Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle heavyweight explained

Event:Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling
Games:1920 Summer
Venue:Olympisch Stadion
Dates:August 25–27
Competitors:8
Nations:5
Gold:Robert Roth
Goldnoc:SUI
Silver:Nat Pendleton
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Fred Meyer
Bronzenoc:USA
Bronze2:Ernst Nilsson
Bronzenoc2:SWE
Prev:1908
Next:1924

The men's freestyle heavyweight 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 weight class. Heavyweight was the heaviest category, and included wrestlers weighing over 80 kilograms.

A total of eight wrestlers from five nations competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27, 1920.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132112/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WRE/mens-heavyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2013-09-08 . sports-reference.com.