The men's Greco-Roman lightweight was a

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

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 fourth appearance of the event.

Lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxe ...

was the third-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 62 to 67 kilograms.

Results

Source: Official results; Wudarski The tournament was double-elimination.

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

Sixth round

This was the final round. Friman won gold, undefeated. Keresztes took silver and Westerlund bronze, as Kusnets finished fourth.

References

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