Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight
| Men's middleweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 25–27 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 12 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 middleweight 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 second appearance of the event. Middleweight was the median category, and included wrestlers weighing up to 69 kilograms.
A total of 18 wrestlers from twelve nations competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27, 1920.[1]
Results
| Round of 32 August 25 | Round of 16 August 26 | Quarterfinals August 27 | Semifinals August 27 | Final August 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Väinö Penttala (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Charles Backsman (FRA)
| L | Väinö Penttala (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Edgar Bacon (GBR)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Väinö Penttala (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Pierre Derkinderen (BEL)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pierre Derkinderen (BEL)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ahmed Rahmy (EGY)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Väinö Penttala (FIN)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Angus Frantz (USA)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Frantz (USA)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanley Bacon (GBR)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angus Frantz (USA)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Otto Borgström (SWE)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Otto Borgström (SWE)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Dimitrios Vergos (GRE)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Väinö Penttala (FIN)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eino Leino (FIN )
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eino Leino (FIN )
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Otto Bron (SUI)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eino Leino (FIN )
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frits Janssens (BEL)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frits Janssens (BEL)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pierre Angelot (FRA)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eino Leino (FIN )
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charley Johnson (USA )
| W | Charley Johnson (USA )
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Enok Lopponen (CAN)
| L | Charley Johnson (USA )
| W | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Kumar Navale (IND)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charley Johnson (USA )
| W | Charley Johnson (USA )
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Gudmund Grimstad (NOR)
| L | Angus Frantz (USA)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gudmund Grimstad (NOR)
| W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gottfrid Lindgren (SWE)
| L | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Middleweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. 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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