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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
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