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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (>82½ kg), Men

Date	7 – 14 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Participants	17 from 9 countries
Format	Double-elimination tournament. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final-round tournament.

The deciding match came down to Yrjö Saarela of Finland and Søren Jensen of Denmark. Both were top international wrestlers. During his career, Jensen won eight medals at the Olympics, World Championships, and European championships, including a gold medal in the heavyweight class at the 1906 Olympic Games. Saarela had won one of the World Championships held in 1911, this one in Helsinki. But at Stockholm, Saarela prevailed, although only after three hours under a hot sun, when Jensen was forced to retire. Saarela had also won a silver medal at the 1908 Olympics in the light-heavyweight (93 kg.) class. In 1912, he earned, in addition to his gold medal, possession of the Challenge Trophy for the heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling, which had been donated in 1908 by The Gold and Silversmiths of Great Britain.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Gold
2	Johan Olin	FIN	Silver
3	S. M. Jensen	DEN	Bronze
4	Jakob Neser	GER
AC r5/7	Emil Backenius	FIN
AC r5/7	Kalle Viljamaa	FIN
AC r4/7	Adolf Lindfors	FIN
AC r4/7	Uuno Pelander	FIN
AC r3/7	Barend Bonneveld	NED
AC r3/7	Gustaf Lindstrand	SWE
AC r3/7	Edmond Barrett	GBR
AC r2/7	Laurent Gerstmans	BEL
AC r2/7	Jean Hauptmanns	GER
AC r2/7	Nikolajs Fārnasts	RUS
AC r2/7	David Karlsson	SWE
AC r2/7	Alrik Sandberg	SWE
AC r2/7	Raoul Paoli	FRA
DNS	Karl Höltl	AUT
DNS	Bernhardt Miksch	AUT
DNS	Franz Nawratil	AUT
DNS	Hubert Rodler	AUT
DNS	Karl Schönbauer	AUT
DNS	Josef Bechyně	BOH
DNS	Johannes Salovaara	FIN
DNS	Frederick Humphreys	GBR
DNS	Otto Büren	GER
DNS	Richárd Weisz	HUN
DNS	József Előd	HUN
DNS	Tibor Halász	HUN

Round One

Date	7 – 9 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	07 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (32:37)	David Karlsson	SWE
Match #2	07 Jul	Kalle Viljamaa	FIN	Fall (1-18:53)	Jean Hauptmanns	GER
Match #3	07 Jul	Johan Olin	FIN	Fall (30:00)	Raoul Paoli	FRA
Match #4	07 Jul	Gustaf Lindstrand	SWE	Fall (14:01)	Laurent Gerstmans	BEL
Match #5	07 Jul	Barend Bonneveld	NED	Decision (1-30)	Emil Backenius	FIN
Match #6	09 Jul	Jakob Neser	GER	Decision (1-00)	Nikolajs Fārnasts	RUS
Match #7	09 Jul	S. M. Jensen	DEN	Fall (46:30)	Edmond Barrett	GBR
Match #8	09 Jul	Adolf Lindfors	FIN	Fall (8:50)	Alrik Sandberg	SWE
Match #9		Uuno Pelander	FIN

Round Two

Date	9 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	09 Jul	Uuno Pelander	FIN	Decision (1-00)	David Karlsson	SWE
Match #2	09 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN
Match #3	09 Jul	Kalle Viljamaa	FIN
Match #4	09 Jul	Johan Olin	FIN	Fall (44:45)	Gustaf Lindstrand	SWE
Match #5	09 Jul	Emil Backenius	FIN	Fall (20:00)	Laurent Gerstmans	BEL
Match #6	09 Jul	Jakob Neser	GER	Fall (25:00)	Barend Bonneveld	NED
Match #7	09 Jul	Edmond Barrett	GBR
Match #8	09 Jul	S. M. Jensen	DEN	Decision (1-00)	Adolf Lindfors	FIN
Match #9	09 Jul	Uuno Pelander	FIN	Decision (1-00)	Alrik Sandberg	SWE

Round Three

Date	12 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (6:12)	Gustaf Lindstrand	SWE
Match #2	12 Jul	Kalle Viljamaa	FIN	Dq (both passivity) (1-00)	Barend Bonneveld	NED
Match #3	12 Jul	Johan Olin	FIN	Fall (32:00)	Jakob Neser	GER
Match #4	12 Jul	Emil Backenius	FIN
Match #5	12 Jul	S. M. Jensen	DEN	Decision (1-00)	Uuno Pelander	FIN
Match #6	12 Jul	Adolf Lindfors	FIN

Round Four

Date	12 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Jul	Jakob Neser	GER	Retired (2:00)	Adolf Lindfors	FIN
Match #2	12 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (3:36)	S. M. Jensen	DEN
Match #3	12 Jul	Kalle Viljamaa	FIN	Fall (0:27)	Johan Olin	FIN
Match #4	12 Jul	Emil Backenius	FIN

Round Five

Date	12 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Jul	Johan Olin	FIN	Retired (6:00)	Yrjö Saarela	FIN
Match #2	12 Jul	Jakob Neser	GER	Decision (1-00)	Kalle Viljamaa	FIN
Match #3	12 Jul	S. M. Jensen	DEN	Decision (1-30)	Emil Backenius	FIN

Round Six

Date	12 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (6:00)	Jakob Neser	GER
Match #2	12 Jul	Johan Olin	FIN
Match #3	12 Jul	S. M. Jensen	DEN

Final Round One

Date	14 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (3-16)	S. M. Jensen	DEN
Match #2	14 Jul	Johan Olin	FIN

Final Round Two

Date	14 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Jul	Johan Olin	FIN
Match #2	14 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN

Final Round Three

Date	14 July 1912

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Jul	Yrjö Saarela	FIN	Fall (9:00)	Johan Olin	FIN