Editing Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

{{short description|Wrestling at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event       = Wrestling
| games       = 1896 Summer
| image       = Image:Wrestling pictogram.svg
| caption     = Wrestling pictogram
| venue       = [[Panathinaiko Stadium]]
| dates       = 10–11 April 1896
| num_events  = 1 (1 men, 0 women)
| competitors = 5
| nations     = 4
| prev        =
| next        = [[Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904]]
}}
{{WrestlingAt1896SummerOlympics}}

At the [[1896 Summer Olympics]], one [[amateur wrestling|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.

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
| Greco-Roman<br />{{DetailsLink|Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Carl Schuhmann]]|GER|1896 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Georgios Tsitas]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
| {{flagIOCmedalist|[[Stephanos Christopoulos]]|GRE|1896 Summer}}
|}

==Participating nations==
A total of 5 wrestlers from 4 nations competed at the Athens Games:

* {{flagIOC|GER|1896 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1896 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1896 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1896 Summer|1}}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1896 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 0
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 1
}}

==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

==See also==
*[[List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling]]
*[[List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling]]

==References==
* {{cite book |author1=Lampros, S.P. |author2=Polites, N.G. |author3=De Coubertin, Pierre |author4=Philemon, P.J. |author5=Anninos, C.  |name-list-style=amp | title=The Olympic Games: BC 776 &ndash; AD 1896 | location=Athens | publisher=Charles Beck | year=1897 }} (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])
* {{cite book | author1=Mallon, Bill | author2=Widlund, Ture | name-list-style=amp | title=The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | location=Jefferson | publisher=McFarland | year=1998 | isbn=0-7864-0379-9 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall }} (Excerpt available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf])
* {{cite book | author=Smith, Michael Llewellyn | title= Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games | location=London | publisher=Profile Books | year = 2004 | isbn=1-86197-342-X}}

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