Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle middleweight
Appearance
Men's middleweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 21 (R16, quarters, semis) July 22 (final, bronze match) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 12 from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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Greco-Roman | |
Lightweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Super heavyweight | men |
Freestyle | |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
The freestyle middleweight was one of five freestyle wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other wrestling events, it was open only to men. The middleweight was the second-heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers of up to 73 kilograms (161 lb).
Results
Standings
Place | Wrestler | Nation |
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1 | Stanley Bacon | ![]() |
2 | George de Relwyskow | ![]() |
3 | Frederick Beck | ![]() |
4 | Carl Andersson | ![]() |
5 | Edgar Bacon | ![]() |
Aubrey Coleman | ![]() | |
John Craige | ![]() | |
Frederico Narganes | ![]() | |
9 | George Bradshaw | ![]() |
Harry Challstorp | ![]() | |
Henry Chenery | ![]() | |
Arthur Wallis | ![]() |
Bracket
First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
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16 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | |||||||||||||||||||
15 |
After a protest from his semi-final was rejected, Andersson refused to participate in the bronze medal match, giving Beck third place.
Sources
- 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. Retrieved 28 May 2006.