Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics
{{Short description|Wrestling at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Wrestling
| games = 1912 Summer
| image = Image:Wrestling pictogram.svg
| caption =
| venue = Stockholm Olympic Stadium
| dates = 6–15 July 1912
| num_events = 5 (5 men, 0 women)
| competitors = 170
| nations = 18
| prev = 1908
| next = 1920
}}
{{WrestlingAt1912SummerOlympics}}
At the 1912 Summer Olympics, five wrestling events were contested. They were all for men in the Greco-Roman style. The Light Heavyweight final ended after a nine-hour draw. It was subsequently decided that both competitors would receive a silver medal.{{cite news|url=http://www.sok.se/inenglish/stockholm1912.4.18ea16851076df63622800011250.html |title=Sweden Olympics Stockholm 1912 |access-date=2006-11-27}}
Medal summary
=Greco Roman=
| {{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}} |
| Featherweight {{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman featherweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Kaarlo Koskelo|FIN|1912 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Georg Gerstäcker|GER|1912 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Otto Lasanen|FIN|1912 Summer}} |
| Lightweight {{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Emil Väre|FIN|1912 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Gustaf Malmström|SWE|1912 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Edvin Mattiasson|SWE|1912 Summer}} |
| Middleweight {{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Claes Johanson|SWE|1912 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Martin Klein|RU1|1912 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Alfred Asikainen|FIN|1912 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
|rowspan=2| Light Heavyweight |rowspan=2| none awarded | {{flagIOCmedalist|Anders Ahlgren|SWE|1912 Summer}} |rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Béla Varga|HUN|1912 Summer}} |
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ivar Böhling|FIN|1912 Summer}} |
| Heavyweight {{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Yrjö Saarela|FIN|1912 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Johan Olin|FIN|1912 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Søren Marinus Jensen|DEN|1912 Summer}} |
Participating nations
A total of 170 wrestlers from 18 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/WRE/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/WRE/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Wrestling at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games |access-date=2013-05-15 |work=sports-reference.com}}
- {{flagIOC|AUT|1912 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|BEL|1912 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|BOH|1912 Summer|4}}
- {{flagIOC|DEN|1912 Summer|9}}
- {{flagIOC|FIN|1912 Summer|37}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|1912 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|GER|1912 Summer|14}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|1912 Summer|12}}
- {{flagIOC|GRE|1912 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1912 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIOC|ISL|1912 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|1912 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIOC|NED|1912 Summer|3}}
- {{flagIOC|NOR|1912 Summer|9}}
- {{flagIOC|POR|1912 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIOC|RU1|1912 Summer|11}}
- {{flagIOC|SWE|1912 Summer|34}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|1912 Summer|2}}
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 1912 Summer
| team =
| gold_FIN = 3 | silver_FIN = 2 | bronze_FIN = 2
| gold_SWE = 1 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 1
| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 0 | name_RUS = {{flagIOC|RU1|1912 Summer}}
| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1
| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1
}}
References
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{{EventsAt1912SummerOlympics}}
{{Wrestling at the Summer Olympics}}
Category:Events at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:International wrestling competitions hosted by Sweden