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

Date6 – 15 July 1912
StatusOlympic
LocationStockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Participants48 from 13 countries
FormatDouble-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.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Emil VäreFINGold
2Gustaf MalmströmSWESilver
3Edvin MathiassonSWEBronze
AC r7/8Ödön RadványHUN
AC r7/8Carl Erik LundSWE
AC r6/8Tatu KolehmainenFIN
AC r6/8Volmar WikströmFIN
AC r6/8Oskar KaplurRUS
AC r6/8Johan NilssonSWE
AC r6/8Jan BalejBOH
AC r5/8Frederik HansenDEN
AC r5/8Alfred SalonenFIN
AC r5/8Aatami TanttuFIN
AC r5/8Bruno HeckelGER
AC r5/8Herbrand LofthusNOR
AC r4/8Viktor FischerAUT
AC r4/8Armas LaitinenFIN
AC r4/8Vihtori UrvikkoFIN
AC r4/8Ludwig SauerhöferGER
AC r4/8Dezső OroszHUN
AC r4/8Richard FrydenlundNOR
AC r4/8Gottfrid SvenssonSWE
AC r3/8Ville PukkilaFIN
AC r3/8Ernő MárkusHUN
AC r3/8József SándorHUN
AC r3/8Alessandro CovreITA
AC r3/8Hugo BjörklundSWE
AC r3/8Karel HalíkBOH
AC r2/8Josef StejskalAUT
AC r2/8Paul TirkkonenFIN
AC r2/8Jean BouffechouxFRA
AC r2/8Raymond CabalFRA
AC r2/8Eugène LesieurFRA
AC r2/8Bill HayesGBR
AC r2/8William LuptonGBR
AC r2/8Robert PhelpsGBR
AC r2/8William RuffGBR
AC r2/8Andreas DumraufGER
AC r2/8Bert EillebrechtNED
AC r2/8Thorbjørn FrydenlundNOR
AC r2/8Thorvald OlsenNOR
AC r2/8Georg BaumannRUS
AC r2/8August KippastoRUS
AC r2/8Bror FlygareSWE
AC r2/8Carl JohnsonSWE
AC r2/8Rudolf RydströmSWE
AC r1/8Arthur GouldGBR
AC r1/8Árpád SzántóHUN

Round One (6 – 8 July 1912)

Match #1 József SándorHUN
fall (29:00)
Carl JohnsonSWE
Match #2 Johan NilssonSWE
fall (47:30)
Ludwig SauerhöferGER
Match #3 Herbrand LofthusNOR
fall (4:30)
Raymond CabalFRA
Match #4 Edvin MathiassonSWE
decision (30:00)
Andreas DumraufGER
Match #5 Volmar WikströmFIN
fall (8:00)
Eugène LesieurFRA
Match #6 Dezső OroszHUN
fall (5:00)
Rudolf RydströmSWE
Match #7 Paul TirkkonenFIN
fall (12:00)
Josef StejskalAUT
Match #8 Gustaf MalmströmSWE
fall (31:00)
Vihtori UrvikkoFIN
Match #9 Ernő MárkusHUN
fall (8:00)
Arthur GouldGBR
Match #10 Frederik HansenDEN
fall (34:00)
Árpád SzántóHUN
Match #11 Viktor FischerAUT
fall (48:00)
Thorbjørn FrydenlundNOR
Match #12 Armas LaitinenFIN
fall (35:00)
Gottfrid SvenssonSWE
Match #13 Bror FlygareSWE
fall (20:00)
Karel HalíkBOH
Match #14 Ödön RadványHUN
fall (4:00)
August KippastoRUS
Match #15 Jan BalejBOH
fall (21:00)
William RuffGBR
Match #16 Richard FrydenlundNOR
fall (11:00)
William LuptonGBR
Match #17 Alfred SalonenFIN
fall (9:00)
Jean BouffechouxFRA
Match #18 Emil VäreFIN
fall (37:00)
Georg BaumannRUS
Match #19 Oskar KaplurRUS
fall (24:00)
Bill HayesGBR
Match #20 Alessandro CovreITA
decision (1-00)
Ville PukkilaFIN
Match #21 Tatu KolehmainenFIN
fall (12:00)
Thorvald OlsenNOR
Match #22 Aatami TanttuFIN
fall (16:00)
Bert EillebrechtNED
Match #23 Hugo BjörklundSWE
fall (14:00)
Robert PhelpsGBR
Match #24 Carl Erik LundSWE
fall (8:00)
Bruno HeckelGER

Round Two (9 July 1912)

