Men's lightweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 16–20 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 |
The men's Greco-Roman lightweight was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held as part of the Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. Featherweight was the second lightest category, and included wrestlers weighing up to 67.5 kilograms.
A total of 22 wrestlers from 12 nations competed in the event, which was held from August 16 to August 20, 1920. [1]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Frits Janssens (BEL) | W | |||||||||||||
Fritz Christiansen (DEN) | L | Frits Janssens (BEL) | L | |||||||||||
Taavi Tamminen (FIN) | W | |||||||||||||
Taavi Tamminen (FIN) | W | |||||||||||||
Frants Frisenfeldt (DEN) | L | |||||||||||||
Frants Frisenfeldt (DEN) | W | |||||||||||||
Maurice Rohon (FRA) | L |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Frithjof Andersen (NOR) | W | |||||||||||||
Frants Frisenfeldt (DEN) | L | Frithjof Andersen (NOR) | W | |||||||||||
František Kopřiva (TCH) | L | |||||||||||||
Frithjof Andersen (NOR) | W | |||||||||||||
Frits Janssens (BEL) | L | |||||||||||||
Frits Janssens (BEL) | W | |||||||||||||
Richard Frydenlund (NOR) | L |
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