Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman middleweight

Men's middleweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium
Dates ? (R32 through semis)
July 25 (final, bronze match)
Competitors 21 from 8 nations
Medalists
    Sweden
    Sweden
    Denmark
  1912»
Wrestling at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Lightweight   men
Middleweight   men
Light heavyweight   men
Super heavyweight   men
Freestyle
Bantamweight   men
Featherweight   men
Lightweight   men
Middleweight   men
Heavyweight   men

The Greco-Roman middleweight was one of four Greco-Roman 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-lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 73 kilograms (161 lb).

Contents

Results

Standings

Place Wrestler Nation
1 Frithiof Mårtensson Sweden
2 Mauritz Andersson Sweden
3 Anders Andersen Denmark
4 Jóhannes Jósepsson Denmark
5 Jaap Belmer Netherlands
Johannes Eriksen Denmark
Axel Frank Sweden
Axel Larsson Denmark
9 Edgar Bacon Great Britain
Frederick Beck Great Britain
George Bradshaw Great Britain
Georgy Demin Russia
Aäron Lelie Netherlands
Jacobus Lorenz Netherlands
Miklós Orosz Hungary
Jaroslav Týfa Bohemia
17 Stanley Bacon Great Britain
Josef Bechynê Bohemia
Harry Challstorp Sweden
Gerrit Duijm Netherlands
Wilhelm Grundmann Germany

Bracket

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
Mårtensson (SWE)                
Bechynê (BOH)  
Mårtensson (SWE)
  Bradshaw (GBR)  
Bradshaw (GBR)
Bye  
Mårtensson (SWE)
  Larsson (DEN)  
Larsson (DEN)
Duijm (NED)  
Larsson (DEN)
  Lelie (NED)  
Lelie (NED)
Bye  
Mårtensson (SWE)
    Andersen (DEN)  
Andersen (DEN)        
Bye  
Andersen (DEN)
  Lorenz (NED)  
Lorenz (NED)
Bye  
Andersen (DEN)
  Belmer (NED)  
Belmer (NED)
Grundmann (GER)  
Belmer (NED)
  Týfa (BOH)  
Týfa (BOH)
Bye  
Mårtensson (SWE)
    Andersson (SWE)
Andersson (SWE)            
S. Bacon (GBR)  
Andersson (SWE)
  Beck (GBR)  
Beck (GBR)
Challstorp (SWE)  
Andersson (SWE)
  Eriksen (DEN)  
Eriksen (DEN)
Bye  
Eriksen (DEN)
  E. Bacon (GBR)  
E. Bacon (GBR)
Bye  
Andersson (SWE)
    Jósepsson (DEN)  
Jósepsson (DEN)[1]        
Bye  
Jósepsson (DEN)
  Orosz (HUN)  
Orosz (HUN)
Bye  
Jósepsson (DEN)
  Frank (SWE)  
Frank (SWE)
Bye  
Frank (SWE)
  Demin (RUS)  
Demin (RUS)
Bye  

Jósepsson broke his arm in his semifinal and was forced to withdraw from the bronze medal match; Andersen received third place.

Notes

  1. ^ Jósepsson is listed as Icelandic in the Official Report's detailed listing of wrestling results (Cook, p. 333) but Iceland was not one of the 22 National Olympic Committees present at the Games, and was controlled by Denmark at the time. The wrestler is later listed as Danish in the Official Report's list of competitors (Cook, p. 697).

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