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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
| Games | 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
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Featherweight | Charles Ackerly United States | Sam Gerson United States | Bernard Bernard Great Britain |
| Lightweight | Kalle Anttila Finland | Gottfrid Svensson Sweden | Herbert 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]
- Belgium (12)
- Canada (1)
- Czechoslovakia (10)
- Denmark (10)
- Egypt (1)
- Estonia (4)
- Finland (18)
- France (17)
- Great Britain (10)
- Greece (5)
- India (2)
- Italy (8)
- Luxembourg (2)
- Netherlands (9)
- Norway (7)
- South Africa (1)
- Sweden (13)
- Switzerland (4)
- United States (18)
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 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |
See also
References
- ^ . sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
External links
- International Olympic Committee results database
- American Olympic Committee (1920). "Report of the American Olympic Committee, Seventh Olympic Games" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2016.