Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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.
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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight |
 George Mehnert (USA) |
 William J. Press (GBR) |
 Aubert Coté (CAN) |
| Featherweight |
George Dole (USA) |
James Slim (GBR) |
William McKie (GBR) |
| Lightweight |
George de Relwyskow (GBR) |
William Wood (GBR) |
Albert Gingell (GBR) |
| Middleweight |
Stanley Bacon (GBR) |
George de Relwyskow (GBR) |
Frederick Beck (GBR) |
| Heavyweight |
Con O'Kelly (GBR) |
 Jacob Gundersen (NOR) |
Edward Barrett (GBR) |
Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight |
.svg.png){kind=small} Enrico Porro (ITA) |
 Nikolay Orlov (RU1) |
Arvo Lindén (FIN) |
| Middleweight |
 Frithiof Mårtensson (SWE) |
Mauritz Andersson (SWE) |
 Anders Andersen (DEN) |
| Light heavyweight |
Verner Weckman (FIN) |
Yrjö Saarela (FIN) |
Carl Jensen (DEN) |
| Super heavyweight |
.svg.png){kind=small} Richárd Weisz (HUN) |
Aleksandr Petrov (RU1) |
Søren Marinus Jensen (DEN) |
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 | 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 |
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
- 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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