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.[1]
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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Medal summary
Freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight | George Mehnert.svg.png){kind=small} United States | William J. Press Great Britain | Aubert Côté.svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
| Featherweight | George Dole United States | James Slim Great Britain | William McKie Great Britain |
| Lightweight | George de Relwyskow Great Britain | William Wood Great Britain | Albert Gingell Great Britain |
| Middleweight | Stanley Bacon Great Britain | George de Relwyskow Great Britain | Frederick Beck Great Britain |
| Heavyweight | Con O'Kelly Great Britain | Jacob Gundersen Norway | Edward Barrett Great Britain |
Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight | Enrico Porro.svg.png){kind=small} Italy | Nikolay Orlov Russian Empire | Arvo Lindén Finland |
| Middleweight | Frithiof Mårtensson Sweden | Mauritz Andersson Sweden | Anders Andersen Denmark |
| Light heavyweight | Verner Weckman Finland | Yrjö Saarela Finland | Carl Jensen Denmark |
| Super heavyweight | Richárd Weisz.svg.png){kind=small} Hungary | Aleksandr Petrov Russian Empire | Søren Marinus Jensen Denmark |
Participating nations
115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.
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Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Russian Empire (RU1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 nations) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
Belgium, Bohemia, Germany, and the Netherlands also sent wrestlers, but did not win any medals.
See also
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
- ^ "Wrestling at the 1908 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
Sources
- 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 28 May 2006.