Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight
| Men's lightweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 30–August 1 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 11 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 lightweight 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. Lightweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 65 kilograms.
Eino Leino won his third Olympic medal, a bronze to go with his 1920 middleweight gold and 1924 welterweight silver.
Results
Source: Official results;[1] Wudarski[2]
Gold medal round
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
 Clarence Berryman (USA) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
 Nils Malmberg (SWE) |
L | Clarence Berryman (USA) |
L | |||||||||||||||
 Osvald Käpp (EST) |
W | Osvald Käpp (EST) |
W | |||||||||||||||
 Carlo Jørgensen (DEN) |
L | Osvald Käpp (EST) |
W | |||||||||||||||
 Eino Leino (FIN) |
W |  Charles Pacôme (FRA) |
L | |||||||||||||||
 George MacKenzie (GBR) |
L | Eino Leino (FIN) |
L | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Pacôme (FRA) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
| Osvald Käpp (EST) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
 Birgir Nilsen (NOR) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
| Birgir Nilsen (NOR) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Jean Smet (BEL) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
| Birgir Nilsen (NOR) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
 Hans Mollet (SUI) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
| Hans Mollet (SUI) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Ichiro Shinmen (JPN) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
Silver medal round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| Carlo Jørgensen (DEN) |
W | |||||||
| Clarence Berryman (USA) |
L | Carlo Jørgensen (DEN) |
L | |||||
| Charles Pacôme (FRA) |
W | Charles Pacôme (FRA) |
W | |||||
| Birgir Nilsen (NOR) |
L | |||||||
Bronze medal round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| Eino Leino (FIN) |
W | |||||||
| Birgir Nilsen (NOR) |
L | |||||||
References
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