1924 Summer Olympics / wrestling

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Wrestling at the
VIII Olympic Games
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information
venue FranceFrance Paris
Competition venue Velodrome d'Hiver
Nations 26th
Athletes 229 (229 men)
date 6-14 July 1924
decisions 13
Antwerp 1920

At the VIII Summer Olympics in Paris in 1924 , 13 wrestling competitions were held, seven of them in the freestyle and six in the Greco-Roman style. The venue was the Vélodrome d'Hiver in the 15th arrondissement .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 FinlandFinland Finland 4th 7th 5 16
2 United States 48United States United States 4th 1 1 6th
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2 1 2 5
4th SwedenSweden Sweden 1 2 1 4th
5 EstoniaEstonia Estonia 1 - 1 2
6th FranceFrance France 1 - - 1
7th Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary - 1 1 2
8th BelgiumBelgium Belgium - 1 - 1
9 United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain - - 1 1
JapanJapan Japan - - 1 1

Medalist

Freestyle
competitor gold silver bronze
Bantamweight FinlandFinland Kustaa Pihlajamäki FinlandFinland Kaarlo Mäkinen United States 48United States Bryan Hines
Featherweight United States 48United States Robin Reed United States 48United States Chester Newton JapanJapan Naitō Katsutoshi
lightweight United States 48United States Russell Vis FinlandFinland Volmar Wikström FinlandFinland Arvo Haavisto
Welterweight SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hermann Gehri FinlandFinland Eino Aukusti Leino SwitzerlandSwitzerland Otto Mueller
medium weight SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Hagmann BelgiumBelgium Pierre Ollivier FinlandFinland Vilho Pekkala
Light heavyweight United States 48United States John Spellman SwedenSweden Rudolf Svensson SwitzerlandSwitzerland Charles Courant
Heavyweight United States 48United States Harry Steel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Henri Wernli United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Andrew McDonald
Greco-Roman style
competitor gold silver bronze
Bantamweight EstoniaEstonia Eduard Pütsep FinlandFinland Anselm Ahlfors FinlandFinland Väinö icons
Featherweight FinlandFinland Kalle Anttila FinlandFinland Aleksanteri Toivola SwedenSweden Erik Malmberg
lightweight FinlandFinland Oskar Friman Hungary 1918Hungary Lajos Keresztes FinlandFinland Kalle Westerlund
medium weight FinlandFinland Edvard Vesterlund FinlandFinland Arthur Lindfors EstoniaEstonia Roman Steinberg
Light heavyweight SwedenSweden Carl Westergren SwedenSweden Rudolf Svensson FinlandFinland Onni Pellinen
Heavyweight FranceFrance Henri Deglane FinlandFinland Edil Rosenqvist Hungary 1918Hungary Raymund Badó

Results freestyle

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

space country athlete
1 FinlandFinland FIN Kustaa Pihlajamäki
2 FinlandFinland FIN Kaarlo Mäkinen
3 United States 48United States United States Bryan Hines
4th SwedenSweden SWE Axel Larsson
5 FranceFrance FRA Jules bouquet
BelgiumBelgium BEL Jacques Dillen
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR Harry Darby
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR Harold Sansum

Date: July 11th to 14th, 1924
12 participants from 8 countries

Feather weight (up to 61 kg)

space country athlete
1 United States 48United States United States Robin Reed
2 United States 48United States United States Chester Newton
3 JapanJapan JPN Naitō Katsutoshi
4th Canada 1921Canada CAN Clifford Chilcott
FinlandFinland FIN Edvard Huupponen
6th AustraliaAustralia OUT Claude Angelo
FranceFrance FRA Charles Delmas
DenmarkDenmark THE Aage Torgensen

Date: July 11-14, 1924
17 participants from 12 countries

Lightweight (up to 66 kg)

space country athlete
1 United States 48United States United States Russell Vis
2 FinlandFinland FIN Volmar Wikström
3 FinlandFinland FIN Arvo Haavisto
4th United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR George Gardiner
5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Edouard Belet
FranceFrance FRA Étienne Jourdain
FranceFrance FRA Émile Pouvroux
EstoniaEstonia EST Alfred Praks

Date: July 11-14, 1924
16 participants from 10 countries

Welter weight (up to 72 kg)

space country athlete
1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Hermann Gehri
2 FinlandFinland FIN Eino Aukusti Leino
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Otto Mueller
4th United States 48United States United States William Johnson
5 United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR James Davis
Canada 1921Canada CAN Donald Stockton
7th BelgiumBelgium BEL Frits Janssens
United States 48United States United States Guy Lookabough
BelgiumBelgium BEL Hyacinthe Roosen

