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

Event:	Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling
Games:	1924 Summer
Venue:	Vélodrome d'Hiver
Dates:	July 6–10
Competitors:	22
Nations:	15
Gold:	Carl Westergren
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Rudolf Svensson
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Onni Pellinen
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1920
Next:	1928

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 75 to 82.5 kilograms.

Results

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

The tournament was double-elimination.

First round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0			1
0			1
0			1
0			1
0			1
0			1
0			1
0			1
0			1
0			1
0			1

Second round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0			1
1		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0			1
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
1		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0			1
–	Abandoned	bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	–
–	Abandoned	bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	–

Third round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0			1
0			1
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0			1
1		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0		Bye	–
–	Abandoned	bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	–
–	Abandoned	bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	–

Fourth round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0			1
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
–	Abandoned	bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	–

Fifth round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0			1
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2
0		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			1
0		bgcolor=pink		bgcolor=pink	2

Seventh round

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131933/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2013-09-28 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: 1924 Summer Olympics official report.
3. Web site: Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich.