Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight

Men's middleweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Olympisch Stadion
Dates August 25–27
Competitors 18 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Eino Leino  Finland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Väinö Penttala  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Charley Johnson  United States

The men's freestyle middleweight was a Catch as Catch Can wrestling, later freestyle, event held as part of the wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. Middleweight was the median category, and included wrestlers weighing up to 69 kilograms.

A total of 18 wrestlers from twelve nations competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27, 1920.[1]

Results

Round of 32
August 25		 Round of 16
August 26		 Quarterfinals
August 27		 Semifinals
August 27		 Final
August 27
 Väinö Penttala (FIN) W
 Charles Backsman (FRA) L  Väinö Penttala (FIN) W
 Edgar Bacon (GBR) L
 Väinö Penttala (FIN) W
 Pierre Derkinderen (BEL) L
 Pierre Derkinderen (BEL) W
 Ahmed Rahmy (EGY) L
 Väinö Penttala (FIN) W
 Angus Frantz (USA) L
 Angus Frantz (USA) W
 Stanley Bacon (GBR) L
 Angus Frantz (USA) W
 Otto Borgström (SWE) L
 Otto Borgström (SWE) W
 Dimitrios Vergos (GRE) L
 Väinö Penttala (FIN) L
 Eino Leino (FIN) W
 Eino Leino (FIN) W
 Otto Bron (SUI) L
 Eino Leino (FIN) W
 Frits Janssens (BEL) L
 Frits Janssens (BEL) W
 Pierre Angelot (FRA) L
 Eino Leino (FIN) W Third place
 Charley Johnson (USA) W  Charley Johnson (USA) L
 Enok Lopponen (CAN) L  Charley Johnson (USA) W  Charley Johnson (USA) W
 Kumar Navale (IND) L  Angus Frantz (USA) L
 Charley Johnson (USA) W
 Gudmund Grimstad (NOR) L
 Gudmund Grimstad (NOR) W
 Gottfrid Lindgren (SWE) L

References

  1. ↑ "Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 May 2008.
  • American Olympic Committee (1920). "Report of the American Olympic Committee, Seventh Olympic Games" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.