| Men's light heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Vélodrome d'Hiver | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Fabio Del Genovese (ITA)
| W | Fabio del Genovese (ITA)
| L | ||||||||||||||||
| Gustave Kappeler (FRA)
| L | John Spellman (USA)
| W | ||||||||||||||||
| Johan Svensson (SWE)
| W | Johan Svensson (SWE)
| L | ||||||||||||||||
 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
As Wilson, Westergren, Hutmacker, and Mylläri declined to compete, Charles Courant was awarded the bronze medal.
References
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- ^ "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
- ^ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".
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