Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight

The men's freestyle bantamweight was a freestyle wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event.[1] Bantamweight was the lightest category, including wrestlers weighing up to 56 kilograms.

Men's bantamweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueVélodrome d'Hiver
DatesJuly 11–14
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kustaa Pihlajamäki  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kaarlo Mäkinen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bryan Hines  United States
← 1908
1928 →

Results edit

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

Gold medal round edit

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Harry Darby (GBR) W
  Piero Tordera (ITA) L   Harry Darby (GBR) L
  Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN) W
  Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN) W
  Bryant Hines (USA) L
  Bryant Hines (USA) W
  Jacques Dillen (BEL) L
  Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN) W
  Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN) L
  Jules Bouquet (FRA) L
  Axel Larsson (SWE) W   Axel Larsson (SWE) W
  Charles MacWilliam (USA) L   Axel Larsson (SWE) L
  Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN) W   Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN) W
  Gaston Ducayla (FRA) L   Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN) W
  Bert Sansum (GBR) W   Bert Sansum (GBR) L
  James Trifunov (CAN) L

Silver medal round edit

Semifinals Final
  Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN) W
  Harry Darby (GBR) L   Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN) W
  Bryant Hines (USA) L

Bronze medal round edit

Semifinals Final
  Bryant Hines (USA) W
  Axel Larsson (SWE) L   Bryant Hines (USA) W
  Gaston Ducayla (FRA) W   Gaston Ducayla (FRA) L
  Bert Sansum (GBR) L

References edit

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  2. ^ "1924 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10.
  3. ^ "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich".