Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight

Men's bantamweight freestyle wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue White City Stadium
Date July 20
Competitors 13 from 3 nations
Medalists
  George Mehnert   United States
  William Press   Great Britain
  Aubert Coté   Canada
«1904 1924»
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 freestyle bantamweight 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 bantamweight was the lightest class, allowing wrestlers of up to 54 kilograms (119 lb).

Contents

Results

Standings

Place Wrestler Nation
1 George Mehnert United States of America
2 William Press Great Britain
3 Aubert Coté Canada
4 Frederick Tomkins Great Britain
5 Frank Davis Great Britain
Bruce Sansom Great Britain
George Saunders Great Britain
Harry Sprenger Great Britain
9 James Cox Great Britain
William Cox Great Britain
Frank Knight Great Britain
George Schwan Great Britain
Harold Whiterall Great Britain

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
George Mehnert (USA)            
Bye  
Mehnert (USA)
  Sprenger (GBR)  
Harry Sprenger (GBR)
Bye  
Mehnert (USA)
  Coté (CAN)  
Aubert Coté (CAN)
Bye  
Coté (CAN)
  Davis (GBR)  
Frank Davis (GBR)
Frank Knight (GBR)  
Mehnert (USA)
    Press (GBR)
William Press (GBR)        
Harold Whiterall (GBR)  
Press (GBR)
  Sansom (GBR)  
Bruce Sansom (GBR)
George Schwan (GBR)  
Press (GBR)
  Tomkins (GBR)  
Frederick Tomkins (GBR)
William Cox (GBR)  
Tomkins (GBR)
  Saunders (GBR)  
George Saunders (GBR)
James Cox (GBR)  

Cote beat Tomkins in a bronze medal match to take third place.

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