The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a
freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling ...
event held as part of the
Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics thirteen wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were six weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling. The Greco-Roman events were held from July 6 to July 10, 1924 and th ...
programme.
It was the second appearance of the event.
Light heavyweight
Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing Professional
In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruise ...
was the second-heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing from 79 to 87 kilograms.
Results
Source: Official results;
Wudarski
Gold medal round
Silver medal round
Bronze medal round
As Wilson, Westergren, Hutmacker, and Mylläri declined to compete,
Charles Courant
Charles Courant (14 April 1896 – 26 June 1982) was a Swiss freestyle wrestler and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he won a silver medal.
He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris ...
was awarded the bronze medal.
References
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Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics