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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤75 kg), Men

Date25 – 27 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationFeestzaal, Koninklijke Zoölogische Maatschappij, Antwerpen
Participants18 from 12 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament. Losing semi-finalists wrestled off for 3rd-Place.

Eino Leino of Finland defeated his countryman Väinö Penttala in the finals of this class. This was Penttala’s only international appearance ever. Leino competed internationally only at the Olympics, although he wrestled in the 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932 Olympics. He won four Olympic medals – gold in 1920, silver in 1924, and bronze in 1928 and 1932.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Eino LeinoFINGold
2Väinö PenttalaFINSilver
3Charley JohnsonUSABronze
4Angus FrantzUSA
=5Henri DerkinderenBEL
=5Otto BorgströmSWE
=5Frits JanssensBEL
=5Gudmund GrimstadNOR
=9Edgar BaconGBR
=9Ahmed RahmyEGY
=9Stanley BaconGBR
=9Dimitrios VergosGRE
=9Léonard BronSUI
=9Pierre AngelotFRA
=9Kumar NavaleIND
=9Gottfrid LindgrenSWE
=17Charles BacksmanFRA
=17Enok LopponenCAN

Round One

Date25 August 1920
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 AugVäinö PenttalaFINFall (7:15)Charles BacksmanFRA
Match #225 AugCharley JohnsonUSADecisionEnok LopponenCAN

Round Two

Date26 August 1920
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #126 AugVäinö PenttalaFINDecisionEdgar BaconGBR
Match #226 AugHenri DerkinderenBELDecisionAhmed RahmyEGY
Match #326 AugAngus FrantzUSADecisionStanley BaconGBR
Match #426 AugOtto BorgströmSWEDecisionDimitrios VergosGRE
Match #526 AugEino LeinoFINFall (8:01)Léonard BronSUI
Match #626 AugFrits JanssensBELFall (2:43)Pierre AngelotFRA
Match #726 AugCharley JohnsonUSAFall (6:47)Kumar NavaleIND
Match #826 AugGudmund GrimstadNORDecisionGottfrid LindgrenSWE

Quarter-Finals

Date27 August 1920
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 AugVäinö PenttalaFINHenri DerkinderenBEL
Match #227 AugAngus FrantzUSAOtto BorgströmSWE
Match #327 AugEino LeinoFINFrits JanssensBEL
Match #427 AugCharley JohnsonUSAGudmund GrimstadNOR

Semi-Finals

Date27 August 1920
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 AugVäinö PenttalaFINAngus FrantzUSA
Match #227 AugEino LeinoFINCharley JohnsonUSA

Final Round

Date27 August 1920
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/227 AugEino LeinoFINVäinö PenttalaFIN
Match 3/427 AugCharley JohnsonUSA