Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight
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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 | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 25–27 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
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Nine wrestlers from six nations competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27, 1920.[1]
Results
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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.
External links
edit- 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.