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.
Medal summary
Freestyle
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight |
George Mehnert
United States
|
William J. Press
Great Britain
|
Aubert Côté
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
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight |
Enrico Porro
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
Hungary
|
Aleksandr Petrov
Russian Empire
|
Søren Marinus Jensen
Denmark
|
Participating nations
115 wrestlers from 14 nations competed.
|
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 
United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 
Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 
Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | 
Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 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.
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