Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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At the 1896 Summer Olympics, one wrestling event was contested. It was organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics. Five competitors from four nations competed.

1 Medal summary
2 Medal table
3 Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Medal summary

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Greco-Roman	Carl Schuhmann Germany (GER)	Georgios Tsitas Greece (GRE)	Stephanos Christopoulos Greece (GRE)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	0	0	1
2	Greece	0	1	1	2

Great Britain and Hungary had wrestlers compete, but won no medals.

[edit] Sub-Committee for Wrestling and Gymnastics

Joan. Phokianos, president
George Streit, secretary
Joan. Yenissarlis
Loukas Belos
Nic. Politis
Chas. Waldstein
Dimitri Aighinitis
Dim. Sekkeris
Spiridon Comoundouros
Const. Manos
Sp. Antonopoulos

[edit] See also

List of Olympic medalists in wrestling

[edit] References

Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.

Events at the 1896 Summer Olympics (Athens)
Athletics • Cycling • Fencing • Gymnastics • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Wrestling at the Summer Olympics
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