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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤82.5 kilograms), Men

Date16 – 20 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationFeestzaal, Koninklijke Zoölogische Maatschappij, Antwerpen
Participants18 from 11 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.

Claes Johanson had been Olympic champion in 1912 in the middleweight A class. Antwerp was really the end of his great career, although he competed without success in the heavyweight class at the 1924 Olympics. In his career Johansson won two Olympic gold medals, and was also European champion in 1913.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Claes JohansonSWEGold
2Edil RosenqvistFINSilver
3Johannes EriksenDENBronze
AC r5/5Jan SintNED
AC r4/5Émile WahlenBEL
AC r4/5Axel TetensDEN
AC r3/5Guillaume SnoeckBEL
AC r3/5August RajalaFIN
AC r3/5Frank MaichleUSA
AC r2/5Herman KruusenbergEST
AC r2/5Battista CardinaleITA
AC r2/5Bruto TestoniITA
AC r2/5Sven OhlssonSWE
AC r2/5František KociánTCH
AC r2/5František TázlerTCH
AC r2/5Nat PendletonUSA
AC r1/5Marcel DouvinetFRA
AC r1/5Oscar TheisenLUX

Round One (16 August 1920)

Match #1 Sven OhlssonSWE
fall (1:21)
Marcel DouvinetFRA
Match #2 František TázlerTCH
fall (0:24)
Oscar TheisenLUX

Round Two (17 – 18 August 1920)

Match #1 Claes JohansonSWE
decision (29:15)
Edil RosenqvistFIN
Match #2 Johannes EriksenDEN
DQ (18:03)
Nat PendletonUSA
Match #3 Axel TetensDEN
decision (25:00)
Herman KruusenbergEST
Match #4 Frank MaichleUSA
decision (25:00)
Sven OhlssonSWE
Match #5 Jan SintNED
fall (24:45)
Bruto TestoniITA
Match #6 Guillaume SnoeckBEL
fall (31:52)
František KociánTCH
Match #7 Émile WahlenBEL
decision (25:00)
Battista CardinaleITA
Match #8 August RajalaFIN
fall (14:58)
František TázlerTCH

Quarter-Finals (19 August 1920)

Match #1 Claes JohansonSWE
fall (6:39)
Johannes EriksenDEN
Match #2 Axel TetensDEN
fall (0:22)
Frank MaichleUSA
Match #3 Jan SintNED
fall (16:30)
Guillaume SnoeckBEL
Match #4 Émile WahlenBEL
fall (25:40)
August RajalaFIN

Semi-Finals (19 August 1920)

Match #1 Claes JohansonSWE
fall (16:57)
Axel TetensDEN
Match #2 Jan SintNED
fall (7:06)
Émile WahlenBEL

Final Round (20 August 1920)

Match 1/2 Claes JohansonSWE
fall (17:32)
Jan SintNED

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

Match #1 Johannes EriksenDEN
fall (4:54)
Jan SintNED
Match #2 Edil RosenqvistFIN
fall (0:36)
Axel TetensDEN

2nd-Place Final Round (20 August 1920)

Match #1 Edil RosenqvistFIN
fall (1:30)
Johannes EriksenDEN

3rd-Place Final Round (20 August 1920)

Match #1 Johannes EriksenDEN walkover