Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Vélodrome d'Hiver | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 6–10 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics | |
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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 |
The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight 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. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 75 to 82.5 kilograms.
Source: Official results; [2] Wudarski [3]
The tournament was double-elimination.
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) | Bruto Testonni (ITA) | 1 |
0 | Antonie Misset (NED) | Jean Baumert (FRA) | 1 |
0 | Johan Svensson (SWE) | Émile Walhelm (BEL) | 1 |
0 | Carl Westergren (SWE) | Seyfi Berksoy (TUR) | 1 |
0 | František Tázler (TCH) | Axel Tetens (DEN) | 1 |
0 | Arnolds Baumanis (LAT) | Franz Sax (AUT) | 1 |
0 | Svend Nielsen (DEN) | Jan Muijs (NED) | 1 |
0 | Béla Varga (HUN) | Dante Ceccatelli (ITA) | 1 |
0 | Emil Wecksten (FIN) | Rudolf Loo (EST) | 1 |
0 | István Dömény (HUN) | Paul Bonnefont (FRA) | 1 |
0 | Onni Pellinen (FIN) | Stevan Nađ (YUG) | 1 |
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) | Jean Baumert (FRA) | 2 |
0 | Antonie Misset (NED) | Stevan Nađ (YUG) | 2 |
0 | Johan Svensson (SWE) | Seyfi Berksoy (TUR) | 2 |
0 | Carl Westergren (SWE) | František Tázler (TCH) | 1 |
1 | Axel Tetens (DEN) | Franz Sax (AUT) | 2 |
0 | Svend Nielsen (DEN) | Arnolds Baumanis (LAT) | 1 |
0 | Béla Varga (HUN) | Jan Muijs (NED) | 2 |
0 | Emil Wecksten (FIN) | Dante Ceccatelli (ITA) | 2 |
1 | Rudolf Loo (EST) | Pierre Bonnefont (FRA) | 2 |
0 | Onni Pellinen (FIN) | István Dömény (HUN) | 1 |
– | Abandoned | Bruto Testonni (ITA) | – |
– | Abandoned | Émile Walhelm (BEL) | – |
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Onni Pellinen (FIN) | Antonie Misset (NED) | 1 |
0 | Johan Svensson (SWE) | Svend Nielsen (DEN) | 1 |
0 | Carl Westergren (SWE) | Axel Tetens (DEN) | 2 |
0 | Emil Wecksten (FIN) | Béla Varga (HUN) | 1 |
1 | Rudolf Loo (EST) | István Dömény (HUN) | 2 |
0 | Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) | Bye | – |
– | Abandoned | František Tázler (TCH) | – |
– | Abandoned | Arnolds Baumanis (LAT) | – |
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) | Antonie Misset (NED) | 2 |
0 | Onni Pellinen (FIN) | Rudolf Loo (EST) | 2 |
0 | Johan Svensson (SWE) | Emil Wecksten (FIN) | 1 |
0 | Carl Westergren (SWE) | Béla Varga (HUN) | 2 |
– | Abandoned | Svend Nielsen (DEN) | – |
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Johan Svensson (SWE) | Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) | 1 |
0 | Carl Westergren (SWE) | Emil Wecksten (FIN) | 2 |
0 | Onni Pellinen (FIN) | Bye | – |
After this round, the undefeated Svensson and Westergren and the one-loss Pellinen were left. Svensson and Westergren advanced to the seventh round to face each other for gold, while Pellinen received the bronze.
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Johan Svensson (SWE) | Onni Pellinen (FIN) | 1 |
0 | Carl Westergren (SWE) | Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) | 2 |
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Carl Westergren (SWE) | Johan Svensson (SWE) | 1 |
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