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Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤85 kg), Men

Date26 – 27 April 1906
StatusIntercalated
LocationPanathinaiko Stadio, Athina
Participants16 from 10 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament. Loser in final met the semi-finalist who lost to the champion for the silver and bronze medal positions.

In the middleweight class, Finland’s Verner Weckman defeated Austrian Rudolf Lindmayer in the final match, in 8 minutes. Weckman had won the unofficial 1905 World Championships. He would also compete at the 1908 Olympics, winning another gold medal as a light-heavyweight. Silver went to Austria’s Lindmayer, about whom little is known. Bronze medalist Robert Behrens of Denmark would also finish third at the unofficial 1907 European Championships, in the unlimited class.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
1725Verner WeckmanFINGold
2826Rudolf LindmayerAUTSilver
3167Robert BehrensDENBronze
4798Wenzel GoldbachAUT
=5 SauveurBEL
=5869Franz SolarAUT
=5241Václav HradeckýBOH
=5852Elia PampuriITA
=9Paul BoghaertFRA
=9627Dan SullivanUSA
=9321Menelaos KarotzierisGRE
=9526Themistoklis PalaiologosGRE
=9814Karl HöltlAUT
=9705Antonios TsitasGRE
=9289Georges JueryTUR
=9296Marius JensenDEN

Round One

Date26 April 1906
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #126 AprVerner WeckmanFINFall (0:55)Paul BoghaertFRA
Match #226 Apr Sauveur 1BELFall (1:23)Dan SullivanUSA
Match #326 AprRudolf LindmayerAUTFall (29:51)Menelaos KarotzierisGRE
Match #426 AprFranz SolarAUTFall (1:20)Themistoklis PalaiologosGRE
Match #526 AprRobert Behrens 2DENFall (9:40)Karl HöltlAUT
Match #626 AprVáclav HradeckýBOHFall (1:35)Antonios TsitasGRE
Match #726 AprWenzel GoldbachAUTFall (7:15)Georges JueryTUR
Match #826 AprElia PampuriITAFall (11:24)Marius JensenDEN

Quarter-Finals

Date26 April 1906
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #126 AprVerner WeckmanFINFall (14:42) SauveurBEL
Match #226 AprRudolf LindmayerAUTDefault (28:00)Franz SolarAUT
Match #326 AprRobert BehrensDENFall (2:24)Václav HradeckýBOH
Match #426 AprWenzel GoldbachAUTFall (6:34)Elia PampuriITA

Semi-Finals

Date26 April 1906
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #126 AprRudolf LindmayerAUTFall (27:40)Robert BehrensDEN
Match #226 AprVerner WeckmanFINFall (47:20)Wenzel GoldbachAUT

Final Round

Date27 April 1906
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/227 AprVerner WeckmanFINFall (29:40)Rudolf LindmayerAUT
Match 3/427 AprRobert BehrensDENFallWenzel GoldbachAUT