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

Men's lightweight Greco-Roman wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	White City Stadium
Dates	July 23 (R32 through semis) July 25 (final, bronze match)
Competitors	25 from 10 nations
Medalists
Enrico Porro   Italy   Nikolay Orlov   Russia   Arvo Lindén   Finland

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 lightweight 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 lightweight was the lightest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 66.6 kilograms (147 lb).

Results

Standings

Place	Wrestler	Nation
1	Enrico Porro	Italy
2	Nikolay Orlov	Russia
3	Arvo Lindén	Finland
4	Gunnar Persson	Sweden
5	Gustaf Malmström	Sweden
	József Maróthy	Hungary
	Anders Møller	Denmark
	Ödön Radvány	Hungary
9	Edward Blount	Great Britain
	Ulferd Bruseker	Netherlands
	Carl Carlsen	Denmark
	George Faulkner	Great Britain
	Arthur Hawkins	Great Britain
	Téger József	Hungary
	Carl Erik Lund	Sweden
	William Wood	Great Britain
17	Christian Carlsen	Denmark
	Karel Halík	Bohemia
	Lucien Hansen	Belgium
	George MacKenzie	Great Britain
	Jacob van Moppes	Netherlands
	Arthur Rose	Great Britain
	William Ruff	Great Britain
	Fernand Steens	Belgium
	Andrew Whittingstall	Great Britain

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Porro (ITA)

Bye

Porro (ITA)

Téger (HUN)

Téger (HUN)

Moppes (NED)

Porro (ITA)

Malmström (SWE)

Malmström (SWE)

MacKenzie (GBR)

Malmström (SWE)

Bruseker (NED)

Bruseker (NED)

Bye

Porro (ITA)

Persson (SWE)

Persson (SWE)

Bye

Persson (SWE)

Blount (GBR)

Blount (GBR)

Bye

Persson (SWE)

Maróthy retired

Maróthy (HUN)

Rose (GBR)

Maróthy (HUN)

Wood (GBR)

Wood (GBR)

Halík (BOH)

Porro (ITA)

Orlov (RUS)

Orlov (RUS)

Bye

Orlov (RUS)

Lund (SWE)

Lund (SWE)

Bye

Orlov (RUS)

Radvány (HUN)

Radvány (HUN)

Ruff (GBR)

Radvány (HUN)

Hawkins (GBR)

Hawkins (GBR)

Ch. Carlsen (DEN)

Orlov (RUS)

Lindén (FIN)

Lindén (FIN)

Hansen (BEL)

Lindén (FIN)

Ca. Carlsen (DEN)

Ca. Carlsen (DEN)

Steens (BEL)

Lindén (FIN)

Møller (DEN)

Møller (DEN)

Whittingstall (GBR)

Møller (DEN)

Faulkner (GBR)

Faulkner (GBR)

Bye

Lindén beat Persson in the bronze medal match to take third place.

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Greco-Roman Wrestling 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 29 May 2006.