Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, nine wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were four weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and five weight classes in freestyle wrestling.
Greco-Roman reappeared for the first time since the 1896 Summer Olympics, with weight classes for the first time. The number of classes in freestyle was reduced from 7 to 5, with the light fly, fly, and welterweight classes dropped but the middleweight added. The addition of the 4 Greco-Roman classes brought the total number of events in wrestling up to 9.
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[edit] Medal summary
[edit] Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight |
 George MehnertUnited States (USA) |
 William PressGreat Britain (GBR) |
 Aubert CotéCanada (CAN) |
| Featherweight |
George Dole United States (USA) |
James Slim Great Britain (GBR) |
William McKie Great Britain (GBR) |
| Lightweight |
George de Relwyskow Great Britain (GBR) |
William Wood Great Britain (GBR) |
Albert Gingell Great Britain (GBR) |
| Middleweight |
Stanley Bacon Great Britain (GBR) |
George de Relwyskow Great Britain (GBR) |
Frederick Beck Great Britain (GBR) |
| Heavyweight |
Con O'Kelly Great Britain (GBR) |
 Jacob GundersenNorway (NOR) |
Edward Barrett Great Britain (GBR) |
[edit] Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight |
 Enrico PorroItaly (ITA) |
 Nikolay OrlovRussia (RUS) |
Arvo Lindén Finland (FIN) |
| Middleweight |
 Frithiof MårtenssonSweden (SWE) |
Mauritz Andersson Sweden (SWE) |
 Anders AndersenDenmark (DEN) |
| Light heavyweight |
Verner Weckman Finland (FIN) |
Yrjö Saarela Finland (FIN) |
Carl Jensen Denmark (DEN) |
| Super heavyweight |
 Richárd WeiszHungary (HUN) |
Aleksandr Petrov Russia (RUS) |
Søren Marinus Jensen Denmark (DEN) |
[edit] Participating nations
115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.
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[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | United States (USA) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Denmark (DEN) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Belgium, Bohemia, Germany, and the Netherlands also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.
[edit] See also
List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
[edit] References
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Freestyle Wrestling 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/wrf1908.html. Retrieved 28 May 2006.
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