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

The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. Bantamweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 58 kilograms.

Men's bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'Hiver
Dates	July 6–10
Competitors	25 from 15 nations
Medalists
Eduard Pütsep  Estonia Anselm Ahlfors  Finland Väinö Ikonen  Finland

Results

Source: Official results; Wudarski

The tournament was double-elimination.

First round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Armand Magyar (HUN)	Arvid Östman (SWE)	1
0	Johannes van Maaren (NED)	Alberts Krievs (LAT)	1
0	Sven Martinsen (NOR)	Georgios Zervinis (GRE)	1
0	Henri Dierickx (BEL)	Hermann Andersen (DEN)	1
0	Adolf Herschmann (AUT)	Mazhar Çakin (TUR)	1
0	Georg Gundersen (DEN)	Jan Bozděch (TCH)	1
0	Ragnvald Olsen (NOR)	Carlo Ponte (ITA)	1
0	Théo Kueny (FRA)	Antonín Skopový (TCH)	1
0	Eduard Pütsep (EST)	Pierre Slock (BEL)	1
0	Väinö Ikonen (FIN)	Giovanni Gozzi (ITA)	1
0	Anton Koolmann (EST)	Gérardo Apruzzese (FRA)	1
0	Anselm Ahlfors (FIN)	Sigfrid Hansson (SWE)	1
0	József Tasnádi (HUN)	Bye	–

Second round

25 wrestlers began this round. In the 12 matches, 8 wrestlers suffered their second loss in this round and were eliminated. 4 wrestlers suffered their first loss. 9 wrestlers continued undefeated, while 3 won whilst avoiding elimination and a further one-loss wrestler received a bye.

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	József Tasnádi (HUN)	Arvid Östman (SWE)	2
0	Armand Magyar (HUN)	Alberts Krievs (LAT)	2
0	Johannes van Maaren (NED)	Georgios Zervinis (GRE)	2
0	Sven Martinsen (NOR)	Hermann Andersen (DEN)	2
0	Henri Dierickx (BEL)	Mazhar Çakin (TUR)	2
0	Adolf Herschmann (AUT)	Georg Gundersen (DEN)	1
1	Jan Bozděch (TCH)	Carlo Ponte (ITA)	2
1	Antonín Skopový (TCH)	Ragnvald Olsen (NOR)	1
0	Théo Kueny (FRA)	Pierre Slock (BEL)	2
0	Eduard Pütsep (EST)	Väinö Ikonen (FIN)	1
1	Giovanni Gozzi (ITA)	Anton Koolmann (EST)	1
0	Anselm Ahlfors (FIN)	Gérardo Apruzzese (FRA)	2
1	Sigfrid Hansson (SWE)	Bye	–

Third round

9 wrestlers began this round with no losses, 8 with one loss.

5 wrestlers suffered their second loss in this round and were eliminated (including Gundersen, who withdrew). 5 wrestlers continued undefeated, 3 won whilst avoiding elimination, and 4 suffered their first loss.

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
1	Sigfrid Hansson (SWE)	Armand Magyar (HUN)	1
0	József Tasnádi (HUN)	Johannes van Maaren (NED)	1
0	Henri Dierickx (BEL)	Sven Martinsen (NOR)	1
0	Adolf Herschmann (AUT)	Jan Bozděch (TCH)	2
1	Ragnvald Olsen (NOR)	T. Kueny (FRA)	1
0	Eduard Pütsep (EST)	Antonín Skopový (TCH)	2
1	Väinö Ikonen (FIN)	Anton Koolmann (EST)	2
0	Anselm Ahlfors (FIN)	Giovanni Gozzi (ITA)	2
–	Abandoned	Georg Gundersen (DEN)	–

Fourth round

5 wrestlers began this round with no losses, 7 with one loss.

Of the 6 matches, one pitted undefeated wrestlers against each other. Two involved two wrestlers who each had one loss. The remaining three were contested by an undefeated wrestler against one facing elimination, resulting in one elimination and two men receiving their first loss.

This resulted in 2 wrestlers keeping their undefeated status and 3 being eliminated. 3 men received their first loss and 4 won while avoiding elimination.

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
1	Sigfrid Hansson (SWE)	József Tasnádi (HUN)	1
1	Armand Magyar (HUN)	Johannes van Maaren (NED)	2
1	Ragnvald Olsen (NOR)	Henri Dierickx (BEL)	1
0	Adolf Herschmann (AUT)	T. Kueny (FRA)	2
1	Väinö Ikonen (FIN)	Sven Martinsen (NOR)	2
0	Eduard Pütsep (EST)	Anselm Ahlfors (FIN)	1

Fifth round

2 wrestlers began this round with no losses, 7 with one loss (6 after Dierickx withdrew).

Of the four matches, two involved both wrestlers facing elimination and two pitted an undefeated wrestler against a man with one loss. The latter two resulted in one elimination and one wrestler taking his first loss. In all, 4 wrestlers (including Dierickx) were eliminated. One wrestler continued undefeated, one had his first loss, and three survived elimination.

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
1	Sigfrid Hansson (SWE)	Adolf Herschmann (AUT)	1
1	Anselm Ahlfors (FIN)	József Tasnádi (HUN)	2
0	Eduard Pütsep (EST)	Armand Magyar (HUN)	2
1	Väinö Ikonen (FIN)	Ragnvald Olsen (NOR)	2
–	Abandoned	Henri Dierickx (BEL)	–

Sixth round

1 wrestler began this round with no losses, 4 with one loss (3 after Herschmann withdrew).

One match was certain elimination, while the other pitted the undefeated Pütsep against the one-loss Hansson. Pütsep defeated Hansson to remain undefeated, while Ahlfors survived elimination by eliminating Ikonen.

This round was the last. Pütsep, who had defeated Ahlfors already, won the gold. Ahlfors placed second. Ikonen took bronze over Hansson based on number of wins, as Ikonen had advanced without a bye while Hansson had received a bye.

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Eduard Pütsep (EST)	Sigfrid Hansson (SWE)	2
1	Anselm Ahlfors (FIN)	Väinö Ikonen (FIN)	2
–	Abandoned	Adolf Herschmann (AUT)	–