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

The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the second appearance of the event. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing from 79 to 87 kilograms.

Men's light heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'Hiver
Dates	July 11–14
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Medalists
John Spellman  United States Rudolf Svensson  Sweden Charles Courant  Switzerland
← 1920 1928 →

Results

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

Gold medal round

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

John Spellman (USA)

W

Walter Wilson (GBR)

L

John Spellman (USA)

W

George Rumpel (CAN)

W

George Rumpel (CAN)

L

J. Baillot (FRA)

L

John Spellman (USA)

W

Calle Westergren (SWE)

L

Calle Westergren (SWE)

W

Fabio Del Genovese (ITA)

W

Fabio del Genovese (ITA)

L

Marcel Kappeler (FRA)

L

John Spellman (USA)

W

Johan Svensson (SWE)

W

Johan Svensson (SWE)

L

Joseph Hutmacker (BEL)

L

Johan Svensson (SWE)

W

Iisak Mylläri (FIN)

W

Iisak Mylläri (FIN)

L

Victor Lay (GBR)

L

Johan Svensson (SWE)

W

Poul Hansen (DEN)

W

Charles Courant (SUI)

L

Fritz Roth (SUI)

L

Poul Hansen (DEN)

L

Charles Courant (SUI)

W

Charles Courant (SUI)

W

Charles Strack (USA)

L

Silver medal round

	Semifinals					Final
	Johan Svensson (SWE)		W
	Calle Westergren (SWE)		L			Johan Svensson (SWE)		W
	Walter Wilson (GBR)		W			Walter Wilson (GBR)		L
	George Rumple (CAN)		L

Bronze medal round

As Wilson, Westergren, Hutmacker, and Mylläri declined to compete, Charles Courant was awarded the bronze medal.

References

1. . sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
2. "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
3. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".