Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight

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.

Men's lightweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 25–27
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kalle Anttila  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gottfrid Svensson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Herbert Wright  Great Britain
← 1908
1924 →

Nine wrestlers from six nations competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27, 1920.[1]

Results

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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
  August Thys (BEL) -   August Thys (BEL) L
Bye -   August 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
  Herbert Wright (GBR) -   Herbert Wright (GBR) L
Bye -   Herbert Wright (GBR) W   Herbert Wright (GBR) W
  Henri Joudiou (FRA) -   Henri Joudiou (FRA) L   August Thys (BEL) L
Bye -

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Lightweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
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