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

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Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Vélodrome d'Hiver
DatesJuly 6–10
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Carl Westergren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Rudolf Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Onni Pellinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  1920
1928  

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.

Contents

Results

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

The tournament was double-elimination.

First round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Ibrahim Moustafa  (EGY)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Bruto Testonni  (ITA)1
0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Antonie Misset  (NED)Flag of France.svg  Jean Baumert  (FRA)1
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Svensson  (SWE)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Émile Walhelm  (BEL)1
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Westergren  (SWE)Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Seyfi Berksoy  (TUR)1
0Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  František Tázler  (TCH)Flag of Denmark.svg  Axel Tetens  (DEN)1
0Flag of Latvia.svg  Arnolds Baumanis  (LAT)Flag of Austria.svg  Franz Sax  (AUT)1
0Flag of Denmark.svg  Svend Nielsen  (DEN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Muijs  (NED)1
0Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Béla Varga  (HUN)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Dante Ceccatelli  (ITA)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Emil Wecksten  (FIN)Flag of Estonia.svg  Rudolf Loo  (EST)1
0Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  István Dömény  (HUN)Flag of France.svg  Paul Bonnefont  (FRA)1
0Flag of Finland.svg  Onni Pellinen  (FIN)Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Stevan Nađ  (YUG)1

Second round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Ibrahim Moustafa  (EGY)Flag of France.svg  Jean Baumert  (FRA)2
0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Antonie Misset  (NED)Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Stevan Nađ  (YUG)2
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Svensson  (SWE)Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Seyfi Berksoy  (TUR)2
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Westergren  (SWE)Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  František Tázler  (TCH)1
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Axel Tetens  (DEN)Flag of Austria.svg  Franz Sax  (AUT)2
0Flag of Denmark.svg  Svend Nielsen  (DEN)Flag of Latvia.svg  Arnolds Baumanis  (LAT)1
0Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Béla Varga  (HUN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Muijs  (NED)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Emil Wecksten  (FIN)Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Dante Ceccatelli  (ITA)2
1Flag of Estonia.svg  Rudolf Loo  (EST)Flag of France.svg  Pierre Bonnefont  (FRA)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Onni Pellinen  (FIN)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  István Dömény  (HUN)1
AbandonedFlag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Bruto Testonni  (ITA)
AbandonedFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Émile Walhelm  (BEL)

Third round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Finland.svg  Onni Pellinen  (FIN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Antonie Misset  (NED)1
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Svensson  (SWE)Flag of Denmark.svg  Svend Nielsen  (DEN)1
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Westergren  (SWE)Flag of Denmark.svg  Axel Tetens  (DEN)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Emil Wecksten  (FIN)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Béla Varga  (HUN)1
1Flag of Estonia.svg  Rudolf Loo  (EST)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  István Dömény  (HUN)2
0Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Ibrahim Moustafa  (EGY)Bye
AbandonedFlag of Czechoslovakia.svg  František Tázler  (TCH)
AbandonedFlag of Latvia.svg  Arnolds Baumanis  (LAT)

Fourth round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Ibrahim Moustafa  (EGY)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Antonie Misset  (NED)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Onni Pellinen  (FIN)Flag of Estonia.svg  Rudolf Loo  (EST)2
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Svensson  (SWE)Flag of Finland.svg  Emil Wecksten  (FIN)1
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Westergren  (SWE)Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Béla Varga  (HUN)2
AbandonedFlag of Denmark.svg  Svend Nielsen  (DEN)

Fifth round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Svensson  (SWE)Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Ibrahim Moustafa  (EGY)1
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Westergren  (SWE)Flag of Finland.svg  Emil Wecksten  (FIN)2
0Flag of Finland.svg  Onni Pellinen  (FIN)Bye

Sixth round

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.

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Svensson  (SWE)Flag of Finland.svg  Onni Pellinen  (FIN)1
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Westergren  (SWE)Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Ibrahim Moustafa  (EGY)2

Seventh round

LossesWinnerLoserLosses
0Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl Westergren  (SWE)Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Svensson  (SWE)1

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  2. "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".