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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67.5 kilograms), Men

Date	6 – 15 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Participants	48 from 13 countries
Format	Double-elimination tournament. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final-round tournament.

Emil Väre (Vilén) of Finland was the likely favorite. In 1911 he had won one of four international championships which were contested that year, and in 1912 he also won the European championship. In the competition, he threw all six of his opponents, although the final against Gustaf Malmström (SWE) was a closely fought match, which took Väre a full hour to win. Väre returned in 1920 to defend his Olympic gold medal at Antwerp.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Emil Väre	FIN	Gold
2	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	Silver
3	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	Bronze
AC r7/8	Ödön Radvány	HUN
AC r7/8	Carl Erik Lund	SWE
AC r6/8	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN
AC r6/8	Volmar Wikström	FIN
AC r6/8	Oskar Kaplur	RUS
AC r6/8	Johan Nilsson	SWE
AC r6/8	Jan Balej	BOH
AC r5/8	Frederik Hansen	DEN
AC r5/8	Alfred Salonen	FIN
AC r5/8	Aatami Tanttu	FIN
AC r5/8	Bruno Heckel	GER
AC r5/8	Herbrand Lofthus	NOR
AC r4/8	Viktor Fischer	AUT
AC r4/8	Armas Laitinen	FIN
AC r4/8	Vihtori Urvikko	FIN
AC r4/8	Ludwig Sauerhöfer	GER
AC r4/8	Dezső Orosz	HUN
AC r4/8	Richard Frydenlund	NOR
AC r4/8	Gottfrid Svensson	SWE
AC r3/8	Ville Pukkila	FIN
AC r3/8	Ernő Márkus	HUN
AC r3/8	József Sándor	HUN
AC r3/8	Alessandro Covre	ITA
AC r3/8	Hugo Björklund	SWE
AC r3/8	Karel Halík	BOH
AC r2/8	Josef Stejskal	AUT
AC r2/8	Paul Tirkkonen	FIN
AC r2/8	Jean Bouffechoux	FRA
AC r2/8	Raymond Cabal	FRA
AC r2/8	Eugène Lesieur	FRA
AC r2/8	Bill Hayes	GBR
AC r2/8	William Lupton	GBR
AC r2/8	Robert Phelps	GBR
AC r2/8	William Ruff	GBR
AC r2/8	Andreas Dumrauf	GER
AC r2/8	Bert Eillebrecht	NED
AC r2/8	Thorbjørn Frydenlund	NOR
AC r2/8	Thorvald Olsen	NOR
AC r2/8	Georg Baumann	RUS
AC r2/8	August Kippasto	RUS
AC r2/8	Bror Flygare	SWE
AC r2/8	Carl Johnson	SWE
AC r2/8	Rudolf Rydström	SWE
AC r1/8	Arthur Gould	GBR
AC r1/8	Árpád Szántó	HUN

Round One (6 – 8 July 1912)

Match #1	József Sándor	HUN	fall (29:00)	Carl Johnson	SWE
Match #2	Johan Nilsson	SWE	fall (47:30)	Ludwig Sauerhöfer	GER
Match #3	Herbrand Lofthus	NOR	fall (4:30)	Raymond Cabal	FRA
Match #4	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	decision (30:00)	Andreas Dumrauf	GER
Match #5	Volmar Wikström	FIN	fall (8:00)	Eugène Lesieur	FRA
Match #6	Dezső Orosz	HUN	fall (5:00)	Rudolf Rydström	SWE
Match #7	Paul Tirkkonen	FIN	fall (12:00)	Josef Stejskal	AUT
Match #8	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	fall (31:00)	Vihtori Urvikko	FIN
Match #9	Ernő Márkus	HUN	fall (8:00)	Arthur Gould	GBR
Match #10	Frederik Hansen	DEN	fall (34:00)	Árpád Szántó	HUN
Match #11	Viktor Fischer	AUT	fall (48:00)	Thorbjørn Frydenlund	NOR
Match #12	Armas Laitinen	FIN	fall (35:00)	Gottfrid Svensson	SWE
Match #13	Bror Flygare	SWE	fall (20:00)	Karel Halík	BOH
Match #14	Ödön Radvány	HUN	fall (4:00)	August Kippasto	RUS
Match #15	Jan Balej	BOH	fall (21:00)	William Ruff	GBR
Match #16	Richard Frydenlund	NOR	fall (11:00)	William Lupton	GBR
Match #17	Alfred Salonen	FIN	fall (9:00)	Jean Bouffechoux	FRA
Match #18	Emil Väre	FIN	fall (37:00)	Georg Baumann	RUS
Match #19	Oskar Kaplur	RUS	fall (24:00)	Bill Hayes	GBR
Match #20	Alessandro Covre	ITA	decision (1-00)	Ville Pukkila	FIN
Match #21	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	fall (12:00)	Thorvald Olsen	NOR
Match #22	Aatami Tanttu	FIN	fall (16:00)	Bert Eillebrecht	NED
Match #23	Hugo Björklund	SWE	fall (14:00)	Robert Phelps	GBR
Match #24	Carl Erik Lund	SWE	fall (8:00)	Bruno Heckel	GER

Round Two (9 July 1912)

