Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
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Venue | Krachtsportgebouw | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 6–10 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
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Carl Westergren |
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Rudolf Svensson |
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Onni Pellinen |
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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 67 to 75 kilograms.
Source: Official results; Wudarski
The tournament was double-elimination.
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.