Date: July 11-14, 1924
16 participants from 10 countries

Middle weight (up to 79 kg)

space country athlete
1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Fritz Hagmann
2 BelgiumBelgium BEL Pierre Ollivier
3 FinlandFinland FIN Vilho Pekkala
4th FinlandFinland FIN Johan Penttilä
5 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) ITA Enrico Bonassin
SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Ernst Tognetti
7th United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR Noel Rhys
8th DenmarkDenmark THE John Christoffersen

Date: July 11-14, 1924
14 participants from 9 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)

space country athlete
1 United States 48United States United States John Spellman
2 SwedenSweden SWE Rudolf Svensson
3 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Charles Courant
4th BelgiumBelgium BEL Joseph Hutmacker
FinlandFinland FIN Iisak Mylläri
6th SwedenSweden SWE Carl Westergren
United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR Walter Wilson
8th Canada 1921Canada CAN George Rumpel

Date: July 11-14, 1924
15 participants from 10 countries

Heavy weight (over 87 kg)

space country athlete
1 United States 48United States United States Harry Steel
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Henri Wernli
3 United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR Andrew McDonald
4th FranceFrance FRA Edmond lady
SwedenSweden SWE Ernst Nilsson
SwedenSweden SWE Johan Richthoff
7th United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR Walter Wilson

Date: July 11th to 14th, 1924
11 participants from 16 countries

Results Greco-Roman style

Bantam weight (up to 58 kg)

space country athlete
1 EstoniaEstonia EST Eduard Pütsep
2 FinlandFinland FIN Anselm Ahlfors
3 FinlandFinland FIN Väinö icons
4th SwedenSweden SWE Sigfrid Hansson
5 AustriaAustria AUT Adolf Herschmann
Hungary 1918Hungary HUN Armand Magyar
NorwayNorway NOR Ragnvald Olsen
Hungary 1918Hungary HUN József Tasnádi

Date: July 6-10, 1924
25 participants from 15 countries

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

space country athlete
1 FinlandFinland FIN Kalle Anttila
2 FinlandFinland FIN Aleksanteri Toivola
3 SwedenSweden SWE Erik Malmberg
4th NorwayNorway NOR Arthur North
5 SwedenSweden SWE Fritjof Svensson
6th FranceFrance FRA Maurice Capron
Hungary 1918Hungary HUN Ödön Radvány

Date: July 6-10, 1924
27 participants from 15 countries

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

space country athlete
1 FinlandFinland FIN Oskar Friman
2 Hungary 1918Hungary HUN Lajos Keresztes
3 FinlandFinland FIN Kalle Westerlund
4th EstoniaEstonia EST Albert Kusnets
5 DenmarkDenmark THE Frants Frisenfeldt
NorwayNorway NOR Arne Gaupset
Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia TCH František Kratochvíl
Hungary 1918Hungary HUN Mihály Matura

Date: July 6-10, 1924
28 participants from 18 countries

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space country athlete
1 FinlandFinland FIN Edvard Vesterlund
2 FinlandFinland FIN Arthur Lindfors
3 EstoniaEstonia EST Roman Steinberg
4th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) ITA Giuseppe Gorletti
5 AustriaAustria AUT Viktor Fischer
Yugoslavia Kingdom 1918Kingdom of Yugoslavia YUG Nikola Grbić
7th DenmarkDenmark THE John Christoffersen
Poland 1919Second Polish Republic POLE Wacław Okulicz-Kozaryn

Date: July 6-10, 1924
27 participants from 19 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)

space country athlete
1 SwedenSweden SWE Carl Westergren
2 SwedenSweden SWE Rudolf Svensson
3 FinlandFinland FIN Onni Pellinen
4th Egypt 1922Egypt EGY Ibrahim Moustafa
5 FinlandFinland FIN Emil Wecksten
6th EstoniaEstonia EST Rudolf Loo
NetherlandsNetherlands NED Antonie Misset
Hungary 1918Hungary HUN Béla Varga

Date: July 6-10, 1924
22 participants from 15 countries

Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)

space country athlete
1 FranceFrance FRA Henri Deglane
2 FinlandFinland FIN Edil Rosenqvist
3 Hungary 1918Hungary HUN Raymund Badó
4th DenmarkDenmark THE Emil Larsen
5 FranceFrance FRA Edmond lady
SwedenSweden SWE Ernst Nilsson
LatviaLatvia LAT Jānis Polis
BelgiumBelgium BEL Lucien Pothier

Date: July 6-10, 1924
17 participants from 10 countries

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