Match #1	Johan Nilsson	SWE	fall (36:00)	József Sándor	HUN
Match #2	Ludwig Sauerhöfer	GER	fall (5:00)	Carl Johnson	SWE
Match #3	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	fall (37:00)	Raymond Cabal	FRA
Match #4	Herbrand Lofthus	NOR	fall (13:00)	Andreas Dumrauf	GER
Match #5	Dezső Orosz	HUN	fall (3:30)	Eugène Lesieur	FRA
Match #6	Volmar Wikström	FIN	fall (8:00)	Rudolf Rydström	SWE
Match #7	Vihtori Urvikko	FIN	fall (4:00)	Josef Stejskal	AUT
Match #8	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	decision (1-00)	Paul Tirkkonen	FIN
Match #9	Frederik Hansen	DEN	fall (23:00)	Ernő Márkus	HUN
Match #10	Armas Laitinen	FIN	decision (1-00)	Viktor Fischer	AUT
Match #11	Gottfrid Svensson	SWE	walkover
Match #12	Karel Halík	BOH	fall (2:00)	August Kippasto	RUS
Match #13	Ödön Radvány	HUN	fall (33:00)	Bror Flygare	SWE
Match #14	Jan Balej	BOH	walkover
Match #15	Richard Frydenlund	NOR	walkover
Match #16	Alfred Salonen	FIN	fall (4:00)	Georg Baumann	RUS
Match #17	Emil Väre	FIN	walkover
Match #18	Oskar Kaplur	RUS	fall (5:00)	Alessandro Covre	ITA
Match #19	Ville Pukkila	FIN	walkover
Match #20	Aatami Tanttu	FIN	fall (13:00)	Thorvald Olsen	NOR
Match #21	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	fall (52:00)	Bert Eillebrecht	NED
Match #22	Carl Erik Lund	SWE	walkover
Match #23	Bruno Heckel	GER	fall (5:00)	Hugo Björklund	SWE

Round Three (11 July 1912)

Match #1	Ludwig Sauerhöfer	GER	fall (52:00)	József Sándor	HUN
Match #2	Johan Nilsson	SWE	fall (22:00)	Herbrand Lofthus	NOR
Match #3	Volmar Wikström	FIN	fall (10:00)	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE
Match #4	Vihtori Urvikko	FIN	fall (54:00)	Dezső Orosz	HUN
Match #5	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	fall (20:00)	Ernő Márkus	HUN
Match #6	Viktor Fischer	AUT	fall (24:00)	Frederik Hansen	DEN
Match #7	Armas Laitinen	FIN	fall (5:00)	Karel Halík	BOH
Match #8	Gottfrid Svensson	SWE	decision (1-00)	Ödön Radvány	HUN
Match #9	Jan Balej	BOH	fall (8:00)	Richard Frydenlund	NOR
Match #10	Oskar Kaplur	RUS	decision (1-00)	Alfred Salonen	FIN
Match #11	Emil Väre	FIN	fall (9:00)	Alessandro Covre	ITA
Match #12	Bruno Heckel	GER	fall (16:00)	Ville Pukkila	FIN
Match #13	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	fall (45:00)	Hugo Björklund	SWE
Match #14	Aatami Tanttu	FIN	decision (1-00)	Carl Erik Lund	SWE

Round Four (13 July 1912)

Match #1	Volmar Wikström	FIN	fall (24:00)	Johan Nilsson	SWE
Match #2	Herbrand Lofthus	NOR	retired (7:00)	Ludwig Sauerhöfer	GER
Match #3	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	fall (13:00)	Dezső Orosz	HUN
Match #4	Frederik Hansen	DEN	fall (34:30)	Vihtori Urvikko	FIN
Match #5	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	fall (7:00)	Viktor Fischer	AUT
Match #6	Ödön Radvány	HUN	DQ (12:00)	Armas Laitinen	FIN
Match #7	Jan Balej	BOH	fall (16:00)	Gottfrid Svensson	SWE
Match #8	Alfred Salonen	FIN	fall (23:00)	Richard Frydenlund	NOR
Match #9	Emil Väre	FIN	DQ (both passivity) (1-00)	Oskar Kaplur	RUS
Match #10	Carl Erik Lund	SWE	decision (1-00)	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN
Match #11	Bruno Heckel	GER	fall (16:00)	Aatami Tanttu	FIN

Round Five (14 July 1912)

Match #1	Johan Nilsson	SWE	decision (1-00)	Alfred Salonen	FIN
Match #2	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	fall (9:00)	Herbrand Lofthus	NOR
Match #3	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	decision (25:00)	Volmar Wikström	FIN
Match #4	Ödön Radvány	HUN	fall (11:00)	Frederik Hansen	DEN
Match #5	Emil Väre	FIN	fall (28:00)	Jan Balej	BOH
Match #6	Oskar Kaplur	RUS	walkover
Match #7	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	fall (5:00)	Bruno Heckel	GER
Match #8	Carl Erik Lund	SWE	bye

Round Six (14 July 1912)

Match #1	Carl Erik Lund	SWE	fall (33:00)	Volmar Wikström	FIN
Match #2	Ödön Radvány	HUN	fall (17:00)	Johan Nilsson	SWE
Match #3	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	decision (1-00)	Jan Balej	BOH
Match #4	Emil Väre	FIN	fall (11:00)	Gustaf Malmström	SWE
Match #5	Oskar Kaplur	RUS	DQ (both passivity) (1-00)	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN

Round Seven (—)

Match #1	Carl Erik Lund	SWE	DQ (both passivity) (1-00)	Ödön Radvány	HUN
Match #2	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	bye
Match #3	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	bye
Match #4	Emil Väre	FIN	bye

Final Round One (15 July 1912)

Match #1	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	fall	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE
Match #2	Emil Väre	FIN	bye

Final Round Two (15 July 1912)

Match #1	Emil Väre	FIN	fall	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE
Match #2	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	bye

Final Round Three (15 July 1912)

Match #1	Emil Väre	FIN	fall	Gustaf Malmström	SWE