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

Event:	Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling
Games:	1924 Summer
Venue:	Vélodrome d'Hiver
Dates:	July 11–14
Competitors:	11
Nations:	6
Gold:	Harry Steel
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Henri Wernli
Silvernoc:	SUI
Bronze:	Archie MacDonald
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	1920
Next:	1928

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]

Bronze medal round

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130649/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/WRE/mens-heavyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2013-09-15 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: 1924 Summer Olympics official report.
3. Web site: Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich.