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Olympic Wrestling Championships
August 16, 1920 - August 27, 1920 @ Antwerp Zoo (Antwerp, Belgium)
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Charles Edwin Ackerly
In 1920, Edwin Ackerly of Cuba (NY) was the only member of the United States Olympic wrestling team to take a gold medal at the 7th Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium. SOURCE: The Cuba Patriot and Free Press, August 5-11, 1992. Click for larger image.





Graeco-Roman | August 15-26

Team Final

Finland [FIN] 19, Sweden [SWE] 7, Denmark [DEN] 3, Norway [NOR] 1, Belgium [BEL] 0, United States of America [USA] 0

Place Winners

134 1. Oskari Friman (Finland)
    2. Heikki Kahkonen (Finland)
    3. Fritiof Svensson (Sweden)
151 1. Emil Vare (Finland)
    2. Taavi Tamminen (Finland)
    3. Frithjof Andersen (Norway)
168 1. Carl Westergren (Sweden)
    2. Arthur Lindfors (Finland)
    3. Masa Perttila (Finland)
184 1. Claes Johanson (Sweden)
    2. Edil Rosenqvist (Finland)
    3. Johannes Eriksen (Denmark)
HWT 1. Adolf Lindfors (Finland)
    2. Poul Hansen (Denmark)
    3. Martti Nieminen (Finland)

Results not entered.

Catch-As-Catch-Can | August 27-31

Team Final

United States of America [USA] 9.5, Finland [FIN] 8, Sweden [SWE] 5.33, Switzerland [SUI] 5, Great Britain [GBR] 2, Belgium [BEL] 0, India [IND] 0

Place Winners

119 1. Charles Edwin Ackerly (USA)
    2. Sam Gerson (USA)
    3. Philip Bernard (GB)
135 1. Kalle Anttila (Finland)
    2. Gottfrid Svensson (Sweden)
    3. Peter Wright (GB)
154 1. Eino Leino (Finland)
    2. Vaino Penttala (Finland)
    3. Charley Johnson (USA)
178 1. Anders Larsson (Sweden)
    2. Charles Courant (Switzerland)
    3. Walter Maurer (USA)
HWT 1. Robert Roth (Switzerland)
    2. Nat Pendleton (USA)
    3. Fred Meyer (USA)

Results not entered.

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