Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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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] Greco-Roman
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Lightweight details |
Enrico Porro Italy (ITA) |
Nikolai Orlov Russia (RUS) |
Arvo Lindén Finland (FIN) |
Middleweight details |
Frithiof Mårtensson Sweden (SWE) |
Mauritz Andersson Sweden (SWE) |
Anders Andersen Denmark (DEN) |
Light heavyweight details |
Verner Weckman Finland (FIN) |
Yrjö Saarela Finland (FIN) |
Carl Jensen Denmark (DEN) |
Super heavyweight details |
Richárd Weisz Hungary (HUN) |
Aleksandr Petrov Russia (RUS) |
Søren Marinus Jensen Denmark (DEN) |
[edit] Freestyle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Bantamweight details |
George Mehnert United States (USA) |
William Press Great Britain (GBR) |
Aubert Cote Canada (CAN) |
Featherweight details |
George Dole United States (USA) |
James Slim Great Britain (GBR) |
William McKie Great Britain (GBR) |
Lightweight details |
George de Relwyskow Great Britain (GBR) |
William Wood Great Britain (GBR) |
Albert Gingell Great Britain (GBR) |
Middleweight details |
Stanley Bacon Great Britain (GBR) |
George de Relwyskow Great Britain (GBR) |
Frederick Beck Great Britain (GBR) |
Heavyweight details |
Con O'Kelly Great Britain (GBR) |
Jacob Gundersen Norway (NOR) |
Edward Barrett Great Britain (GBR) |
[edit] Participating nations
[edit] Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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] 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. Retrieved on 28 May 2006.
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