Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the Olympics

Wrestling

at the Games of the VIII Olympiad

Venue| Vélodrome d'Hiver
Dates| 6–14 July 1924
No. of events| 13 (13 men, 0 women)
Competitors| 229 from 26 nations

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Wrestling at the
1924 Summer Olympics

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

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At the 1924 Summer Olympics thirteen wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were six weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling. The Greco-Roman events were held from July 6 to July 10, 1924 and the freestyle competitions were held from July 11 to July 14, 1924.[1]

## Medal summary

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### Freestyle

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Bantamweight
details | Kustaa Pihlajamäki
Finland | Kaarlo Mäkinen
Finland | Bryan Hines
United States
Featherweight
details | Robin Reed
United States | Chester Newton
United States | Katsutoshi Naito
Japan
Lightweight
details | Russell Vis
United States | Volmar Wikström
Finland | Arvo Haavisto
Finland
Welterweight
details | Hermann Gehri
Switzerland | Eino Leino
Finland | Otto Müller
Switzerland
Middleweight
details | Fritz Hagmann
Switzerland | Pierre Ollivier
Belgium | Vilho Pekkala
Finland
Light Heavyweight
details | John Spellman
United States | Rudolf Svensson
Sweden | Charles Courant
Switzerland
Heavyweight
details | Harry Steel
United States | Henri Wernli
Switzerland | Archie MacDonald
Great Britain

### Greco-Roman

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Bantamweight
details | Eduard Pütsep
Estonia | Anselm Ahlfors
Finland | Väinö Ikonen
Finland
Featherweight
details | Kalle Anttila
Finland | Aleksanteri Toivola
Finland | Eric Malmberg
Sweden
Lightweight
details | Oskari Friman
Finland | Lajos Keresztes
Hungary | Källe Westerlund
Finland
Middleweight
details | Edvard Westerlund
Finland | Arthur Lindfors
Finland | Roman Steinberg
Estonia
Light Heavyweight
details | Carl Westergren
Sweden | Rudolf Svensson
Sweden | Onni Pellinen
Finland
Heavyweight
details | Henri Deglane
France | Edil Rosenqvist
Finland | Rajmund Badó
Hungary

## Participating nations

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A total of 229 wrestlers from 26 nations competed at the Paris Games.[1]

* Australia (1)
* Austria (8)
* Belgium (17)
* Canada (5)
* Czechoslovakia (9)
* Denmark (11)
* Egypt (2)
* Estonia (8)
* Finland (24)
* France (23)
* Great Britain (14)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (12)
* Italy (17)
* Japan (1)
* Latvia (6)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Netherlands (8)
* Norway (7)
* Poland (2)
* Spain (4)
* Sweden (13)
* Switzerland (12)
* Turkey (5)
* United States (14)
* Yugoslavia (2)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Finland (FIN)| 4| 7| 5| 16
2|  United States (USA)| 4| 1| 1| 6
3|  Switzerland (SUI)| 2| 1| 2| 5
4|  Sweden (SWE)| 1| 2| 1| 4
5|  Estonia (EST)| 1| 0| 1| 2
6|  France (FRA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
7|  Hungary (HUN)| 0| 1| 1| 2
8|  Belgium (BEL)| 0| 1| 0| 1
9|  Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Japan (JPN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 13| 13| 13| 39

## References

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1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

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Events at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris

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