1924 Summer Olympics / wrestling

Wrestling at the VIII Olympic Games
information
venue	Paris
Competition venue	Velodrome d'Hiver
Nations	26th
Athletes	229 (229 men)
date	6-14 July 1924
decisions	13
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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				total
1	Finland	4th	7th	5	16
2	United States	4th	1	1	6th
3	Switzerland	2	1	2	5
4th	Sweden	1	2	1	4th
5	Estonia	1	-	1	2
6th	France	1	-	-	1
7th	Hungary	-	1	1	2
8th	Belgium	-	1	-	1
9	Great Britain	-	-	1	1
	Japan	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Freestyle competitor gold silver bronze Bantamweight Kustaa Pihlajamäki Kaarlo Mäkinen Bryan Hines Featherweight Robin Reed Chester Newton Naitō Katsutoshi lightweight Russell Vis Volmar Wikström Arvo Haavisto Welterweight Hermann Gehri Eino Aukusti Leino Otto Mueller medium weight Fritz Hagmann Pierre Ollivier Vilho Pekkala Light heavyweight John Spellman Rudolf Svensson Charles Courant Heavyweight Harry Steel Henri Wernli Andrew McDonald

Greco-Roman style competitor gold silver bronze Bantamweight Eduard Pütsep Anselm Ahlfors Väinö icons Featherweight Kalle Anttila Aleksanteri Toivola Erik Malmberg lightweight Oskar Friman Lajos Keresztes Kalle Westerlund medium weight Edvard Vesterlund Arthur Lindfors Roman Steinberg Light heavyweight Carl Westergren Rudolf Svensson Onni Pellinen Heavyweight Henri Deglane Edil Rosenqvist Raymund Badó

Results freestyle

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	FIN	Kustaa Pihlajamäki
2	FIN	Kaarlo Mäkinen
3	United States	Bryan Hines
4th	SWE	Axel Larsson
5	FRA	Jules bouquet
	BEL	Jacques Dillen
	GBR	Harry Darby
	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	Robin Reed
2	United States	Chester Newton
3	JPN	Naitō Katsutoshi
4th	CAN	Clifford Chilcott
	FIN	Edvard Huupponen
6th	OUT	Claude Angelo
	FRA	Charles Delmas
	THE	Aage Torgensen

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

Lightweight (up to 66 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Russell Vis
2	FIN	Volmar Wikström
3	FIN	Arvo Haavisto
4th	GBR	George Gardiner
5	SUI	Edouard Belet
	FRA	Étienne Jourdain
	FRA	Émile Pouvroux
	EST	Alfred Praks

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

Welter weight (up to 72 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	SUI	Hermann Gehri
2	FIN	Eino Aukusti Leino
3	SUI	Otto Mueller
4th	United States	William Johnson
5	GBR	James Davis
	CAN	Donald Stockton
7th	BEL	Frits Janssens
	United States	Guy Lookabough
	BEL	Hyacinthe Roosen

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

Middle weight (up to 79 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	SUI	Fritz Hagmann
2	BEL	Pierre Ollivier
3	FIN	Vilho Pekkala
4th	FIN	Johan Penttilä
5	ITA	Enrico Bonassin
	SUI	Ernst Tognetti
7th	GBR	Noel Rhys
8th	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	John Spellman
2	SWE	Rudolf Svensson
3	SUI	Charles Courant
4th	BEL	Joseph Hutmacker
	FIN	Iisak Mylläri
6th	SWE	Carl Westergren
	GBR	Walter Wilson
8th	CAN	George Rumpel

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

Heavy weight (over 87 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Harry Steel
2	SUI	Henri Wernli
3	GBR	Andrew McDonald
4th	FRA	Edmond lady
	SWE	Ernst Nilsson
	SWE	Johan Richthoff
7th	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	EST	Eduard Pütsep
2	FIN	Anselm Ahlfors
3	FIN	Väinö icons
4th	SWE	Sigfrid Hansson
5	AUT	Adolf Herschmann
	HUN	Armand Magyar
	NOR	Ragnvald Olsen
	HUN	József Tasnádi

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

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

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

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

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	FIN	Oskar Friman
2	HUN	Lajos Keresztes
3	FIN	Kalle Westerlund
4th	EST	Albert Kusnets
5	THE	Frants Frisenfeldt
	NOR	Arne Gaupset
	TCH	František Kratochvíl
	HUN	Mihály Matura

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

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	FIN	Edvard Vesterlund
2	FIN	Arthur Lindfors
3	EST	Roman Steinberg
4th	ITA	Giuseppe Gorletti
5	AUT	Viktor Fischer
	YUG	Nikola Grbić
7th	THE	John Christoffersen
	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	SWE	Carl Westergren
2	SWE	Rudolf Svensson
3	FIN	Onni Pellinen
4th	EGY	Ibrahim Moustafa
5	FIN	Emil Wecksten
6th	EST	Rudolf Loo
	NED	Antonie Misset
	HUN	Béla Varga

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

Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)

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

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

Web links

• Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1924 Summer Olympics (PDF, 23.3 MB)