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
 Finland
Heikki Kähkönen
 Finland
Fritiof Svensson
 Sweden
Lightweight
Emil Väre
 Finland
Taavi Tamminen
 Finland
Frithjof Andersen
 Norway
Middleweight
Carl Westergren
 Sweden
Arthur Lindfors
 Finland
Masa Perttilä
 Finland
Light heavyweight
Claes Johanson
 Sweden
Edil Rosenqvist
 Finland
Johannes Eriksen
 Denmark
Heavyweight
Adolf Lindfors
 Finland
Poul Hansen
 Denmark
Martti Nieminen
 Finland

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
Charles Ackerly
 United States
Sam Gerson
 United States
Bernard Bernard
 Great Britain
Lightweight
Kalle Anttila
 Finland
Gottfrid Svensson
 Sweden
Peter Wright
 Great Britain
Middleweight
Eino Leino
 Finland
Väinö Penttala
 Finland
Charley Johnson
 United States
Light heavyweight
Anders Larsson
 Sweden
Charles Courant
 Switzerland
Walter Maurer
 United States
Heavyweight
Robert Roth
 Switzerland
Nat Pendleton
 United States
Fred Meyer
 United States
Ernst Nilsson
 Sweden

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. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
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