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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>82.5 kilograms), Men

Date6 – 10 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationVélodrome d'Hiver, Paris
Participants17 from 10 countries
FormatDouble-elimination tournament.

The favorites were probably Finland’s Ernst Nilsson, the 1922 World Champion, Sweden’s Claes Johanson, Olympic champion in 1912 as a middleweight and in 1920 as a light-heavy, and Finland’s Edil Rosenqvist, World Champion in 1921-22 as a light-heavyweight. But in round one Nilsson and Rosenqvist were drawn against each other with Rosenqvist winning. In round two Johanson faced France’s Henri Deglane, who was little known. After the 20-minute time limit Johanson was awarded the decision but the French team protested. The two wrestlers were ordered to wrestle an extra 6-minute period, after which Deglane was given the decision. Johanson was incensed and withdrew from the tournament. This allowed Deglane to go unbeaten to the final match where he faced Rosenqvist with Deglane winning another decision for the gold medal. After Paris, Deglane never again appeared in any international competition.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Henri DeglaneFRAGold
2Edil RosenqvistFINSilver
3Rajmund BadóHUNBronze
4Emil LarsenDEN
=5Jānis PolisLAT
=5Léon PottierBEL
=5Ernst NilssonSWE
=5Edmond DameFRA
=9Jussi SalilaFIN
=9Ottó SzelkyHUN
=9Poul HansenDEN
=9Jan SintNED
=13Marcello GiuriaITA
=13Jaap SjouwermanNED
=13Claes JohansonSWE
=13Aleardo DonatiITA
=13Franz MilederAUT

Round One (6 July 1924)

Match #1 Emil LarsenDEN
decision
Jānis PolisLAT
Match #2 Jussi SalilaFIN walkover
Match #3 Léon PottierBEL
fall (5:40)
Jaap SjouwermanNED
Match #4 Claes JohansonSWE
decision
Ottó SzelkyHUN
Match #5 Henri DeglaneFRA
decision
Poul HansenDEN
Match #6 Jan SintNED
fall (12:24)
Aleardo DonatiITA
Match #7 Edil RosenqvistFIN
decision
Ernst NilssonSWE
Match #8 Edmond DameFRA
decision
Franz MilederAUT
Match #9 Rajmund BadóHUN bye

Round Two (7 July 1924)

Match #1 Emil LarsenDEN
fall (11:25)
Rajmund BadóHUN
Match #2 Jānis PolisLAT
fall (6:52)
Marcello GiuriaITA
Match #3 Léon PottierBEL
decision
Jussi SalilaFIN
Match #4 Ottó SzelkyHUN
fall (6:50)
Jaap SjouwermanNED
Match #5 Henri DeglaneFRA
decision
Claes JohansonSWE
Match #6 Poul HansenDEN
fall (15:00)
Jan SintNED
Match #7 Ernst NilssonSWE
fall (8:45)
Aleardo DonatiITA
Match #8 Edil RosenqvistFIN
decision
Franz MilederAUT
Match #9 Edmond DameFRA walkover

Round Three (8 July 1924)

Match #1 Rajmund BadóHUN
fall (3:28)
Edmond DameFRA
Match #2 Emil LarsenDEN
default (14:00)
Jussi SalilaFIN
Match #3 Jānis PolisLAT
decision
Léon PottierBEL
Match #4 Henri DeglaneFRA
decision
Ottó SzelkyHUN
Match #5 Ernst NilssonSWE
decision
Poul HansenDEN
Match #6 Edil RosenqvistFIN
decision
Jan SintNED

Round Four (8 – 9 July 1924)

Match #1 Edil RosenqvistFIN
decision
Edmond DameFRA
Match #2 Rajmund BadóHUN walkover
Match #3 Emil LarsenDEN
fall (5:04)
Léon PottierBEL
Match #4 Henri DeglaneFRA
decision
Ernst NilssonSWE

Round Five (9 – 10 July 1924)

Match #1 Henri DeglaneFRA
decision
Rajmund BadóHUN
Match #2 Edil RosenqvistFIN
decision
Emil LarsenDEN

Final Round (10 July 1924)

Match #1 Henri DeglaneFRA
decision
Edil RosenqvistFIN