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

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Men's heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Vélodrome d'Hiver
DatesJuly 6–10
Competitors17 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Henri Deglane Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Edil Rosenqvist Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Rajmund Badó Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary
  1920
1928  

The men's Greco-Roman heavyweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. [1] It was the third appearance of the event. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 82.5 kilograms.

Results

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

The tournament was double-elimination.

First round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Denmark.svg  Emil Larsen  (DEN)Flag of Latvia.svg  Jānis Polis  (LAT)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Johan Salila  (FIN)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Marcello Giuria  (ITA)1
0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lucien Pothier  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jaap Sjouwerman  (NED)1
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Claes Johansson  (SWE)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Ottó Szelky  (HUN)1
0Flag of France.svg  Jean Deglane  (FRA)Flag of Denmark.svg  Poul Hansen  (DEN)1
0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Sint  (NED)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Aleardo Donati  (ITA)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edil Rosenqvist  (FIN)Flag of Sweden.svg  Ernst Nilsson  (SWE)1
0Flag of France.svg  Edmond Dame  (FRA)Flag of Austria.svg  Franz Mileder  (AUT)1
0Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Rajmund Badó  (HUN)Bye

Second round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Rajmund Badó  (HUN)Flag of Denmark.svg  Emil Larsen  (DEN)1
1Flag of Latvia.svg  Jānis Polis  (LAT)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Marcello Giuria  (ITA)2
0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lucien Pothier  (BEL)Flag of Finland.svg  Johan Salila  (FIN)1
1Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Ottó Szelky  (HUN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jaap Sjouwerman  (NED)2
0Flag of France.svg  Jean Deglane  (FRA)Flag of Sweden.svg  Claes Johansson  (SWE)1
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Poul Hansen  (DEN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Sint  (NED)1
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Ernst Nilsson  (SWE)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Aleardo Donati  (ITA)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edil Rosenqvist  (FIN)Flag of Austria.svg  Franz Mileder  (AUT)2
0Flag of France.svg  Edmond Dame  (FRA)Bye

After 20 minutes, Johansson was declared the winner over Deglane on points. French officials protested, and the two wrestlers were ordered to wrestle for another 6 minutes. Deglane was declared the victor, and Johansson was so disgusted with the result that he withdrew from the competition. [4]

Third round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Rajmund Badó  (HUN)Flag of France.svg  Edmond Dame  (FRA)1
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Emil Larsen  (DEN)Flag of Finland.svg  Johan Salila  (FIN)2
1Flag of Latvia.svg  Jānis Polis  (LAT)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lucien Pothier  (BEL)1
0Flag of France.svg  Jean Deglane  (FRA)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Ottó Szelky  (HUN)2
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Ernst Nilsson  (SWE)Flag of Denmark.svg  Poul Hansen  (DEN)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edil Rosenqvist  (FIN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Sint  (NED)2
AbandonedFlag of Sweden.svg  Claes Johansson  (SWE)

Fourth round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Rajmund Badó  (HUN)Flag of Latvia.svg  Jānis Polis  (LAT)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edil Rosenqvist  (FIN)Flag of France.svg  Edmond Dame  (FRA)2
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Emil Larsen  (DEN)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Lucien Pothier  (BEL)2
0Flag of France.svg  Jean Deglane  (FRA)Flag of Sweden.svg  Ernst Nilsson  (SWE)2

Fifth round

After this round, the undefeated Deglane and Rosenqvist and the one-loss Badó were left. Deglane and Rosenqvist advanced to the sixth round to face each other for gold, while Badó received the bronze.

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of France.svg  Jean Deglane  (FRA)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Rajmund Badó  (HUN)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Edil Rosenqvist  (FIN)Flag of Denmark.svg  Emil Larsen  (DEN)2

Sixth round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of France.svg  Jean Deglane  (FRA)Flag of Finland.svg  Edil Rosenqvist  (FIN)1

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  2. "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".
  4. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 527. ISBN   0140066322.