Wrestling at the 1924 Summer 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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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 6 to 10 July 1924 and the freestyle competitions from 11 to 14 July 1924. ^[1]

Medal summary

Freestyle

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

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