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 Catch as Catch Can, predecessor to 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland (FIN)55212
2 Sweden (SWE)3126
3 United States (USA)1236
4 Switzerland (SUI)1102
5 Denmark (DEN)0112
6 Great Britain (GBR)0022
7 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (7 nations)10101131


See also

References

  1. "Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
  • International Olympic Committee results database
  • American Olympic Committee (1920). "Report of the American Olympic Committee, Seventh Olympic Games" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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