Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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.

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 (GER)	Georgios Tsitas (GRE)	Stephanos Christopoulos (GRE)

Participating nations

A total of 5 wrestlers from 4 nations competed at the Athens Games:

•  Germany (1)
•  Great Britain (1)
•  Greece (2)
•  Hungary (1)

Medal table

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

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

See also

• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

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 )
• 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 )
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X. 

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