl Pedersen | Norway |
| Walter Massop | Netherlands | Fall | Adolphe Dumont | Luxembourg |
| Frits Janssens | Belgium | Decision | Einar Borges | Denmark |
| Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia | Fall | Ernst Mumenthaler | Switzerland |
| Ede Sperling | Germany | Fall | Piero Postini | Italy |
| Osvald Käpp | Estonia | Decision | Harald Pettersson | Sweden |
| Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey | Fall | Vasilios Pavlidis | Greece |
| Ryszard Błażyca | Poland | Fall | Alberto Barbieri | Argentina |
| Edvard Westerlund | Finland | Bye | N/A | N/A |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 1 | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Frits Janssens | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Osvald Käpp | Estonia | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Walter Massop | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Karl Pedersen | Norway | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Ede Sperling | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Einar Borges | Denmark | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Harald Pettersson | Sweden | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | Alberto Barbieri | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Adolphe Dumont | Luxembourg | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Ernst Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Piero Postini | Italy | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Vasilios Pavlidis | Greece | 3 | 3 | 6 |

### 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

| 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 |

### Round 4

Vávra and Westerlund, who started the round with 0 points, each lost to finish the round with 3 points and in 3rd place. Yalaz, who defeated Vávra, took over the lead at 1 point which he had gained in the first round before reeling off 3 wins by fall. Keresztes picked up a 2nd point in his defeat of Westerlund. Sperling won by fall to stay at 3 points and eliminate Błażyca; Massop did the same to stay at 4 and eliminate Janssens.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | Decision | Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
| Walter Massop | Netherlands | Fall | Frits Janssens | Belgium |
| Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey | Fall | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
| Ede Sperling | Germany | Fall | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
| 1 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Ede Sperling | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Walter Massop | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Ryszard Błażyca | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Frits Janssens | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 5

The leader lost again, this time Yalaz falling to Sperling. Keresztes took the lead with 2 points. Sperling followed with 3. Yalaz remained in competition at 4 points, as did Westerlund who picked up his 4th in a win by decision. Vávra, after leading with 0 points through round 3, had a second consecutive loss in round 5 and was eliminated. Massop also took his second loss and was eliminated.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Edvard Westerlund | Finland | Decision | Walter Massop | Netherlands |
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | Fall | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia |
| Ede Sperling | Germany | Fall | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
| 1 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Ede Sperling | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Vladimír Vávra | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Walter Massop | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 6

Keresztes maintained his lead, defeating Yalaz and eliminating the latter. Sperling won over Westerlund to stay in competition as well, with Westerlund eliminated. Because Westerlund and Yalaz both finished with 7 points, they would need to wrestle each other for the bronze while Sperling and Keresztes contested the gold medal.

#### Bouts

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Ede Sperling | Germany | Decision | Edvard Westerlund | Finland |
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | Fall | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
| 1 | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Ede Sperling | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Edvard Westerlund | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |

### Round 7

Keresztes defeated Sperling for the gold medal. Westerlund prevailed over Yalaz for the bronze.

#### Bronze medal bout

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Edvard Westerlund | Finland | Decision | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey |

#### Gold medal bout

| Winner | Nation | Victory Type | Loser | Nation |
| Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | Decision | Ede Sperling | Germany |

#### Points

| Rank | Wrestler | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total |
| | Lajos Keresztes | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | Ede Sperling | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| | Edvard Westerlund | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Tayyar Yalaz | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |