Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Wrestling; at the Games of the I Olympiad
	Wrestling pictogram
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Dates	10–11 April
No. of events	1 (1 men, 0 women)
Competitors	5 from 4 nations

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

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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