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

Wrestling at the Olympics
Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueVélodrome d'Hiver
DatesJuly 6–10
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carl Westergren  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rudolf Svensson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Onni Pellinen  Finland
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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.

Results

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

The tournament was double-elimination.

First round

Losses Winner Loser Losses
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

Second round

Losses Winner Loser Losses
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)

Third round

Losses Winner Loser Losses
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)

Fourth round

Losses Winner Loser Losses
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)

Fifth round

Losses Winner Loser Losses
0  Johan Svensson (SWE)  Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) 1
0  Carl Westergren (SWE)  Emil Wecksten (FIN) 2
0  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.

Losses Winner Loser Losses
0  Johan Svensson (SWE)  Onni Pellinen (FIN) 1
0  Carl Westergren (SWE)  Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) 2

Seventh round

Losses Winner Loser Losses
0  Carl Westergren (SWE)  Johan Svensson (SWE) 1

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".
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  • 1908: 93 kg
  • 1912–1928: 82.5 kg
  • 1932–1960: 87 kg
  • 1964–1968: 97 kg
  • 1972–1996: 90 kg