Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight
| Men's bantamweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | |||||||||
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| Dates | July 30–August 1 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 8 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 bantamweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. Bantamweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 56 kilograms.
Kaarlo Mäkinen, the silver medalist at the previous Games, won the event.
Results
Source: Official results;[1] Wudarski[2]
Gold medal round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Amedée Piguet (SUI)
| W | |||||||||||||
 Arthur Ford (AUS)
| L | |||||||||||||
| Amedée Piguet (SUI)
| L | |||||||||||||
 Robert Hewitt (USA)
| W | |||||||||||||
| Robert Hewitt (USA)
| W | |||||||||||||
 Michel Rozan (FRA)
| L | |||||||||||||
| Robert Hewitt (USA)
| L | |||||||||||||
 Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||
| Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||
 Harold Sansum (GBR)
| L | |||||||||||||
| Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Edmond Spapen (BEL)
| L | |||||||||||||
| Edmond Spapen (BEL)
| W | |||||||||||||
 James Trifunov (CAN)
| L | |||||||||||||
Silver medal round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| Harold Sansum (GBR) |
W | |||||||
| Robert Hewitt (USA) |
L | Harold Sansum (GBR) |
L | |||||
| Edmond Spapen (BEL) |
W | |||||||
Bronze medal round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| James Trifunov (CAN) |
W | |||||||
| Harold Sansum (GBR) |
L | |||||||
References
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