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

Date16 – 20 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationFeestzaal, Koninklijke Zoölogische Maatschappij, Antwerpen
Participants22 from 12 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament. All those losing to the winner wrestle in a single-elimination tournament for 2nd-place. All those losing to the runner-up then wrestle in a single-elimination tournament for 3rd-place.

Karel Halík of Czechoslovakia had won the Inter-Allied Championship at this class. He competed in Antwerp but lost early. Auguste Savonnet of Belgium had been runner-up to Halík at Paris, but he abandoned during his first match. The defending champion in this class was Emil Väre of Finland. Väre was likely the favorite. In 1911 he had won one of )four) different world championships that were contested that year. In 1912 he also won the European championship, in addition to his Olympic gold medal that year. At Antwerp, Väre won four of his five matches by pins.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Emil VäreFINGold
2Taavi TamminenFINSilver
3Frithjof AndersenNORBronze
AC r4/5Charles FrisenfeldtDEN
AC r3/5Frits JanssensBEL
AC r3/5Carl CoerseNED
AC r3/5Richard FrydenlundNOR
AC r3/5George MetropoulosUSA
AC r2/5Albert SavonetBEL
AC r2/5Louis RohouFRA
AC r2/5Vasileios VougoukosGRE
AC r2/5Holger LindbergSWE
AC r2/5Gustaf NilssonSWE
AC r2/5Karel HalíkTCH
AC r2/5František KopřivaTCH
AC r2/5Oral SwigartUSA
AC r1/5Fritz ChristiansenDEN
AC r1/5Ahmed RahmyEGY
AC r1/5Théodore BainçonauFRA
AC r1/5Vasilios PavlidisGRE
AC r1/5Walter RanghieriITA
AC r1/5Johannes Nolten, Sr.NED

Round One (16 August 1920)

Match #1 Emil VäreFIN
fall (3:13)
Fritz ChristiansenDEN
Match #2 Louis RohouFRA
decision (40:00)
Ahmed RahmyEGY
Match #3 Oral SwigartUSA
fall (3:41)
Walter RanghieriITA
Match #4 Charles FrisenfeldtDEN
fall (1:48)
Vasilios PavlidisGRE
Match #5 Holger LindbergSWE
fall (7:11)
Johannes Nolten, Sr.NED
Match #6 Carl CoerseNED
fall (3:30)
Théodore BainçonauFRA

Round Two (17 August 1920)

Match #1 Emil VäreFIN
fall (4:37)
Louis RohouFRA
Match #2 Frits JanssensBEL
fall (1:58)
Oral SwigartUSA
Match #3 Charles FrisenfeldtDEN
retired (5:35)
Albert SavonetBEL
Match #4 George MetropoulosUSA
decision (25:00)
Vasileios VougoukosGRE
Match #5 Taavi TamminenFIN
fall (0:30)
František KopřivaTCH
Match #6 Richard FrydenlundNOR
decision (25:00)
Gustaf NilssonSWE
Match #7 Frithjof AndersenNOR
fall (26:06)
Holger LindbergSWE
Match #8 Carl CoerseNED
fall (4:23)
Karel HalíkTCH

Quarter-Finals (18 August 1920)

Match #1 Emil VäreFIN
decision (25:40)
Frits JanssensBEL
Match #2 Charles FrisenfeldtDEN
fall (5:33)
George MetropoulosUSA
Match #3 Taavi TamminenFIN
fall (12:34)
Richard FrydenlundNOR
Match #4 Frithjof AndersenNOR
fall (13:07)
Carl CoerseNED

Semi-Finals (19 August 1920)

Match #1 Emil VäreFIN
fall (8:13)
Charles FrisenfeldtDEN
Match #2 Taavi TamminenFIN
decision (27:19)
Frithjof AndersenNOR

Final Round (20 August 1920)

Match 1/2 Emil VäreFIN
fall (4:30)
Taavi TamminenFIN

2nd-Place Round One (20 August 1920)

Match #1 Frits JanssensBEL
decision (25:00)
Fritz ChristiansenDEN

2nd-Place Semi-Finals (20 August 1920)

Match #1 Taavi TamminenFIN
fall (13:33)
Frits JanssensBEL
Match #2 Charles FrisenfeldtDEN walkover

2nd-Place Final Round (20 August 1920)

Match #1 Taavi TamminenFIN
fall (11:57)
Charles FrisenfeldtDEN

3rd-Place Semi-Finals (20 August 1920)

Match #1 Frithjof AndersenNOR
fall (0:54)
František KopřivaTCH
Match #2 Frits JanssensBEL
fall (2:25)
Richard FrydenlundNOR

3rd-Place Round One (20 August 1920)

Match #1 Frithjof AndersenNOR walkover

3rd-Place Final Round (20 August 1920)

Match #1 Frithjof AndersenNOR
fall (3:19)
Frits JanssensBEL