Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Wrestling
Games:	1920 Summer
Venue:	Grande Salle de la Zoologie
Dates:	16–27 August 1920
Num Events:	10 (10 men, 0 women)
Competitors:	152
Nations:	19
Prev:	1912
Next:	1924

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

Featherweight
Lightweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight

Freestyle

Featherweight
Lightweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight

Participating nations

A total of 152 wrestlers from 19 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:^[1]

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

External links

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Web site: American Olympic Committee . 1920 . Report of the American Olympic Committee, Seventh Olympic Games . 27 July 2016. en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053626/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WRE/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2013-05-23 . sports-reference.com.