title: Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
text: # 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 |
  