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Lightweight, Greco-Roman (≤67½ kg), 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	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
DNS	Rudolf Arsenšek	AUT
DNS	Leopold Glatzl	AUT
DNS	Josef Hanisch	AUT
DNS	Josef Pospischil	AUT
DNS	Karl Steinfeld	AUT
DNS	Josef Vicher	AUT
DNS	Hugo Jelinek	AUT
DNS	Josef Huml	BOH
DNS	Jean Bruse	FIN
DNS	Kustaa Kandelberg	FIN
DNS	János Hajós	HUN
DNS	Károly Márton	HUN
DNS	József Papp	HUN
DNS	Enrico Porro	ITA
DNS	Carlo Annoni	ITA
DNS	Giovanni Aymar	ITA
DNS	Umberto Brighenti	ITA
DNS	Enrico Dupont	ITA
DNS	Alcide Gubellini	ITA
DNS	Åke Odén	SWE

Round One

Date	6 – 8 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	06 Jul	József Sándor	HUN	Fall (29:00)	Carl Johnson	SWE
Match #2	06 Jul	Johan Nilsson	SWE	Fall (47:30)	Ludwig Sauerhöfer	GER
Match #3	06 Jul	Herbrand Lofthus	NOR	Fall (4:30)	Raymond Cabal	FRA
Match #4	06 Jul	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	Decision (30:00)	Andreas Dumrauf	GER
Match #5	08 Jul	Volmar Wikström	FIN	Fall (8:00)	Eugène Lesieur	FRA
Match #6	08 Jul	Dezső Orosz	HUN	Fall (5:00)	Rudolf Rydström	SWE
Match #7	08 Jul	Paul Tirkkonen	FIN	Fall (12:00)	Josef Stejskal	AUT
Match #8	08 Jul	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	Fall (31:00)	Vihtori Urvikko	FIN
Match #9	08 Jul	Ernő Márkus	HUN	Fall (8:00)	Arthur Gould	GBR
Match #10	08 Jul	Frederik Hansen	DEN	Fall (34:00)	Árpád Szántó	HUN
Match #11	08 Jul	Viktor Fischer	AUT	Fall (48:00)	Thorbjørn Frydenlund	NOR
Match #12	08 Jul	Armas Laitinen	FIN	Fall (35:00)	Gottfrid Svensson	SWE
Match #13	08 Jul	Bror Flygare	SWE	Fall (20:00)	Karel Halík	BOH
Match #14	08 Jul	Ödön Radvány	HUN	Fall (4:00)	August Kippasto	RUS
Match #15	08 Jul	Jan Balej	BOH	Fall (21:00)	William Ruff	GBR
Match #16	08 Jul	Richard Frydenlund	NOR	Fall (11:00)	William Lupton	GBR
Match #17	08 Jul	Alfred Salonen	FIN	Fall (9:00)	Jean Bouffechoux	FRA
Match #18	08 Jul	Emil Väre	FIN	Fall (37:00)	Georg Baumann	RUS
Match #19	08 Jul	Oskar Kaplur	RUS	Fall (24:00)	Bill Hayes	GBR
Match #20	08 Jul	Alessandro Covre	ITA	Decision (1-00)	Ville Pukkila	FIN
Match #21	08 Jul	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	Fall (12:00)	Thorvald Olsen	NOR
Match #22	08 Jul	Aatami Tanttu	FIN	Fall (16:00)	Bert Eillebrecht	NED
Match #23	08 Jul	Hugo Björklund	SWE	Fall (14:00)	Robert Phelps	GBR
Match #24	08 Jul	Carl Erik Lund	SWE	Fall (8:00)	Bruno Heckel	GER

