Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight
| Men's light heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IX Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | |||||||||
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| Dates | July 30–August 1 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 7 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 light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 87 kilograms.
Results
Source: Official results;[1] Wudarski[2]
Gold medal round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
 Heywood Edwards (USA) |
W | ||||||||||||
 Edil Rosenqvist (FIN) |
L | Heywood Edwards (USA) |
W | ||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Jacques van Assche (BEL) |
W | Jacques van Assche (BEL) |
L | ||||||||||
 Bernard Rowe (GBR) |
L | Heywood Edwards (USA) |
L | ||||||||||
 Arnold Bögli (SUI) |
W |  Thure Sjöstedt (SWE) |
W | ||||||||||
 Henri Lefèbre (FRA) |
L | Arnold Bögli (SUI) |
L | ||||||||||
| Thure Sjöstedt (SWE) |
W | ||||||||||||
Silver medal round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| Arnold Bögli (SUI) |
W | |||||||
| Heywood Edwards (USA) |
L | |||||||
Bronze medal round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| Henri Lefèbre (FRA) |
W | |||||||
| Heywood Edwards (USA) |
L | |||||||
References
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