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.[1]
Wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Vélodrome d'Hiver |
Dates | 6–14 July 1924 |
No. of events | 13 (13 men, 0 women) |
Competitors | 229 from 26 nations |
Medal summary
editFreestyle
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight |
Kustaa Pihlajamäki |
Kaarlo Mäkinen |
Bryan Hines |
Featherweight |
Robin Reed |
Chester Newton |
Katsutoshi Naito |
Lightweight |
Russell Vis |
Volmar Wikström |
Arvo Haavisto |
Welterweight |
Hermann Gehri |
Eino Leino |
Otto Müller |
Middleweight |
Fritz Hagmann |
Pierre Ollivier |
Vilho Pekkala |
Light Heavyweight |
John Spellman |
Rudolf Svensson |
Charles Courant |
Heavyweight |
Harry Steel |
Henri Wernli |
Archie MacDonald |
Greco-Roman
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight |
Eduard Pütsep |
Anselm Ahlfors |
Väinö Ikonen |
Featherweight |
Kalle Anttila |
Aleksanteri Toivola |
Eric Malmberg |
Lightweight |
Oskari Friman |
Lajos Keresztes |
Källe Westerlund |
Middleweight |
Edvard Westerlund |
Arthur Lindfors |
Roman Steinberg |
Light Heavyweight |
Carl Westergren |
Rudolf Svensson |
Onni Pellinen |
Heavyweight |
Henri Deglane |
Edil Rosenqvist |
Rajmund Badó |
Participating nations
editA total of 229 wrestlers from 26 nations competed at the Paris Games.[1]
Australia (1)
Austria (8)
Belgium (17)
Canada (5)
Czechoslovakia (9)
Denmark (11)
Egypt (2)
Estonia (8)
Finland (24)
France (23)
Great Britain (14)
Greece (2)
Hungary (12)
Italy (17)
Japan (1)
Latvia (6)
Luxembourg (2)
Netherlands (8)
Norway (7)
Poland (2)
Spain (4)
Sweden (13)
Switzerland (12)
Turkey (5)
United States (14)
Yugoslavia (2)
Medal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |
2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (10 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2019.