Round Two

Date	9 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Jul	Johan Nilsson	SWE	Fall (36:00)	József Sándor	HUN
Match #2	09 Jul	Ludwig Sauerhöfer	GER	Fall (5:00)	Carl Johnson	SWE
Match #3	09 Jul	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	Fall (37:00)	Raymond Cabal	FRA
Match #4	09 Jul	Herbrand Lofthus	NOR	Fall (13:00)	Andreas Dumrauf	GER
Match #5	09 Jul	Dezső Orosz	HUN	Fall (3:30)	Eugène Lesieur	FRA
Match #6	09 Jul	Volmar Wikström	FIN	Fall (8:00)	Rudolf Rydström	SWE
Match #7	09 Jul	Vihtori Urvikko	FIN	Fall (4:00)	Josef Stejskal	AUT
Match #8	09 Jul	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	Decision (1-00)	Paul Tirkkonen	FIN
Match #9	09 Jul	Frederik Hansen	DEN	Fall (23:00)	Ernő Márkus	HUN
Match #10	09 Jul	Armas Laitinen	FIN	Decision (1-00)	Viktor Fischer	AUT
Match #11	09 Jul	Gottfrid Svensson	SWE
Match #12	09 Jul	Karel Halík	BOH	Fall (2:00)	August Kippasto	RUS
Match #13	09 Jul	Ödön Radvány	HUN	Fall (33:00)	Bror Flygare	SWE
Match #14	09 Jul	Jan Balej	BOH
Match #15	09 Jul	Richard Frydenlund	NOR
Match #16	09 Jul	Alfred Salonen	FIN	Fall (4:00)	Georg Baumann	RUS
Match #17	09 Jul	Emil Väre	FIN
Match #18	09 Jul	Oskar Kaplur	RUS	Fall (5:00)	Alessandro Covre	ITA
Match #19	09 Jul	Ville Pukkila	FIN
Match #20	09 Jul	Aatami Tanttu	FIN	Fall (13:00)	Thorvald Olsen	NOR
Match #21	09 Jul	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	Fall (52:00)	Bert Eillebrecht	NED
Match #22	09 Jul	Carl Erik Lund	SWE
Match #23	09 Jul	Bruno Heckel	GER	Fall (5:00)	Hugo Björklund	SWE

Round Three

Date	11 July 1912

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

Round Four

Date	13 July 1912

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

Round Five

Date	14 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Jul	Johan Nilsson	SWE	Decision (1-00)	Alfred Salonen	FIN
Match #2	14 Jul	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	Fall (9:00)	Herbrand Lofthus	NOR
Match #3	14 Jul	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	Decision (25:00)	Volmar Wikström	FIN
Match #4	14 Jul	Ödön Radvány	HUN	Fall (11:00)	Frederik Hansen	DEN
Match #5	14 Jul	Emil Väre	FIN	Fall (28:00)	Jan Balej	BOH
Match #6	14 Jul	Oskar Kaplur	RUS
Match #7	14 Jul	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN	Fall (5:00)	Bruno Heckel	GER
Match #8	14 Jul	Carl Erik Lund	SWE

Round Six

Date	14 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Jul	Carl Erik Lund	SWE	Fall (33:00)	Volmar Wikström	FIN
Match #2	14 Jul	Ödön Radvány	HUN	Fall (17:00)	Johan Nilsson	SWE
Match #3	14 Jul	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE	Decision (1-00)	Jan Balej	BOH
Match #4	14 Jul	Emil Väre	FIN	Fall (11:00)	Gustaf Malmström	SWE
Match #5	14 Jul	Oskar Kaplur	RUS	Dq (both passivity) (1-00)	Tatu Kolehmainen	FIN

Round Seven

Date	—

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

Final Round One

Date	15 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Jul	Gustaf Malmström	SWE	Fall	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE
Match #2	15 Jul	Emil Väre	FIN

Final Round Two

Date	15 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Jul	Emil Väre	FIN	Fall	Edvin Mathiasson	SWE
Match #2	15 Jul	Gustaf Malmström	SWE

Final Round Three

Date	15 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	15 Jul	Emil Väre	FIN	Fall	Gustaf Malmström	SWE