1896 Summer Olympics / Wrestling - Greco-Roman Style Open Class (Men)
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| sport | Wrestling | ||||||||
| discipline | Greco-Roman Open Class | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 5 athletes from 4 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Panathinaiko Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | April 10-11, 1896 | ||||||||
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Wrestling competitions at the 1896 Olympic Games |
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 Greco-Roman style
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| Open class | Men |
The wrestling in the open class in the Greco-Roman style of men at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 took place from April 10-11, 1896.
Results
In the first Olympic fight the Greek Stefanos Christopoulos and the Hungarian Momcsilló Tapavicza faced each other, an almost even duel was expected, but Christopoulos emerged as the winner after Tapavicza retired due to injury. In the second fight, the German Carl Schuhmann defeated the world weightlifting champion Launceston Elliot from Great Britain.
In the semifinals, Schuhmann, who was the smallest and easiest participant at 1.63 meters, had a bye. In the Greek duel between Christopoulos and Georgios Tsitas , Tsitas prevailed because his opponent injured his shoulder.
The final fight between Schuhmann and Tsitas lasted 40 minutes, due to the falling darkness it was interrupted and continued the next morning. Here the German brought down Tsitas after 15 minutes and became the first Olympic champion in wrestling.
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||
| 10th of April | ||||||||||
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Carl Schuhmann | |||||||||
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Launceston Elliot | |||||||||
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Carl Schuhmann | |||||||||
| - | bye | |||||||||
| April 10th and 11th | ||||||||||
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Carl Schuhmann | |||||||||
| 10th of April | ||||||||||
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Georgios Tsitas | |||||||||
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Stefanos Christopoulos | |||||||||
| 10th of April | ||||||||||
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Momcsilló Tapavicza | |||||||||
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Stefanos Christopoulos | |||||||||
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Georgios Tsitas | |||||||||
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