Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics thirteen wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were six weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling. The Greco-Roman events were held from July 6 to July 10, 1924 and the freestyle competitions were held from July 11 to July 14, 1924.

Medal summary

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
 Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN)  Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN)  Bryan Hines (USA)
Featherweight
 Robin Reed (USA)  Chester Newton (USA)  Katsutoshi Naito (JPN)
Lightweight
 Russell Vis (USA)  Volmar Wikström (FIN)  Arvo Haavisto (FIN)
Welterweight
 Hermann Gehri (SUI)  Eino Leino (FIN)  Otto Müller (SUI)
Middleweight
 Fritz Hagmann (SUI)  Pierre Ollivier (BEL)  Vilho Pekkala (FIN)
Light Heavyweight
 John Spellman (USA)  Rudolf Svensson (SWE)  Charles Courant (SUI)
Heavyweight
 Harry Steel (USA)  Henri Wernli (SUI)  Andrew McDonald (GBR)

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
 Eduard Pütsep (EST)  Anselm Ahlfors (FIN)  Väinö Ikonen (FIN)
Featherweight
 Kalle Anttila (FIN)  Aleksanteri Toivola (FIN)  Eric Malmberg (SWE)
Lightweight
 Oskari Friman (FIN)  Lajos Keresztes (HUN)  Källe Westerlund (FIN)
Middleweight
 Edvard Westerlund (FIN)  Arthur Lindfors (FIN)  Roman Steinberg (EST)
Light Heavyweight
 Carl Westergren (SWE)  Rudolf Svensson (SWE)  Onni Pellinen (FIN)
Heavyweight
 Henri Deglane (FRA)  Edil Rosenqvist (FIN)  Rajmund Badó (HUN)

Participating nations

A total of 229 wrestlers from 26 nations competed at the Paris Games.[1]

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Finland (FIN) 4 7 5 16
2  United States (USA) 4 1 1 6
3  Switzerland (SUI) 2 1 2 5
4  Sweden (SWE) 1 2 1 4
5  Estonia (EST) 1 0 1 2
6  France (FRA) 1 0 0 1
7  Hungary (HUN) 0 1 1 2
8  Belgium (BEL) 0 1 0 1
9  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1
 Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
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