Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle light heavyweight
| Men's light heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 11–14 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 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 light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the second appearance of the event. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing from 79 to 87 kilograms.
Results
Source: Official results;[2] Wudarski[3]
Gold medal round
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
 John Spellman (USA) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
 Walter Wilson (GBR) |
L | John Spellman (USA) |
W | |||||||||||||||
 George Rumpel (CAN) |
W | George Rumpel (CAN) |
L | |||||||||||||||
 J. Baillot (FRA) |
L | John Spellman (USA) |
W | |||||||||||||||
 Calle Westergren (SWE) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
| Calle Westergren (SWE) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Fabio Del Genovese (ITA) |
W | Fabio del Genovese (ITA) |
L | |||||||||||||||
| Marcel Kappeler (FRA) |
L | John Spellman (USA) |
W | |||||||||||||||
| Johan Svensson (SWE) |
W | Johan Svensson (SWE) |
L | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Joseph Hutmacker (BEL) |
L | Johan Svensson (SWE) |
W | |||||||||||||||
 Iisak Mylläri (FIN) |
W | Iisak Mylläri (FIN) |
L | |||||||||||||||
| Victor Lay (GBR) |
L | Johan Svensson (SWE) |
W | |||||||||||||||
 Poul Hansen (DEN) |
W |  Charles Courant (SUI) |
L | |||||||||||||||
| Fritz Roth (SUI) |
L | Poul Hansen (DEN) |
L | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Courant (SUI) |
W | Charles Courant (SUI) |
W | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Strack (USA) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
Silver medal round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
| Johan Svensson (SWE) |
W | |||||||
| Calle Westergren (SWE) |
L | Johan Svensson (SWE) |
W | |||||
| Walter Wilson (GBR) |
W | Walter Wilson (GBR) |
L | |||||
| George Rumple (CAN) |
L | |||||||
Bronze medal round
Wilson, Westergren, Hutmacker, and Mylläri all declined to compete, leaving Charles Courant with the bronze medal.
References
- ↑ "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- ↑ "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
- ↑ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".
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