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 Germany	Georgios Tsitas Greece	Stephanos Christopoulos Greece

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
Totals (2 nations)		1	1	1	3

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

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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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