| Wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Vélodrome d'Hiver |
| Dates | 6–14 July 1924 |
| No. of events | 13 (13 men, 0 women) |
| Competitors | 229 from 26 nations |
| Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| |
| Greco-Roman | |
| Bantam | men |
| Feather | men |
| Light | men |
| Middle | men |
| Light heavy | men |
| Heavy | men |
| Freestyle | |
| Bantam | men |
| Feather | men |
| Light | men |
| Welter | men |
| Middle | men |
| Light heavy | men |
| Heavy | men |
At the1924 Summer Olympics thirteenwrestling events were contested, all for men. There were six weight classes inGreco-Roman wrestling and seven classes infreestyle wrestling. The Greco-Roman events were held from 6 to 10 July 1924 and the freestyle competitions from 11 to 14 July 1924.[1]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight details | Eduard Pütsep Estonia | Anselm Ahlfors Finland | Väinö Ikonen Finland |
| Featherweight details | Kalle Anttila Finland | Aleksanteri Toivola Finland | Eric Malmberg Sweden |
| Lightweight details | Oskari Friman Finland | Lajos Keresztes Hungary | Källe Westerlund Finland |
| Middleweight details | Edvard Westerlund Finland | Arthur Lindfors Finland | Roman Steinberg Estonia |
| Light Heavyweight details | Carl Westergren Sweden | Rudolf Svensson Sweden | Onni Pellinen Finland |
| Heavyweight details | Henri Deglane France | Edil Rosenqvist Finland | Rajmund Badó Hungary |
A total of 229 wrestlers from 26 nations competed at the Paris Games.[1]
Australia (1)
Austria (8)
Belgium (17)
Canada (5)
Czechoslovakia (9)
Denmark (11)
Egypt (2) Estonia (8) Finland (24) France (23)
Great Britain (14)
Greece (2) Hungary (12)
Italy (17)
Japan (1)
Latvia (6)
Luxembourg (2)
Netherlands (8)
Norway (7)
Poland (2)
Spain (4) Sweden (13)
Switzerland (12)
Turkey (5)
United States (14)
Yugoslavia (2)| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
