Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics

At the 1912 Summer Olympics, five wrestling events were contested. They were all for men in the Greco-Roman style. The Light Heavyweight match ended after a nine-hour draw. The match was finally declared a tie and it was decided that they would each receive a silver medal.^[1]

Wrestling

Wrestling at the Games of the V Olympiad
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates	6–15 July 1912
No. of events	5 (5 men, 0 women)
Competitors	170 from 18 nations
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Medal summary

Greco Roman

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Featherweight details	Kaarlo Koskelo  Finland	Georg Gerstäcker  Germany	Otto Lasanen  Finland
Lightweight details	Emil Väre  Finland	Gustaf Malmström  Sweden	Edvin Mattiasson  Sweden
Middleweight details	Claes Johanson  Sweden	Martin Klein  Russian Empire	Alfred Asikainen  Finland
Light Heavyweight details	none awarded	Anders Ahlgren  Sweden	Béla Varga  Hungary
		Ivar Böhling  Finland
Heavyweight details	Yrjö Saarela  Finland	Johan Olin  Finland	Søren Marinus Jensen  Denmark

Participating nations

A total of 170 wrestlers from 18 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:^[2]

•  Austria (8)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Bohemia (4)
•  Denmark (9)
•  Finland (37)
•  France (6)
•  Germany (14)
•  Great Britain (12)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (10)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Italy (6)
•  Netherlands (3)
•  Norway (9)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Russian Empire (11)
•  Sweden (34)
•  United States (2)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland (FIN)	3	2	2	7
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	1	4
3	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
	Russian Empire	0	1	0	1
5	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		4	6	5	15

References

1. "Sweden Olympics Stockholm 1912". Retrieved 2006-11-27.
2. "Wrestling at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2013-05-15.