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.[1]

Medal summary

Freestyle
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
 Kustaa Pihlajamäki
 Finland		 Kaarlo Mäkinen
 Finland		 Bryan Hines
 United States
Featherweight
 Robin Reed
 United States		 Chester Newton
 United States		 Katsutoshi Naito
 Japan
Lightweight
 Russell Vis
 United States		 Volmar Wikström
 Finland		 Arvo Haavisto
 Finland
Welterweight
 Hermann Gehri
 Switzerland		 Eino Leino
 Finland		 Otto Müller
 Switzerland
Middleweight
 Fritz Hagmann
 Switzerland		 Pierre Ollivier
 Belgium		 Vilho Pekkala
 Finland
Light Heavyweight
 John Spellman
 United States		 Rudolf Svensson
 Sweden		 Charles Courant
 Switzerland
Heavyweight
 Harry Steel
 United States		 Henri Wernli
 Switzerland		 Andrew McDonald
 Great Britain

Greco-Roman
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight
 Eduard Pütsep
 Estonia		 Anselm Ahlfors
 Finland		 Väinö Ikonen
 Finland
Featherweight
 Kalle Anttila
 Finland		 Aleksanteri Toivola
 Finland		 Eric Malmberg
 Sweden
Lightweight
 Oskari Friman
 Finland		 Lajos Keresztes
 Hungary		 Källe Westerlund
 Finland
Middleweight
 Edvard Westerlund
 Finland		 Arthur Lindfors
 Finland		 Roman Steinberg
 Estonia
Light Heavyweight
 Carl Westergren
 Sweden		 Rudolf Svensson
 Sweden		 Onni Pellinen
 Finland
Heavyweight
 Henri Deglane
 France		 Edil Rosenqvist
 Finland		 Rajmund Badó
 Hungary

Participating nations

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

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland (FIN)47516
2 United States (USA)4116
3 Switzerland (SUI)2125
4 Sweden (SWE)1214
5 Estonia (EST)1012
6 France (FRA)1001
7 Hungary (HUN)0112
8 Belgium (BEL)0101
9 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (10 nations)13131339
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References
  1. "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
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