Ivar Böhling

Olympic medalist
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Silver 1912 Stockholm light heavyweight

Ivar Theodor Böhling[1] (September 10, 1889 – January 12, 1929) was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He won the silver medal in the light heavyweight class. In a remarkable final, he wrestled for nine hours against the other finalist, the Swedish wrestler Anders Ahlgren, before it was declared a draw. The judges refused to award a gold medal, stating that the champion had to have won the final match. Thus they both were given second place and no gold medal was awarded.

  1. ^ other sources spell his name Böling

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