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Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'Hiver
Dates	July 6–10, 1924
Competitors	22 from 15 nations
Medalists
Carl Westergren  Sweden Rudolf Svensson  Sweden Onni Pellinen  Finland
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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. 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; Wudarski

The tournament was double-elimination.

First round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	Bruto Testonni (ITA)	1
0	Antonie Misset (NED)	Jean Baumert (FRA)	1
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Émile Walhelm (BEL)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Seyfi Berksoy (TUR)	1
0	František Tázler (TCH)	Axel Tetens (DEN)	1
0	Arnolds Baumanis (LAT)	Franz Sax (AUT)	1
0	Svend Nielsen (DEN)	Jan Muijs (NED)	1
0	Béla Varga (HUN)	Dante Ceccatelli (ITA)	1
0	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	Rudolf Loo (EST)	1
0	István Dömény (HUN)	Paul Bonnefont (FRA)	1
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	Stevan Nađ (YUG)	1

Second round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	Jean Baumert (FRA)	2
0	Antonie Misset (NED)	Stevan Nađ (YUG)	2
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Seyfi Berksoy (TUR)	2
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	František Tázler (TCH)	1
1	Axel Tetens (DEN)	Franz Sax (AUT)	2
0	Svend Nielsen (DEN)	Arnolds Baumanis (LAT)	1
0	Béla Varga (HUN)	Jan Muijs (NED)	2
0	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	Dante Ceccatelli (ITA)	2
1	Rudolf Loo (EST)	Pierre Bonnefont (FRA)	2
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	István Dömény (HUN)	1
–	Abandoned	Bruto Testonni (ITA)	–
–	Abandoned	Émile Walhelm (BEL)	–

Third round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	Antonie Misset (NED)	1
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Svend Nielsen (DEN)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Axel Tetens (DEN)	2
0	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	Béla Varga (HUN)	1
1	Rudolf Loo (EST)	István Dömény (HUN)	2
0	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	Bye	–
–	Abandoned	František Tázler (TCH)	–
–	Abandoned	Arnolds Baumanis (LAT)	–

Fourth round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	Antonie Misset (NED)	2
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	Rudolf Loo (EST)	2
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Béla Varga (HUN)	2
–	Abandoned	Svend Nielsen (DEN)	–

Fifth round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Emil Wecksten (FIN)	2
0	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	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	Johan Svensson (SWE)	Onni Pellinen (FIN)	1
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY)	2

Seventh round

Losses	Winner	Loser	Losses
0	Carl Westergren (SWE)	Johan Svensson (SWE)	1

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
2. "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".

v t e Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman light heavyweight
1908:  Verner Weckman (FIN) 1912: no winner 1920:  Claes Johanson (SWE) 1924:  Carl Westergren (SWE) 1928:  Ibrahim Moustafa (EGY) 1932:  Rudolf Svensson (SWE) 1936:  Axel Cadier (SWE) 1948:  Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE) 1952:  Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN) 1956:  Valentin Nikolayev (URS) 1960:  Tevfik Kış (TUR) 1964:  Boyan Radev (BUL) 1968:  Boyan Radev (BUL) 1972:  Valery Rezantsev (URS) 1976:  Valery Rezantsev (URS) 1980:  Norbert Növényi (HUN) 1984:  Steve Fraser (USA) 1988:  Atanas Komchev (BUL) 1992:  Maik Bullmann (GER) 1996:  Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)
1908: 93 kg 1912–1928: 82.5 kg 1932–1960: 87 kg 1964–1968: 97 kg 1972–1996: 90 kg

• Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Greco-Roman wrestling at the Summer Olympics