Wrestling at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Grande Salle de la Zoologie |
Dates | 16–27 August 1920 |
No. of events | 10 (10 men, 0 women) |
Competitors | 152 from 19 nations |
Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
Freestyle | |
Feather | men |
Light | men |
Middle | men |
Light heavy | men |
Heavy | men |
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).
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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 |
A total of 152 wrestlers from 19 nations competed at the Antwerp Games: [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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