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Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤82½ kg), Men

Date	16 – 20 August 1920
Status	Olympic
Location	Feestzaal, Koninklijke Zoölogische Maatschappij, Antwerpen
Participants	18 from 11 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. All those losing to the winner wrestle in a single-elimination tournament for 2nd-place. All those losing to the runner-up then wrestle in a single-elimination tournament for 3rd-place.

Claes Johanson had been Olympic champion in 1912 in the middleweight A class. Antwerp was really the end of his great career, although he competed without success in the heavyweight class at the 1924 Olympics. In his career Johansson won two Olympic gold medals, and was also European champion in 1913.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Claes Johanson	SWE	Gold
2	Edil Rosenqvist	FIN	Silver
3	Johannes Eriksen	DEN	Bronze
AC r5/5	Jan Sint	NED
AC r4/5	Émile Wahlen	BEL
AC r4/5	Axel Tetens	DEN
AC r3/5	Guillaume Snoeck	BEL
AC r3/5	August Rajala	FIN
AC r3/5	Frank Maichle	USA
AC r2/5	Herman Kruusenberg	EST
AC r2/5	Battista Cardinale	ITA
AC r2/5	Bruto Testoni	ITA
AC r2/5	Sven Olsson	SWE
AC r2/5	František Kocián	TCH
AC r2/5	František Tázler	TCH
AC r2/5	Nat Pendleton	USA
AC r1/5	Marcel Douvinet	FRA
AC r1/5	Oscar Theisen	LUX

Round One

Date	16 August 1920

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Sven Olsson	SWE	Fall (1:21)	Marcel Douvinet	FRA
Match #2	16 Aug	František Tázler	TCH	Fall (0:24)	Oscar Theisen	LUX

Round Two

Date	17 – 18 August 1920

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Claes Johanson	SWE	Decision (29:15)	Edil Rosenqvist	FIN
Match #2	Johannes Eriksen	DEN	Dq (18:03)	Nat Pendleton	USA
Match #3	Axel Tetens	DEN	Decision (25:00)	Herman Kruusenberg	EST
Match #4	Frank Maichle	USA	Decision (25:00)	Sven Olsson	SWE
Match #5	Jan Sint	NED	Fall (24:45)	Bruto Testoni	ITA
Match #6	Guillaume Snoeck	BEL	Fall (31:52)	František Kocián	TCH
Match #7	Émile Wahlen	BEL	Decision (25:00)	Battista Cardinale	ITA
Match #8	August Rajala	FIN	Fall (14:58)	František Tázler	TCH

Quarter-Finals

Date	19 August 1920

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug	Claes Johanson	SWE	Fall (6:39)	Johannes Eriksen	DEN
Match #2	19 Aug	Axel Tetens	DEN	Fall (0:22)	Frank Maichle	USA
Match #3	19 Aug	Jan Sint	NED	Fall (16:30)	Guillaume Snoeck	BEL
Match #4	19 Aug	Émile Wahlen	BEL	Fall (25:40)	August Rajala	FIN

Semi-Finals

Date	19 August 1920

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Aug	Claes Johanson	SWE	Fall (16:57)	Axel Tetens	DEN
Match #2	19 Aug	Jan Sint	NED	Fall (7:06)	Émile Wahlen	BEL

Final Round

Date	20 August 1920

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Aug	Claes Johanson	SWE	Fall (17:32)	Jan Sint	NED

2nd-Place Semi-Finals

Date	20 August 1920

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Johannes Eriksen	DEN	Fall (4:54)	Jan Sint	NED
Match #2	20 Aug	Edil Rosenqvist	FIN	Fall (0:36)	Axel Tetens	DEN

2nd-Place Final Round

Date	20 August 1920

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Edil Rosenqvist	FIN	Fall (1:30)	Johannes Eriksen	DEN

3rd-Place Final Round

Date	20 August 1920

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Johannes Eriksen	DEN