Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight
| Men's lightweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 25–27 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics  | ||
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| Greco-Roman | ||
| Feather | men | |
| Light | men | |
| Middle | men | |
| Light heavy | men | |
| Heavy | men | |
| Freestyle | ||
| Feather | men | |
| Light | men | |
| Middle | men | |
| Light heavy | men | |
| Heavy | men | |
The men's freestyle lightweight was a Catch as Catch Can wrestling, later freestyle, event held as part of the wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event. Lightweight was the second-lightest category, and included wrestlers weighing up to 61 kilograms.
Nine wrestlers from six nations competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27, 1920.[1]
Results
| Round of 16 August 25 |
Quarterfinals August 26 |
Semifinals August 27 |
Final August 27 | ||||||||||
 Kalle Anttila (FIN) |
W | ||||||||||||
 Jules Deligny (FRA) |
L | Kalle Anttila (FIN) |
W | ||||||||||
 Joseph Shimmon (USA) |
- | Joseph Shimmon (USA) |
L | ||||||||||
| Bye | - | Kalle Anttila (FIN) |
W | ||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Auguste Thijs (BEL) |
- | Auguste Thys (BEL) |
L | ||||||||||
| Bye | - | Auguste Thys (BEL) |
- | ||||||||||
| - | - | Bye | - | ||||||||||
| - | - | Kalle Anttila (FIN) |
W | ||||||||||
 Gottfrid Svensson (SWE) |
W | Gottfrid Svensson (SWE) |
L | ||||||||||
| George Metropoulos (USA) |
L | Gottfrid Svensson (SWE) |
W | ||||||||||
 George MacKenzie (GBR) |
- | George MacKenzie (GBR) |
L | ||||||||||
| Bye | - | Gottfrid Svensson (SWE) |
W | Third place | |||||||||
| Peter Wright (GBR) |
- | Peter Wright (GBR) |
L | ||||||||||
| Bye | - | Peter Wright (GBR) |
W | Peter Wright (GBR) |
W | ||||||||
| Henri Joudiou (FRA) |
- | Henri Joudiou (FRA) |
L | Auguste Thys (BEL) |
L | ||||||||
| Bye | - | ||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
External links
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 May 2008.
- American Olympic Committee (1920). "Report of the American Olympic Committee, Seventh Olympic Games" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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