Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight

The men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing 67 to 75 kilograms.

Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'Hiver
Dates	July 6–10
Competitors	22 from 15 nations
Medalists
Carl Westergren  Sweden Rudolf Svensson  Sweden Onni Pellinen  Finland

Results

Source: Official results;[2] Wudarski[3]

The tournament was double-elimination.

First round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	Bruto Testonni (ITA)	1
0	Antonie Misset (NED)	Jean Baumert (FRA)	1
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Émile Walhelm (BEL)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Seyfi Berksoy (TUR)	1
0	František Tázler (TCH)	Axel Tetens (DEN)	1
0	Arnolds Baumanis (LAT)	Franz Sax (AUT)	1
0	Svend Nielsen (DEN)	Jan Muijs (NED)	1
0	Béla Varga (HUN)	Dante Ceccatelli (ITA)	1
0	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	Rudolf Loo (EST)	1
0	István Dömény (HUN)	Paul Bonnefont (FRA)	1
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	Stevan Nađ (YUG)	1

Second round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	Jean Baumert (FRA)	2
0	Antonie Misset (NED)	Stevan Nađ (YUG)	2
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Seyfi Berksoy (TUR)	2
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	František Tázler (TCH)	1
1	Axel Tetens (DEN)	Franz Sax (AUT)	2
0	Svend Nielsen (DEN)	Arnolds Baumanis (LAT)	1
0	Béla Varga (HUN)	Jan Muijs (NED)	2
0	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	Dante Ceccatelli (ITA)	2
1	Rudolf Loo (EST)	Pierre Bonnefont (FRA)	2
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	István Dömény (HUN)	1
–	Abandoned	Bruto Testonni (ITA)	–
–	Abandoned	Émile Walhelm (BEL)	–

Third round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	Antonie Misset (NED)	1
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Svend Nielsen (DEN)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Axel Tetens (DEN)	2
0	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	Béla Varga (HUN)	1
1	Rudolf Loo (EST)	István Dömény (HUN)	2
0	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	Bye	–
–	Abandoned	František Tázler (TCH)	–
–	Abandoned	Arnolds Baumanis (LAT)	–

Fourth round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	Antonie Misset (NED)	2
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	Rudolf Loo (EST)	2
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Béla Varga (HUN)	2
–	Abandoned	Svend Nielsen (DEN)	–

Fifth round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	2
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	Bye	–

Sixth round

After this round, the undefeated Svensson and Westergren and the one-loss Pellinen were left. Svensson and Westergren advanced to the seventh round to face each other for gold, while Pellinen received the bronze.

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	2

Seventh round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Johan Svensson (SWE)	1

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
2. "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".