Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics

At the 1912 Summer Olympics, five wrestling events were contested. They were all for men in the Greco-Roman style. The Light Heavyweight match ended after a nine-hour draw. The match was finally declared a tie and it was decided that they would each receive a silver medal.[1]

Wrestling

Medal summary

Greco Roman

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

Participating nations

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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	3	2	2	7
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	1	4
3	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
3	Russian Empire	0	1	0	1
5	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
5	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	6	5	15

References

"Sweden Olympics Stockholm 1912". Retrieved 2006-11-27.
"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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[1] "Sweden Olympics Stockholm 1912". Retrieved 2006-11-27.

[sports-reference-2] "Wrestling at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-15.