Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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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 freestyle wrestling.
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[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Greco-Roman
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Featherweight –60 kg details |
Oskari Friman Finland (FIN) |
Heikki Kähkönen Finland (FIN) |
Fritiof Svensson Sweden (SWE) |
Lightweight –67.5 kg details |
Emil Väre Finland (FIN) |
Taavi Tamminen Finland (FIN) |
Frithjof Andersen Norway (NOR) |
Middleweight –75 kg details |
Carl Westergren Sweden (SWE) |
Arthur Lindfors Finland (FIN) |
Masa Perttilä Finland (FIN) |
Light heavyweight –82.5 kg details |
Claes Johansson Sweden (SWE) |
Edil Rosenqvist Finland (FIN) |
Johannes Eriksen Denmark (DEN) |
Heavyweight +82.5 kg details |
Adolf Lindfors Finland (FIN) |
Poul Hansen Denmark (DEN) |
Martti Nieminen Finland (FIN) |
[edit] Freestyle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Featherweight –60 kg details |
Charles E. Ackerly United States (USA) |
Samuel Gerson United States (USA) |
Philip Bernard Great Britain (GBR) |
Lightweight –67.5 kg details |
Kalle Anttila Finland (FIN) |
Gottfrid Svensson Sweden (SWE) |
Peter Wright Great Britain (GBR) |
Middleweight –75 kg details |
Eino Leino Finland (FIN) |
Väinö Penttala Finland (FIN) |
Charles Johnson United States (USA) |
Light heavyweight –82.5 kg details |
Anders Larsson Sweden (SWE) |
Charles Courant Switzerland (SUI) |
Walter Maurer United States (USA) |
Heavyweight +82.5 kg details |
Robert Roth Switzerland (SUI) |
Nat Pendleton United States (USA) |
Fred Meyer United States (USA) |
Ernst Nilsson Sweden (SWE) |
[edit] Medal table
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 |
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