Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Wrestling ; at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Grande Salle de la Zoologie
Dates	16–27 August 1920
No. of events	10 (10 men, 0 women)
Competitors	152 from 19 nations
	← 1912 1924 →

Last updated December 17, 2025

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

Freestyle

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

Participating nations

A total of 152 wrestlers from 19 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:^[1]

Medal table

References

↑ "Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". 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.

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[sports-reference-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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