# Fritz Hagmann
**Fritz Hagmann** (28 March 1901 – 14 December 1974) was a Swiss wrestler and Schwinger from Winterthur-Seen who won the gold medal in men's freestyle middleweight (≤79 kg) at the 1924 Paris Olympics.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/59941) • [2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born / died | 28 March 1901; 14 December 1974, aged 73, in Ticino, Switzerland[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/59941) |
| Olympic result | Gold, men's freestyle middleweight (≤79 kg), Paris 1924, held 11–14 July at the Vélodrome d'Hiver[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136) |
| Tournament record | Four wins, three by decision and one by fall; beat Belgium's Pierre Ollivier in the final[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136) |
| International career | The Paris tournament was his only known international appearance[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136) |
| Schwingen peak | First winner of the Kilchberger Schwinget, 11 September 1927[3](https://resultate.schlussgang.ch/aktuell/fritz-hagmann-wurde-1927-erster-kilchberger-sieger) |
## The 1924 Olympic tournament
The middleweight freestyle class at Paris 1924 drew 14 wrestlers from 9 countries and was run as a single-elimination tournament, with separate Bergvall-system ([Repechage](https://www.edgepedia.org/repechage) tournaments deciding silver and bronze medals) tournaments deciding the silver and bronze medals.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136) Hagmann won his opening match on 11 July by fall against Robert Christoffersen of Denmark, then took decisions over Jussi Penttilä of Finland in the quarter-finals and Noel Rhys of Great Britain in the semi-finals.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136) In the final on 14 July he defeated Belgium's Pierre Ollivier, listed by Olympedia in the results table as Piet Ollevier, by decision.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136) Ollivier went on to win the silver through the second-place tournament, and Finland's Vilho Pekkala took the bronze.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136)
Olympedia notes that very little is known about the combatants in this class and that the gold medal went to Hagmann in his only known international appearance.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136) He was entered again in the light-heavyweight freestyle class at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics but did not start.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/59941) His gold was one of two Swiss freestyle wrestling titles at Paris 1924, alongside [Hermann Gehri](https://www.edgepedia.org/hermann-gehri)'s welterweight win, and helped Switzerland to second place in the freestyle events behind the United States.[4](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/8/sports/WRE)
## Schwingen career
Hagmann's main arena was Schwingen, the traditional Swiss wrestling contested on sawdust, in which he competed from 1923 to 1936 as a member of the Nordostschweizerischer Schwingerverband.[5](https://www.legendenquartett.ch/schwingen/volume1.html)
**Kilchberger Schwinget.** The disappointment over the title award at the 1926 ESAF led Dr. Emil Huber of Kilchberg and Schwingklub Zürich friends to create a fixed-site national event without title rivalries, wreaths, or entry fees, and on 11 September 1927 Hagmann won its first edition.[3](https://resultate.schlussgang.ch/aktuell/fritz-hagmann-wurde-1927-erster-kilchberger-sieger) In continuous rain, 42 wrestlers competed in eight rounds, nine for the two finalists, all in one day. Hagmann's scorecard included two duels with Arnold Dubach, two with [Ernst Kyburz](https://www.edgepedia.org/ernst-kyburz), his only defeat of the day, two with Arnold Baudenbacher, a win over Jakob Woodtli, and a celebrated victory by inner hook over Hans Roth, about 20 kg heavier. In the Schlussgang he beat Fritz Jaberg with a Kurz answered to a Schlungg attack, turning Lätz for the win.[3](https://resultate.schlussgang.ch/aktuell/fritz-hagmann-wurde-1927-erster-kilchberger-sieger)
## Other titles and recognition
In the Zürcher Kantonal-Schwingfest he was festival winner repeatedly, in 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1933, and 1934, always entered as Hagmann Fritz of Winterthur.[6](https://zksv.esv.ch/downloads/ZKSV-Festsieger_1911-2024.pdf)
He died at 73 in his holiday home in the canton of Ticino on 14 December 1974.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/59941)
## References
1. [Olympedia – Fritz Hagmann](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/59941)
2. [Olympedia – Middleweight, Freestyle (≤79 kg), Men, Paris 1924](https://www.olympedia.org/results/121136)
3. [Schlussgang – Fritz Hagmann wurde 1927 erster Kilchberger Sieger](https://resultate.schlussgang.ch/aktuell/fritz-hagmann-wurde-1927-erster-kilchberger-sieger)
4. [Olympedia – Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/8/sports/WRE)
5. [Legendenquartett – Schwinger, Volume 1](https://www.legendenquartett.ch/schwingen/volume1.html)
6. [Zürcher Kantonal-Schwingerverband – Sieger am Zürcher Kantonal-Schwingfest seit 1911](https://zksv.esv.ch/downloads/ZKSV-Festsieger_1911-2024.pdf)
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