Quarterfinals

Stephanos Christopoulos

Stephanos Christopoulos

Stephanos Christopoulos was a Greek wrestler. He was a member of Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron, that merged in 1923 with Panachaikos Gymnastikos syllogos to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi.Christopoulos competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens...

 of Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 faced Momcsilló Tapavicza

Momcsilló Tapavicza

Momčilo Tapavica was a native Serb tennis player, weightlifter, wrestler and architect who in his youth...

 of Hungary

Hungary

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 in the first match. The pair were nearly evenly matched, and the contest lasted until Tapovitsa eventually retired.

In the second match, gymnastics champion Carl Schuhmann

Carl Schuhmann

Carl Schuhmann was a German athlete, who was born in Münster and won four Olympic titles in gymnastics and wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, becoming the most successful athlete at the inaugural Olympics of the modern era...

 of Germany

Germany

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 faced the weightlifting champion, Launceston Elliot

Launceston Elliot

Launceston Elliot was a Scottish weightlifter. He was the first British Olympic champion.Launceston Elliot was born in India. His family was an established part of the Scottish aristocracy with Lord Minto being head of the family which had strong connections with India. The 4th Earl Minto served...

 of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. Schuhmann won easily.

Georgios Tsitas

Georgios Tsitas

Georgios Tsitas was a Greek wrestler. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.In the first round of the wrestling competition, held in a roughly Greco-Roman format, Tsitas had a bye to guarantee a top three finish before he even had a match. The semifinal pitted Tsitas against fellow...

, a Greek, had a bye in the first round, joining Christopoulos and Schuhmann as the three semifinalists.

Semifinals

For the only actual semifinal match, two Greeks faced each other. Tsitas and Christopoulos faced off, with the contest resulting in a win for Tsitas and a shoulder injury, as well as a bronze medal

Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

, for Christopoulos.

Schuhmann had a bye for the semifinals.

Final

In the final match, Tsitas faced Schuhmann. This bout lasted 40 minutes before it had to be postponed on account of darkness, as the sun had begun to set.

On the morning of 11 April, Schuhmann and Tsitas returned to their match. Schuhmann captured the victory shortly thereafter.