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.
| Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | August 25–27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 5 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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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]
Results
edit| Quarterfinals August 25 | Semifinals August 27 | Final August 27 | ||||||||
 Robert Roth (SUI)
| W | |||||||||
 Jussi Salila (FIN)
| L | |||||||||
| Robert Roth (SUI)
| W | |||||||||
 Fred Meyer (USA)
| L | |||||||||
| Fred Meyer (USA)
| W | |||||||||
 Frederick Mason (GBR)
| L | |||||||||
| Robert Roth (SUI)
| W | |||||||||
| Nat Pendleton (USA)
| L | |||||||||
| Nat Pendleton (USA)
| W | |||||||||
| Sven Mattsson (FIN)
| L | |||||||||
| Nat Pendleton (USA)
| W | |||||||||
 Ernst Nilsson (SWE)
| L | Third place | ||||||||
| Ernst Nilsson (SWE)
| W | |||||||||
| Archie MacDonald (GBR)
| L | |||||||||
| Fred Meyer (USA)
| draw | |||||||||
| Ernst Nilsson (SWE)
| draw | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Wrestling at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
External links
edit- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 10 May 2008.
- American Olympic Committee (1920). "Report of the American Olympic Committee, Seventh Olympic Games" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2016.