Hansen, Poul

In 1919, he won the Nordic Championship.

At the Summer Olympics of 1920 in Antwerp he fought in the weight category of over 82 kilograms (heavy weight). The fight, according to the tournament regulations, lasted two rounds of 10 minutes each, and if none of the wrestlers were putting out an opponent for these rounds, an additional round of 20 minutes was appointed, and after it (or during it) the victory was awarded by the judges. In some cases, to determine the winner could be assigned to another additional round, lasting 10 minutes. However, after the first day of the competition, the organizers came to the conclusion that with such a system they would not have time to hold the competition, and reduced the fight time to one 10-minute round, in which it was possible to win only on the carcass and the 15-minute additional round, after which the victory was given by decision of the judges. 19 athletes competed for medals in heavy weight. The tournament was held on the system with a knockout after the defeat; the winners in all bouts held their tournament for the first place, the losers to the champion played second place in their tournament, the losers to the lost champion played third place in their tournament. ^[3]

Poul Hansen in the quarterfinal was defeated by future champion Adolph Lindfors and moved to the wrestlers' tournament for second place, in which he won and won the silver of the Olympic Games.

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, he competed in both Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling

In the Greco-Roman wrestling wrestling in the weight category of over 82 kilograms (heavy weight). Competitions were held on the system with a knockout after two defeats and 17 wrestlers participated in them. Places were determined by the number of victories. The duration of the fight was limited to 20 minutes; in case the winner was not revealed, a six-minute overtime fight in the pit was appointed.

Poul Hansen in three meetings suffered two defeats (in the first was defeated by the future champion Henri Deglan ) and dropped out of the tournament.

In the freestyle wrestling he fought in the weight category up to 87 kilograms (light heavyweight). In the freestyle wrestling tournament was held on the system with knockout after the defeat, but taking into account the so-called Bergwall system; the winners in all bouts held their tournament for the first place, the losers to the champion played second place in their tournament, the losers to the lost champion played third place in their tournament. The duration of the fight was limited to 20 minutes; in case the winner was not revealed, a six-minute overtime fight in the pit was appointed. The competition was attended by 15 wrestlers.

Poul Hansen in the second meeting was defeated by Charles Quran and moved to the tournament grid for second place. Kuran later lost in the semifinals to future silver medalist Rudolf Svensson and Hansen moved into the tournament for third place. When Svensson lost in the final, Hansen dropped out of the tournament.

He died in 1948.

• Poul Hansen - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (English)
• Poul Hansen - profile on the International Wrestling Database (English)