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]
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 |
Ivar Böhling Finland | |||
Heavyweight |
Yrjö Saarela Finland |
Johan Olin Finland |
Søren Marinus Jensen Denmark |
A total of 170 wrestlers from 18 nations competed at the Stockholm Games: [2]
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 |
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 |