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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 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
Wrestling

Medal summary

Greco Roman

Games Gold Silver Bronze
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

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Finland (FIN)3227
2  Sweden (SWE)1214
3  Germany (GER)0101
  Russian Empire0101
5  Denmark (DEN)0011
  Hungary (HUN)0011
Totals (6 entries)46515

References

  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.