Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight

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Men's middleweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Vélodrome d'Hiver
DatesJuly 6–10
Competitors27 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Edvard Westerlund Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Arthur Lindfors Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Roman Steinberg Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
  1920
1928  

The men's Greco-Roman middleweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. [1] It was the fourth appearance of the event. Middleweight was the third-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 75 kilograms.

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Results

Source: Official results; [2] Wudarski [3]

The tournament was double-elimination.

First round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Austria.svg  Viktor Fischer  (AUT)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Giuseppe Gorletti  (ITA)1
0Flag of Norway.svg  Paul Jahren  (NOR)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Amadeo Gorgano  (ITA)1
0Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Sándor Kónyi  (HUN)Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Oldřich Pštros  (TCH)1
0Flag of France.svg  Émile Clody  (FRA)Flag of Switzerland.svg  Jules Grandjean  (SUI)1
0Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Tayyar Yalaz  (TUR)Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg  Eladio Vidal  (ESP)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Arthur Lindfors  (FIN)Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Adolphe Dumont  (LUX)1
0Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Wacław Okulicz-Kozaryn  (POL)Flag of Switzerland.svg  Louis Veuve  (SUI)1
0Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Nikola Grbić  (YUG)Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Nilsson  (SWE)1
0Flag of Latvia.svg  Kārlis Vilciņš  (LAT)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wilhelmus Doll  (NED)1
0Flag of Denmark.svg  John Christoffersen  (DEN)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jean Dumont  (BEL)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edvard Westerlund  (FIN)Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Dűrrũ Sade  (TUR)1
0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Reinderman  (NED)Flag of France.svg  Jean Domas  (FRA)1
0Flag of Estonia.svg  Roman Steinberg  (EST)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Ferenc Györgyei  (HUN)1
0Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  František Pražský  (TCH)Bye

Second round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
1Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Giuseppe Gorletti  (ITA)Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  František Pražský  (TCH)1
0Flag of Austria.svg  Viktor Fischer  (AUT)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Amadeo Gorgano  (ITA)2
0Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Sándor Kónyi  (HUN)Flag of Norway.svg  Paul Jahren  (NOR)1
1Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Oldřich Pštros  (TCH)Flag of Switzerland.svg  Jules Grandjean  (SUI)2
0Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Tayyar Yalaz  (TUR)Flag of France.svg  Émile Clody  (FRA)1
1Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg  Eladio Vidal  (ESP)Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Adolphe Dumont  (LUX)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Arthur Lindfors  (FIN)Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Wacław Okulicz-Kozaryn  (POL)1
0Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Nikola Grbić  (YUG)Flag of Switzerland.svg  Louis Veuve  (SUI)2
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Nilsson  (SWE)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wilhelmus Doll  (NED)2
0Flag of Denmark.svg  John Christoffersen  (DEN)Flag of Latvia.svg  Kārlis Vilciņš  (LAT)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edvard Westerlund  (FIN)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jean Dumont  (BEL)2
0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Reinderman  (NED)Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Dűrrũ Sade  (TUR)2
1Flag of France.svg  Jean Domas  (FRA)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Ferenc Györgyei  (HUN)2
0Flag of Estonia.svg  Roman Steinberg  (EST)Bye

Third round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Estonia.svg  Roman Steinberg  (EST)Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  František Pražský  (TCH)2
1Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Giuseppe Gorletti  (ITA)Flag of Norway.svg  Paul Jahren  (NOR)2
0Flag of Austria.svg  Viktor Fischer  (AUT)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Sándor Kónyi  (HUN)1
1Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Oldřich Pštros  (TCH)Flag of France.svg  Émile Clody  (FRA)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Arthur Lindfors  (FIN)Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Tayyar Yalaz  (TUR)1
1Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Wacław Okulicz-Kozaryn  (POL)Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg  Eladio Vidal  (ESP)2
0Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Nikola Grbić  (YUG)Flag of Latvia.svg  Kārlis Vilciņš  (LAT)2
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Nilsson  (SWE)Flag of Denmark.svg  John Christoffersen  (DEN)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edvard Westerlund  (FIN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Reinderman  (NED)1
1Flag of France.svg  Jean Domas  (FRA)Bye

Fourth round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Estonia.svg  Roman Steinberg  (EST)Flag of France.svg  Jean Domas  (FRA)2
1Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Giuseppe Gorletti  (ITA)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Sándor Kónyi  (HUN)2
0Flag of Austria.svg  Viktor Fischer  (AUT)Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Oldřich Pštros  (TCH)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Arthur Lindfors  (FIN)Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Nikola Grbić  (YUG)1
1Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Wacław Okulicz-Kozaryn  (POL)Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Tayyar Yalaz  (TUR)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edvard Westerlund  (FIN)Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Nilsson  (SWE)2
1Flag of Denmark.svg  John Christoffersen  (DEN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Reinderman  (NED)2

Fifth round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
1Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Giuseppe Gorletti  (ITA)Flag of Estonia.svg  Roman Steinberg  (EST)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Arthur Lindfors  (FIN)Flag of Austria.svg  Viktor Fischer  (AUT)1
1Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Nikola Grbić  (YUG)Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Wacław Okulicz-Kozaryn  (POL)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edvard Westerlund  (FIN)Flag of Denmark.svg  John Christoffersen  (DEN)2

Sixth round

After this round, the undefeated Lindfors and Westerlund and the one-loss Steinberg were left. Lindfors and Westerlund advanced to the seventh round to face each other for gold, while Steinberg received the bronze.

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Finland.svg  Arthur Lindfors  (FIN)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Giuseppe Gorletti  (ITA)2
1Flag of Estonia.svg  Roman Steinberg  (EST)Flag of Austria.svg  Viktor Fischer  (AUT)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edvard Westerlund  (FIN)Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Nikola Grbić  (YUG)2

Seventh round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edvard Westerlund  (FIN)Flag of Finland.svg  Arthur Lindfors  (FIN)1

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Greco-Roman". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  2. "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".