Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the I Olympiad
Wrestling; at the Games of the I Olympiad
	Wrestling pictogram
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Dates	10–11 April
No. of events	1 (1 men, 0 women)
Competitors	5 from 4 nations
	1904 →

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, one wrestling event was contested. It was organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Five competitors from four nations competed.

Medal summary[]

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Greco-Roman details	Carl Schuhmann Germany	Georgios Tsitas Greece	Stephanos Christopoulos Greece

Participating nations[]

A total of 5 wrestlers from 4 nations competed at the Athens Games:

Germany (1)
Great Britain (1)
Greece (2)
Hungary (1)

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	0	0	1
2	Greece	0	1	1	2
Totals (2 nations)		1	1	1	3

Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics[]

Joan. Phokianos, president
, secretary
Joan. Yenissarlis
Nic. Politis
Chas. Waldstein
Dim. Sekkeris
Const. Manos
Sp. Antonopoulos

References[]

Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.