| | Event type
Featherweight, Freestyle (≤60 kilograms), Men
| Date | 25 – 27 August 1920 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Feestzaal, Koninklijke Zoölogische Maatschappij, Antwerpen | |
| Participants | 10 from 7 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. Losing semi-finalists wrestled off for 3rd-Place. | |
This was virtually a U.S. national championship, as Charley Ackerly and Sam Gerson were the class of the field. Ackerly had defeated Gerson in the semi-finals of the 1920 U.S. AAU championships, which served as an unofficial Olympic Trials. They had also met twice before in collegiate matches, with each winning once. They had been captains of Ivy League wrestling teams in college – Ackerly at Cornell and Gerson at Penn.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charley Ackerly |  USA | Gold | ||
| 2 | Sam Gerson | USA | Silver | ||
| 3 | Bernard Bernard |  GBR | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Dinkkarao Shinde |  IND | |||
| =5 | Daniel Kaiser |  SUI | |||
| =5 | Nestor Harasse |  FRA | |||
| =5 | Georges Barathon | FRA | |||
| =5 | Henry Inman | GBR | |||
| =9 | Ioannis Dialetis |  GRE | |||
| =9 | Kaarlo Mäkinen |  FIN |
Round One (25 August 1920)
| Match #1 | Charley Ackerly | USA | decision (10:00) | Ioannis Dialetis | GRE |
| Match #2 | Sam Gerson | USA | decision | Kaarlo Mäkinen | FIN |
| Match #3 | Georges Barathon | FRA | walkover |
Quarter-Finals (26 August 1920)
| Match #1 | Charley Ackerly | USA | fall (9:40) | Daniel Kaiser | SUI |
| Match #2 | Bernard Bernard | GBR | fall (6:07) | Nestor Harasse | FRA |
| Match #3 | Sam Gerson | USA | decision | Georges Barathon | FRA |
| Match #4 | Dinkkarao Shinde | IND | decision | Henry Inman | GBR |
Semi-Finals (27 August 1920)
| Match #1 | Charley Ackerly | USA | Bernard Bernard | GBR | |
| Match #2 | Sam Gerson | USA | Dinkkarao Shinde | IND |
Final Round (27 August 1920)
| Match 1/2 | Charley Ackerly | USA | Sam Gerson | USA | |
| Match 3/4 | Bernard Bernard | GBR | Dinkkarao Shinde | IND |