| Men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad |
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| Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||
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| Date | July 23 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 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 heavyweight 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 heavyweight was the heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers over 73 kilograms (161 lb). Eleven wrestlers competed; nine from Great Britain, one from Norway, and one from the United States. The competition was held on July 23, 1908.
Contents |
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| Con O'Kelly (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Lee Talbott (USA) | |||||||||||||
| O'Kelly (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Foskett (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Harold Foskett (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Bye | |||||||||||||
| O'Kelly (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Barrett (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Edward Barrett (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Bye | |||||||||||||
| Barrett (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Brown (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Charles Brown (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Bye | |||||||||||||
| O'Kelly (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Gundersen (NOR) | |||||||||||||
| Jacob Gundersen (NOR) | |||||||||||||
| Walter West (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Gundersen (NOR) | |||||||||||||
| Humphreys (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Frederick Humphreys (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Bye | |||||||||||||
| Gundersen (NOR) | |||||||||||||
| Nixson (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Edward Nixson (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Bye | |||||||||||||
| Nixson (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Bruce (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Lawrence Bruce (GBR) | |||||||||||||
| Arthur Banbrook (GBR) | |||||||||||||
Barrett beat Nixson in the bronze medal match to take third place.
| Place | Wrestler | Nation |
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| 1 | Con O'Kelly | Great Britain |
| 2 | Jacob Gundersen | Norway |
| 3 | Edward Barrett | Great Britain |
| 4 | Edward Nixson | Great Britain |
| 5 | Lawrence Bruce | Great Britain |
| Frederick Humphreys | Great Britain | |
| Harold Foskett | Great Britain | |
| Charles Brown | Great Britain | |
| 9 | Arthur Banbrook | Great Britain |
| Lee Talbott | United States | |
| Walter West | Great Britain |