Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight

Men's lightweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 25–27
Competitors	9 from 6 nations
Medalists
Kalle Anttila  Finland Gottfrid Svensson  Sweden H. A. Wright  Great Britain
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Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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The men's freestyle lightweight 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 event. Lightweight was the second-lightest category, and included wrestlers weighing up to 61 kilograms.

Nine wrestlers from six nations competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Friday, August 27, 1920.^[1]

Results[]

Round of 16 August 25

Quarterfinals August 26

Semifinals August 27

Final August 27

Kalle Anttila (FIN)

W

Jules Deligny (FRA)

L

Kalle Anttila (FIN)

W

Joseph Shimmon (USA)

-

Joseph Shimmon (USA)

L

Bye

-

Kalle Anttila (FIN)

W

Auguste Thijs (BEL)

-

Auguste Thys (BEL)

L

Bye

-

Auguste Thys (BEL)

-

-

-

Bye

-

-

-

Kalle Anttila (FIN)

W

Gottfrid Svensson (SWE)

W

Gottfrid Svensson (SWE)

L

George Metropoulos (USA)

L

Gottfrid Svensson (SWE)

W

George MacKenzie (GBR)

-

George MacKenzie (GBR)

L

Bye

-

Gottfrid Svensson (SWE)

W

Third place

H. A. Wright (GBR)

-

H. A. Wright (GBR)

L

Bye

-

H. A. Wright (GBR)

W

H. A. Wright (GBR)

W

Henri Joudiou (FRA)

-

Henri Joudiou (FRA)

L

Auguste Thys (BEL)

L

Bye

-

References[]

External links[]

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 May 2008.
• American Olympic Committee (1920). "Report of the American Olympic Committee, Seventh Olympic Games" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2016.