Men's lightweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Vélodrome d'Hiver | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 6–10 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 18 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 lightweight 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. Lightweight was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms.
Source: Official results; [2] Wudarski [3]
The tournament was double-elimination.
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Oskari Friman (FIN) | Arne Gaupset (NOR) | 1 |
0 | Josef Beránek (TCH) | Sidney Bergmann (AUT) | 1 |
0 | Alfred Praks (EST) | Holger Askehave (DEN) | 1 |
0 | Leon Rękawek (POL) | Vasilios Pavlidis (GRE) | 1 |
0 | Rūdolfs Ronis (LAT) | Louis Christoffel (BEL) | 1 |
0 | Karl Westerlund (FIN) | Fuat Akbaş (TUR) | 1 |
0 | Lajos Keresztes (HUN) | Ahmed Rahmy (EGY) | 1 |
0 | František Kratochvíl (TCH) | Roberto De Marchi (ITA) | 1 |
0 | Carl Coerse (NED) | Francisco Solé (ESP) | 1 |
0 | Frants Frisenfeldt (DEN) | Erling Michelsen (NOR) | 1 |
0 | Albert Kusnets (EST) | Georges Metayer (FRA) | 1 |
0 | Otto Borgström (SWE) | Walter Ranghieri (ITA) | 1 |
0 | Mihály Matura (HUN) | Ludwig Sesta (AUT) | 1 |
0 | Paul Parisel (FRA) | Englebert Mollin (BEL) | 1 |
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Oskari Friman (FIN) | Josef Beránek (TCH) | 1 |
1 | Arne Gaupset (NOR) | Johann Bergmann (AUT) | 2 |
0 | Alfred Praks (EST) | Leon Rękawek (POL) | 1 |
1 | Holger Askehave (DEN) | Vasilios Pavlidis (GRE) | 2 |
0 | Rūdolfs Ronis (LAT) | Fuat Akbaş (TUR) | 2 |
0 | Karl Westerlund (FIN) | Louis Christoffel (BEL) | 2 |
0 | Lajos Keresztes (HUN) | Roberto de Marchi (ITA) | 2 |
0 | František Kratochvíl (TCH) | Ahmed Rahmy (EGY) | 2 |
0 | Frants Frisenfeldt (DEN) | Carl Coerse (NED) | 1 |
1 | Francisco Solé (ESP) | Erling Michelsen (NOR) | 2 |
0 | Albert Kusnets (EST) | Otto Borgström (SWE) | 1 |
1 | Walter Ranghieri (ITA) | Georges Metayer (FRA) | 2 |
0 | Mihály Matura (HUN) | Paul Parisel (FRA) | 1 |
1 | Ludwig Sesta (AUT) | Englebert Mollin (BEL) | 2 |
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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1 | Arne Gaupset (NOR) | Josef Beránek (TCH) | 2 |
0 | Rūdolfs Ronis (LAT) | Alfred Praks (EST) | 1 |
1 | Holger Askehave (DEN) | Leon Rękawek (POL) | 2 |
0 | Lajos Keresztes (HUN) | Karl Westerlund (FIN) | 1 |
0 | František Kratochvíl (TCH) | Carl Coerse (NED) | 2 |
0 | Frants Frisenfeldt (DEN) | Francisco Solé (ESP) | 2 |
0 | Albert Kusnets (EST) | Walter Ranghieri (ITA) | 2 |
0 | Mihály Matura (HUN) | Otto Borgström (SWE) | 2 |
1 | Ludwig Sesta (AUT) | Paul Parisel (FRA) | 2 |
0 | Oskari Friman (FIN) | Bye | – |
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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1 | Arne Gaupset (NOR) | Ludwig Sesta (AUT) | 2 |
0 | Lajos Keresztes (HUN) | Rūdolfs Ronis (LAT) | 1 |
1 | Karl Westerlund (FIN) | Alfred Praks (EST) | 2 |
0 | Oskari Friman (FIN) | Holger Askehave (DEN) | 2 |
0 | František Kratochvíl (TCH) | Frants Frisenfeldt (DEN) | 1 |
0 | Albert Kusnets (EST) | Mihály Matura (HUN) | 1 |
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Albert Kusnets (EST) | Arne Gaupset (NOR) | 2 |
0 | Lajos Keresztes (HUN) | Frants Frisenfeldt (DEN) | 2 |
1 | Karl Westerlund (FIN) | František Kratochvíl (TCH) | 1 |
0 | Oskari Friman (FIN) | Mihály Matura (HUN) | 2 |
– | Abandoned | Rūdolfs Ronis (LAT) | – |
This was the final round. Friman won gold, undefeated. Keresztes took silver and Westerlund bronze, as Kusnets finished fourth.
Losses | Winner | Loser | Losses |
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0 | Oskari Friman (FIN) | Lajos Keresztes (HUN) | 1 |
1 | Karl Westerlund (FIN) | Albert Kusnets (EST) | 1 |
– | Abandoned | František Kratochvíl (TCH) | – |
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