| | Event type
Featherweight, Freestyle (≤61 kilograms), Men
| Date | 11 – 14 July 1924 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris | |
| Participants | 17 from 12 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament with separate single-elimination tournaments for second- and third-place. Second-place tournament conducted among those losing to the winner. Third-place tournament conducted among those losing to the winner or runner-up. | |
Although not well-known internationally Robin Reed is considered one of the greatest American wrestlers ever, finishing his career undefeated. He won the gold medal in this class comfortably, defeating his teammate Chet Newton in the final. The two had wrestled each other multiple times in the Pacific Northwest, with Reed, who did not personally like Newton at all, always winning. The bronze medal went to Japan’s Katsutoshi Naito, the first Olympic wrestling medal ever won by an Asian.
Round One (11 July 1924)
| Match #1 | Eetu Huupponen |  FIN | fall | Maurice Guinard |  FRA |
Round Two (11 July 1924)
| Match #1 | Eetu Huupponen | FIN | decision | August Thys |  BEL |
| Match #2 | Calixte Delmas | FRA | decision | Sverre Nilsson |  SWE |
| Match #3 | Chet Newton |  USA | decision | Sigfrid Hansson | SWE |
| Match #4 | Aage Torgensen |  DEN | decision | George MacKenzie |  GBR |
| Match #5 | Cliff Chilcott |  CAN | fall | Fernando Cavallini |  ITA |
| Match #6 | Claude Angelo |  AUS | fall | George Stott | GBR |
| Match #7 | Robin Reed | USA | fall | Anton Koolmann |  EST |
| Match #8 | Katsutoshi Naito |  JPN | fall | Arthur Foubert | BEL |
Quarter-Finals (12 July 1924)
| Match #1 | Eetu Huupponen | FIN | decision | Calixte Delmas | FRA |
| Match #2 | Chet Newton | USA | decision | Aage Torgensen | DEN |
| Match #3 | Cliff Chilcott | CAN | decision | Claude Angelo | AUS |
| Match #4 | Robin Reed | USA | decision | Katsutoshi Naito | JPN |
Semi-Finals (13 July 1924)
| Match #1 | Chet Newton | USA | decision | Eetu Huupponen | FIN |
| Match #2 | Robin Reed | USA | decision | Cliff Chilcott | CAN |
Final Round (14 July 1924)
| Match 1/2 | Robin Reed | USA | decision | Chet Newton | USA |
2nd-Place Semi-Finals (14 July 1924)
| Match #1 | Chet Newton | USA | decision | Anton Koolmann | EST |
| Match #2 | Katsutoshi Naito | JPN | decision | Cliff Chilcott | CAN |
2nd-Place Final Round (14 July 1924)
| Match #1 | Chet Newton | USA | decision | Katsutoshi Naito | JPN |
3rd-Place Semi-Finals (14 July 1924)
| Match #1 | Katsutoshi Naito | JPN | decision | Eetu Huupponen | FIN |
| Match #2 | Sigfrid Hansson | SWE | decision | Aage Torgensen | DEN |
3rd-Place Final Round (14 July 1924)
| Match #1 | Katsutoshi Naito | JPN | decision | Sigfrid Hansson | SWE |