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Western New York Wrestling
WNY Wrestling
 
 
USA
United States of America
9.5 POINTS
1919-1920
S
Sweden
5.33 POINTS
1919-1920
D
Denmark
3 POINTS
1919-1920
N
Norway
1 POINTS
1919-1920
I
India
1919-1920

Olympic Wrestling Championships

Antwerp Zoo

Antwerp, Belgium
Aug 16, 1920 - Aug 27, 1920
 

GALLERY

PUBLICATIONS

Files
Cuba Boy on Olympic Team (Wellsville, Jul 19) PDF
Is World Champion: Cuba Boy Only American to Capture a First (Cuba, Sep 3) PDF
Was a Proud Day for Cuba Folks (Wellsville, Sep 25) PDF
Edwin Ackerly Wins Mention In Ripley (Cuba, 1940) PDF
Edwin Ackerly, Olympic Champion, Named to Hall of Fame (Cuba, 1961) PDF
Newark Boy Goes to Olympic Games (Newark, Jul 16) PDF
Newark Boy Qualifies for Olympic Team; Defeated Champion Wrestler of Navy to Obtain Place (Newark, Jul 22) PDF
How Cornelius Cornelius Became a Wrestler (Newark, Aug 6) PDF
The Army at the Olympic Games (District of Columbia, Jul 31) PDF

Graeco-Roman - August 15-26

Teams 

                                                                  Participating Teams
                          
 

                                            Belgium [BEL]
                                                              Denmark [DEN]
                                                              Finland [FIN]
                                                              Norway [NOR]
                                                              Sweden [SWE]
                                                              United States of America [USA]
                                
                                                                                
 

                          Team Scores
                          
 

                                                                      Finland [FIN] 19,                                                                                                              Sweden [SWE] 7,                                                                                                              Denmark [DEN] 3,                                                                                                              Norway [NOR] 1,                                                                                                                                                                                  
              
              
                                
 
 
Individuals 

              
              
                                                                            Place Winners
                      
 

                      

                                    

                      
                                                                                                        134
                                                                      
                      
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                      Heikki Kahkonen
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Fritiof Svensson
                      (Sweden)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Oskari Friman
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                                                                        151
                                                                      
                      
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                      Emil Vare
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Taavi Tamminen
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Frithjof Andersen
                      (Norway)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                                                                        168
                                                                      
                      
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                      Arthur Lindfors
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Masa Perttila
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Carl Westergren
                      (Sweden)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                                                                        184
                                                                      
                      
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                      Claes Johanson
                      (Sweden)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Edil Rosenqvist
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Johannes Eriksen
                      (Denmark)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                                                                        HWT
                                                                      
                      
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                      Adolf Lindfors
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Poul Hansen
                      (Denmark)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Martti Nieminen
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                      

                                
                                
 

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

Teams 

                                                                  Participating Teams
                          
 

                                            Belgium [BEL]
                                                              Finland [FIN]
                                                              Great Britain [GBR]
                                                              India [IND]
                                                              Sweden [SWE]
                                                              Switzerland [SUI]
                                                              United States of America [USA]
                                
                                                                                
 

                          Team Scores
                          
 

                                                                      United States of America [USA] 9.5,                                                                                                              Finland [FIN] 8,                                                                                                              Sweden [SWE] 5.33,                                                                                                              Switzerland [SUI] 5,                                                                                                              Great Britain [GBR] 2,                                                                                                                                                                                  
              
              
                                
 
 
Individuals 

              
              
                                                                            Place Winners
                      
 

                      

                                    

                      
                                                                                                        119
                                                                      
                      
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                      Charles Edwin Ackerly
                      (USA)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Sam Gerson
                      (USA)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Philip Bernard
                      (GB)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                                                                        135
                                                                      
                      
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                      Kalle Anttila
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Gottfrid Svensson
                      (Sweden)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Peter Wright
                      (GB)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                                                                        154
                                                                      
                      
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                      Eino Leino
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Vaino Penttala
                      (Finland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Charley Johnson
                      (USA)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                                                                        178
                                                                      
                      
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                      Anders Larsson
                      (Sweden)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Charles Courant
                      (Switzerland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Walter Maurer
                      (USA)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                                                                        HWT
                                                                      
                      
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                      Robert Roth
                      (Switzerland)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Nat Pendleton
                      (USA)
                      
                  

                                                                    

                      
                                                   
                                            
                      
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                      Fred Meyer
                      (USA)
                      
                  

                                      

                                
                                
 

HISTORY

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1919-1920
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Switzerland
5 POINTS
1919-1920
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Great Britain
2 POINTS
1919-1920
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Belgium
1919-1920
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