Men's lightweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Vélodrome d'Hiver | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 11–14 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 10 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 freestyle lightweight was a freestyle 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 from 61 to 66 kilograms.
Source: Official results; [2] Wudarski [3]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Russell Vis (USA) | W | ||||||||||||||
Walter Montgomery (CAN) | L | ||||||||||||||
Russell Vis (USA) | W | ||||||||||||||
Émile Pouvroux (FRA) | L | ||||||||||||||
Émile Pouvroux (FRA) | W | ||||||||||||||
Herman Van Duyzen (BEL) | L | ||||||||||||||
Russell Vis (USA) | W | ||||||||||||||
Arvo Haavisto (FIN) | L | ||||||||||||||
Arvo Haavisto (FIN) | W | ||||||||||||||
Auguste Corti (SUI) | L | ||||||||||||||
Arvo Haavisto (FIN) | W | ||||||||||||||
Alfred Praks (EST) | L | ||||||||||||||
Alfred Praks (EST) | W | ||||||||||||||
Perry Martter (USA) | L | ||||||||||||||
Russell Vis (USA) | W | ||||||||||||||
Volmar Wikström (FIN) | L | ||||||||||||||
Volmar Wikström (FIN) | W | ||||||||||||||
Søren Eriksen (DEN) | L | ||||||||||||||
Volmar Wikström (FIN) | W | ||||||||||||||
Étienne Jourdain (FRA) | L | ||||||||||||||
Étienne Jourdain (FRA) | W | ||||||||||||||
Riccardo Pizzocaro (ITA) | L | ||||||||||||||
Volmar Wikström (FIN) | W | ||||||||||||||
George Gardiner (GBR) | L | ||||||||||||||
George Gardiner (GBR) | W | ||||||||||||||
Osvald Käpp (EST) | L | ||||||||||||||
George Gardiner (GBR) | W | ||||||||||||||
Édouard Belet (SUI) | L | ||||||||||||||
Édouard Belet (SUI) | W | ||||||||||||||
Ernest Bacon (GBR) | L |
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
Arvo Haavisto (FIN) | W | ||||||||
Émile Pouvroux (FRA) | L | Arvo Haavisto (FIN) | L | ||||||
Volmar Wikström (FIN) | W | Volmar Wikström (FIN) | W | ||||||
Walter Montgomery (CAN) | L |
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
Arvo Haavisto (FIN) | W | ||||||||
Søren Eriksen (DEN) | L | Arvo Haavisto (FIN) | W | ||||||
George Gardiner (GBR) | W | George Gardiner (GBR) | L | ||||||
Étienne Jourdain (FRA) | L |
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