Olympic Summer Games 1896 / wrestling

Wrestling at the I. Olympic Games
information
venue	Athens
Competition venue	Panathinaic Stadium
Nations	4th
Athletes	5 (5 )
date	10-11 April 1896
decisions	1
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A wrestling competition was held at the first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 . The venue was the Panathinaiko Stadium .

Medal table

space	country			Third	total
1	German Empire	1	-	-	1
2	Greece	-	1	1	2

Result

Greco-Roman style, open class

→ Main article : 1896 Summer Olympics / Wrestling - Greco-Roman Style Open Class (Men)

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	GER	Carl Schuhmann	2
2	GRE	Georgios Tsitas	1
3	GRE	Stefanos Christopoulos	1
4th	GBR	Launceston Elliot	0
	HUN	Momcsilló Tapavicza	0

Olympic champion Schuhmann was the smallest (1.63 meters) and lightest participant in the competition.

Schuhmann and Tsitas before the fight

Web links

Commons : Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wrestling at the Olympic Games 1896 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )