Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle heavyweight

Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueVélodrome d'Hiver
DatesJuly 11–14, 1924
Competitors11 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Harry Steel  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Henri Wernli  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Archie MacDonald  Great Britain
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Wrestling at the
1924 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Bantammen
Feathermen
Lightmen
Middlemen
Light heavymen
Heavymen
Freestyle
Bantammen
Feathermen
Lightmen
Weltermen
Middlemen
Light heavymen
Heavymen

The men's freestyle heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 87 kilograms.

Results

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

Gold medal round

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Henri Wernli (SUI) W
 Edmond Dame (FRA) L  Henri Wernli (SUI) W
 Johan Richthoff (SWE) W  Johan Richthoff (SWE) L
 Albert Sangwine (GBR) L  Henri Wernli (SUI) L
 Harry Steel (USA) W
 Harry Steel (USA) W
 Archie MacDonald (GBR) L
 Harry Steel (USA) W
 Ernst Nilsson (SWE) L
 Ernst Nilsson (SWE) W
 Roger Flanders (USA) L
 Ernst Nilsson (SWE) W
 Hans Roth (SUI) W  Toivo Pohjala (FIN) L
 Hjalmar Nyström (FIN) L  Hans Roth (SUI) L
 Toivo Pohjala (FIN) W

Silver medal round

Semifinals Final
 Henri Wernli (SUI) W
 Ernst Nilsson (SWE) L  Henri Wernli (SUI) W
 Archie MacDonald (GBR) L

Bronze medal round

As Nilsson, Richthoff, and Dame declined to compete, Archie MacDonald was awarded the bronze medal.

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  2. ^ "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".