Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics, ten wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were five weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and five classes in freestyle wrestling. The competitions were held from Monday, August 16 to Friday, August 20, 1920 (Greco-Roman) and from Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27, 1920 (freestyle).

Medal summary

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
  Oskari Friman (FIN)  Heikki Kähkönen (FIN)  Fritiof Svensson (SWE)
Lightweight
  Emil Väre (FIN)  Taavi Tamminen (FIN)  Frithjof Andersen (NOR)
Middleweight
  Carl Westergren (SWE)  Arthur Lindfors (FIN)  Masa Perttilä (FIN)
Light heavyweight
  Claes Johanson (SWE)  Edil Rosenqvist (FIN)  Johannes Eriksen (DEN)
Heavyweight
  Adolf Lindfors (FIN)  Poul Hansen (DEN)  Martti Nieminen (FIN)

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
  Charles Ackerly (USA)  Sam Gerson (USA)  Philip Bernard (GBR)
Lightweight
  Kalle Anttila (FIN)  Gottfrid Svensson (SWE)  Peter Wright (GBR)
Middleweight
  Eino Leino (FIN)  Väinö Penttala (FIN)  Charley Johnson (USA)
Light heavyweight
  Anders Larsson (SWE)  Charles Courant (SUI)  Walter Maurer (USA)
Heavyweight
  Robert Roth (SUI)  Nat Pendleton (USA)  Fred Meyer (USA)
 Ernst Nilsson (SWE)

Participating nations

A total of 152 wrestlers from 19 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:[1]

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Finland (FIN) 5 5 2 12
2  Sweden (SWE) 3 1 2 6
3  United States (USA) 1 2 3 6
4  Switzerland (SUI) 1 1 0 2
5  Denmark (DEN) 0 1 1 2
6  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 2 2
7  Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 11 31

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-23.

External links

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