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.
| Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Vélodrome d'Hiver | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 11–14 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results edit
Source: Official results;[2] Wudarski[3]
Gold medal round edit
| 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 edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Henri Wernli (SUI)
| W | ||||||||
| Ernst Nilsson (SWE)
| L | Henri Wernli (SUI)
| W | ||||||
| Archie MacDonald (GBR)
| L | ||||||||
Bronze medal round edit
As Nilsson, Richthoff, and Dame declined to compete, Archie MacDonald was awarded the bronze medal.
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
- ^ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".