Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
# Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics, ten wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were five weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and five classes in Catch as Catch Can, predecessor to freestyle wrestling. The competitions were held from Monday, August 16 to Friday, August 20, 1920 (Greco-Roman) and from Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27, 1920 (freestyle).

## Medal summary

### Greco-Roman

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Featherweight details | Oskari Friman Finland | Heikki Kähkönen Finland | Fritiof Svensson Sweden |
| Lightweight details | Emil Väre Finland | Taavi Tamminen Finland | Frithjof Andersen Norway |
| Middleweight details | Carl Westergren Sweden | Arthur Lindfors Finland | Masa Perttilä Finland |
| Light heavyweight details | Claes Johanson Sweden | Edil Rosenqvist Finland | Johannes Eriksen Denmark |
| Heavyweight details | Adolf Lindfors Finland | Poul Hansen Denmark | Martti Nieminen Finland |

### Freestyle

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Featherweight details | Charles Ackerly United States | Sam Gerson United States | Bernard Bernard Great Britain |
| Lightweight details | Kalle Anttila Finland | Gottfrid Svensson Sweden | Herbert Wright Great Britain |
| Middleweight details | Eino Leino Finland | Väinö Penttala Finland | Charley Johnson United States |
| Light heavyweight details | Anders Larsson Sweden | Charles Courant Switzerland | Walter Maurer United States |
| Heavyweight details | Robert Roth Switzerland | Nat Pendleton United States | Fred Meyer United States |
| Heavyweight details | Robert Roth Switzerland | Nat Pendleton United States | Ernst Nilsson Sweden |

## Participating nations

A total of 152 wrestlers from 19 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

* Belgium (12)
* Canada (1)
* Czechoslovakia (10)
* Denmark (10)
* Egypt (1)
* Estonia (4)
* Finland (18)
* France (17)
* Great Britain (10)
* Greece (5)
* India (2)
* Italy (8)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Netherlands (9)
* Norway (7)
* South Africa (1)
* Sweden (13)
* Switzerland (4)
* United States (18)

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Finland (FIN) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
