Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

at the Games of the V Olympiad

Venue| Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates| 6–15 July 1912
No. of events| 5 (5 men, 0 women)
Competitors| 170 from 18 nations

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Wrestling at the
1912 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman
Featherweight| men
Lightweight| men
Middleweight| men
Light heavy| men
Heavyweight| men

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At the 1912 Summer Olympics, five wrestling events were contested. They were all for men in the Greco-Roman style. The Light Heavyweight final ended after a nine-hour draw. It was subsequently decided that both competitors would receive a silver medal.[1]

Wrestling

## Medal summary

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### Greco Roman

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Featherweight
details | Kaarlo Koskelo
Finland | Georg Gerstäcker
Germany | Otto Lasanen
Finland
Lightweight
details | Emil Väre
Finland | Gustaf Malmström
Sweden | Edvin Mattiasson
Sweden
Middleweight
details | Claes Johanson
Sweden | Martin Klein
Russian Empire | Alfred Asikainen
Finland
Light Heavyweight
details | none awarded | Anders Ahlgren
Sweden | Béla Varga
Hungary
Ivar Böhling
Finland
Heavyweight
details | Yrjö Saarela
Finland | Johan Olin
Finland | Søren Marinus Jensen
Denmark

## Participating nations

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A total of 170 wrestlers from 18 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:[2]

* Austria (8)
* Belgium (1)
* Bohemia (4)
* Denmark (9)
* Finland (37)
* France (6)
* Germany (14)
* Great Britain (12)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (10)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (6)
* Netherlands (3)
* Norway (9)
* Portugal (2)
* Russian Empire (11)
* Sweden (34)
* United States (2)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Finland (FIN)| 3| 2| 2| 7
2|  Sweden (SWE)| 1| 2| 1| 4
3|  Germany (GER)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Russian Empire| 0| 1| 0| 1
5|  Denmark (DEN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Hungary (HUN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (6 entries)| 4| 6| 5| 15

## References

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1. ^ "Sweden Olympics Stockholm 1912". Retrieved 2006-11-27.
2. ^ "Wrestling at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-15.

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Events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm

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