Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the Games of the V Olympiad
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates	6–15 July 1912
No. of events	5 (5 men, 0 women)
Competitors	170 from 18 nations
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics, five wrestling events were contested. They were all for men in the Greco-Roman style. The Light Heavyweight final ended after a nine-hour draw. It was subsequently decided that both competitors would receive a silver medal. ^[1]

Wrestling

Medal summary

Greco Roman

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Featherweight details	Kaarlo Koskelo   Finland	Georg Gerstäcker   Germany	Otto Lasanen   Finland
Lightweight details	Emil Väre   Finland	Gustaf Malmström   Sweden	Edvin Mattiasson   Sweden
Middleweight details	Claes Johanson   Sweden	Martin Klein   Russian Empire	Alfred Asikainen   Finland
Light Heavyweight details	none awarded	Anders Ahlgren   Sweden	Béla Varga   Hungary
		Ivar Böhling   Finland
Heavyweight details	Yrjö Saarela   Finland	Johan Olin   Finland	Søren Marinus Jensen   Denmark

Participating nations

A total of 170 wrestlers from 18 nations competed at the Stockholm Games: ^[2]

•   Austria  (8)
•   Belgium  (1)
•   Bohemia  (4)
•   Denmark  (9)
•   Finland  (37)
•   France  (6)
•   Germany  (14)
•   Great Britain  (12)
•   Greece  (1)
•   Hungary  (10)
•   Iceland  (1)
•   Italy  (6)
•   Netherlands  (3)
•   Norway  (9)
•   Portugal  (2)
•   Russian Empire  (11)
•   Sweden  (34)
•   United States  (2)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland  (FIN)	3	2	2	7
2	Sweden  (SWE)	1	2	1	4
3	Germany  (GER)	0	1	0	1
	Russian Empire	0	1	0	1
5	Denmark  (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary  (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	6	5	15

References

1. "Sweden Olympics Stockholm 1912" . Retrieved 2006-11-27.
2. "Wrestling at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-15.