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

Event:Men's light heavyweight freestyle wrestling
Games:1920 Summer
Venue:Olympisch Stadion
Dates:August 25–27
Competitors:13
Nations:8
Gold:Anders Larsson
Goldnoc:SWE
Silver:Charles Courant
Silvernoc:SUI
Bronze:Walter Maurer
Bronzenoc:USA
Next:1924

The men's freestyle light heavyweight was a Catch as Catch Can wrestling, later freestyle, held as part of the Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the weight class. Light heavyweight was the second-heaviest category, and included wrestlers weighing up to 80 kilograms.

A total of 13 wrestlers from eight 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 Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132110/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-freestyle.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2013-09-07 . sports-reference.com.