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.[1]
| Wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | White City Stadium |
| Dates | 20–25 July 1908 |
| No. of events | 9 (9 men, 0 women) |
| Competitors | 115 from 14 nations |
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.
Medal summary
editFreestyle
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight |
George Mehnert United States
|
William J. Press Great Britain
|
Aubert Côté Canada
|
| Featherweight |
George Dole United States
|
James Slim Great Britain
|
William McKie Great Britain
|
| Lightweight |
George de Relwyskow Great Britain
|
William Wood Great Britain
|
Albert Gingell Great Britain
|
| Middleweight |
Stanley Bacon Great Britain
|
George de Relwyskow Great Britain
|
Frederick Beck Great Britain
|
| Heavyweight |
Con O'Kelly Great Britain
|
Jacob Gundersen Norway
|
Edward Barrett Great Britain
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Greco-Roman
edit| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight |
Enrico Porro Italy
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Nikolay Orlov Russian Empire
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Arvo Lindén Finland
|
| Middleweight |
Frithiof Mårtensson Sweden
|
Mauritz Andersson Sweden
|
Anders Andersen Denmark
|
| Light heavyweight |
Verner Weckman Finland
|
Yrjö Saarela Finland
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Carl Jensen Denmark
|
| Super heavyweight |
Richárd Weisz Hungary
|
Aleksandr Petrov Russian Empire
|
Søren Marinus Jensen Denmark
|
Participating nations
edit115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.
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Medal table
edit| 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 | Russian Empire (RU1) | 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 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
Belgium, Bohemia, Germany, and the Netherlands also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
Sources
edit- 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.