Match #1 Johan NilssonSWE
fall (36:00)
József SándorHUN
Match #2 Ludwig SauerhöferGER
fall (5:00)
Carl JohnsonSWE
Match #3 Edvin MathiassonSWE
fall (37:00)
Raymond CabalFRA
Match #4 Herbrand LofthusNOR
fall (13:00)
Andreas DumraufGER
Match #5 Dezső OroszHUN
fall (3:30)
Eugène LesieurFRA
Match #6 Volmar WikströmFIN
fall (8:00)
Rudolf RydströmSWE
Match #7 Vihtori UrvikkoFIN
fall (4:00)
Josef StejskalAUT
Match #8 Gustaf MalmströmSWE
decision (1-00)
Paul TirkkonenFIN
Match #9 Frederik HansenDEN
fall (23:00)
Ernő MárkusHUN
Match #10 Armas LaitinenFIN
decision (1-00)
Viktor FischerAUT
Match #11 Gottfrid SvenssonSWE walkover
Match #12 Karel HalíkBOH
fall (2:00)
August KippastoRUS
Match #13 Ödön RadványHUN
fall (33:00)
Bror FlygareSWE
Match #14 Jan BalejBOH walkover
Match #15 Richard FrydenlundNOR walkover
Match #16 Alfred SalonenFIN
fall (4:00)
Georg BaumannRUS
Match #17 Emil VäreFIN walkover
Match #18 Oskar KaplurRUS
fall (5:00)
Alessandro CovreITA
Match #19 Ville PukkilaFIN walkover
Match #20 Aatami TanttuFIN
fall (13:00)
Thorvald OlsenNOR
Match #21 Tatu KolehmainenFIN
fall (52:00)
Bert EillebrechtNED
Match #22 Carl Erik LundSWE walkover
Match #23 Bruno HeckelGER
fall (5:00)
Hugo BjörklundSWE

Round Three (11 July 1912)

Match #1 Ludwig SauerhöferGER
fall (52:00)
József SándorHUN
Match #2 Johan NilssonSWE
fall (22:00)
Herbrand LofthusNOR
Match #3 Volmar WikströmFIN
fall (10:00)
Edvin MathiassonSWE
Match #4 Vihtori UrvikkoFIN
fall (54:00)
Dezső OroszHUN
Match #5 Gustaf MalmströmSWE
fall (20:00)
Ernő MárkusHUN
Match #6 Viktor FischerAUT
fall (24:00)
Frederik HansenDEN
Match #7 Armas LaitinenFIN
fall (5:00)
Karel HalíkBOH
Match #8 Gottfrid SvenssonSWE
decision (1-00)
Ödön RadványHUN
Match #9 Jan BalejBOH
fall (8:00)
Richard FrydenlundNOR
Match #10 Oskar KaplurRUS
decision (1-00)
Alfred SalonenFIN
Match #11 Emil VäreFIN
fall (9:00)
Alessandro CovreITA
Match #12 Bruno HeckelGER
fall (16:00)
Ville PukkilaFIN
Match #13 Tatu KolehmainenFIN
fall (45:00)
Hugo BjörklundSWE
Match #14 Aatami TanttuFIN
decision (1-00)
Carl Erik LundSWE

Round Four (13 July 1912)

Match #1 Volmar WikströmFIN
fall (24:00)
Johan NilssonSWE
Match #2 Herbrand LofthusNOR
retired (7:00)
Ludwig SauerhöferGER
Match #3 Edvin MathiassonSWE
fall (13:00)
Dezső OroszHUN
Match #4 Frederik HansenDEN
fall (34:30)
Vihtori UrvikkoFIN
Match #5 Gustaf MalmströmSWE
fall (7:00)
Viktor FischerAUT
Match #6 Ödön RadványHUN
DQ (12:00)
Armas LaitinenFIN
Match #7 Jan BalejBOH
fall (16:00)
Gottfrid SvenssonSWE
Match #8 Alfred SalonenFIN
fall (23:00)
Richard FrydenlundNOR
Match #9 Emil VäreFIN
DQ (both passivity) (1-00)
Oskar KaplurRUS
Match #10 Carl Erik LundSWE
decision (1-00)
Tatu KolehmainenFIN
Match #11 Bruno HeckelGER
fall (16:00)
Aatami TanttuFIN

Round Five (14 July 1912)

Match #1 Johan NilssonSWE
decision (1-00)
Alfred SalonenFIN
Match #2 Edvin MathiassonSWE
fall (9:00)
Herbrand LofthusNOR
Match #3 Gustaf MalmströmSWE
decision (25:00)
Volmar WikströmFIN
Match #4 Ödön RadványHUN
fall (11:00)
Frederik HansenDEN
Match #5 Emil VäreFIN
fall (28:00)
Jan BalejBOH
Match #6 Oskar KaplurRUS walkover
Match #7 Tatu KolehmainenFIN
fall (5:00)
Bruno HeckelGER
Match #8 Carl Erik LundSWE bye

Round Six (14 July 1912)

Match #1 Carl Erik LundSWE
fall (33:00)
Volmar WikströmFIN
Match #2 Ödön RadványHUN
fall (17:00)
Johan NilssonSWE
Match #3 Edvin MathiassonSWE
decision (1-00)
Jan BalejBOH
Match #4 Emil VäreFIN
fall (11:00)
Gustaf MalmströmSWE
Match #5 Oskar KaplurRUS
DQ (both passivity) (1-00)
Tatu KolehmainenFIN

Round Seven (—)

Match #1 Carl Erik LundSWE
DQ (both passivity) (1-00)
Ödön RadványHUN
Match #2 Edvin MathiassonSWE bye
Match #3 Gustaf MalmströmSWE bye
Match #4 Emil VäreFIN bye

Final Round One (15 July 1912)

Match #1 Gustaf MalmströmSWE
fall
Edvin MathiassonSWE
Match #2 Emil VäreFIN bye

Final Round Two (15 July 1912)

Match #1 Emil VäreFIN
fall
Edvin MathiassonSWE
Match #2 Gustaf MalmströmSWE bye

Final Round Three (15 July 1912)

Match #1 Emil VäreFIN
fall
Gustaf MalmströmSWE