Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle heavyweight

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Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Vélodrome d'Hiver
DatesJuly 11–14
Competitors11 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Harry Steel US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Henri Wernli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Archie MacDonald Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1920
1928  

The men's freestyle heavyweight 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. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms.

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Results

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

Gold medal round

Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Henri Wernli  (SUI)W 
Flag of France.svg  Edmond Dame  (FRA)L  Flag of Switzerland.svg  Henri Wernli  (SUI)W 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Richthoff  (SWE)W  Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Richthoff  (SWE)L 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Albert Sangwine  (GBR)L   Flag of Switzerland.svg  Henri Wernli  (SUI)L 
   US flag 48 stars.svg  Harry Steel  (USA)W 
  US flag 48 stars.svg  Harry Steel  (USA)W 
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Archie MacDonald  (GBR)L 
   US flag 48 stars.svg  Harry Steel  (USA)W
   Flag of Sweden.svg  Ernst Nilsson  (SWE)L
  Flag of Sweden.svg  Ernst Nilsson  (SWE)W 
  US flag 48 stars.svg  Roger Flanders  (USA)L 
   Flag of Sweden.svg  Ernst Nilsson  (SWE)W 
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Hans Roth  (SUI)W   Flag of Finland.svg  Toivo Pohjala  (FIN)L 
Flag of Finland.svg  Hjalmar Nyström  (FIN)L  Flag of Switzerland.svg  Hans Roth  (SUI)L   
  Flag of Finland.svg  Toivo Pohjala  (FIN)W   
 

Silver medal round

SemifinalsFinal
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Henri Wernli  (SUI)W 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Ernst Nilsson  (SWE)L  Flag of Switzerland.svg  Henri Wernli  (SUI)W
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Archie MacDonald  (GBR)L
 

Bronze medal round

As Nilsson, Richthoff, and Dame declined to compete, Archie MacDonald was awarded the bronze medal.

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  2. "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".