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

Men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueWhite City Stadium
DateJuly 22
Competitors21 from 10 nations
Medalists
   Finland
   Finland
   Denmark
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 light heavyweight 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 light heavyweight was the second-heaviest weight class, allowing wrestlers up to 93 kilograms (205 lb).

Results

Standings

Place Wrestler Nation
1 Verner Weckman Finland
2 Yrjö Saarela Finland
3 Carl Jensen Denmark
4 Hugó Payr Hungary
5 Arthur Banbrook Great Britain
Marcel Dubois Belgium
Fritz Larsson Sweden
Jacob van Westrop Netherlands
9 Charles Brown Great Britain
Jussi Kivimäki Finland
August Meesen Belgium
Edward Nixson Great Britain
Leendert van Oosten Netherlands
Walter West Great Britain
Douwe Wijbrands Netherlands
Yevgeny Zamotin Russia
17 Harald Christiansen Denmark
Harold Foskett Great Britain
György Luntzer Hungary
Henri Nielsen Denmark
Miroslav Šustera Bohemia

Bracket

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 
Weckman (FIN)                
Bye  
Weckman (FIN)
  West (GBR)  
West (GBR)
Šustera (BOH)  
Weckman (FIN)
  Larsson (SWE)  
Larsson (SWE)
Christiansen (DEN)  
Larsson (SWE)
  Wijbrands (NED)  
Wijbrands (NED)
Luntzer (HUN)  
Weckman (FIN)
    Payr (HUN)  
Payr (HUN)        
Bye  
Payr (HUN)
  Zamotin (RUS)  
Zamotin (RUS)
Bye  
Payr (HUN)
  Westrop (NED)  
Westrop (NED)
Bye  
Westrop (NED)
  Kivimäki (FIN)  
Kivimäki (FIN)
Bye  
Weckman (FIN)
    Saarela (FIN)
Saarela (FIN)            
Nielsen (DEN)  
Saarela (FIN)
  Nixson (GBR)  
Nixson (GBR)
Bye  
Saarela (FIN)
  Dubois (BEL)  
Dubois (BEL)
Foskett (GBR)  
Dubois (BEL)
  Brown (GBR)  
Brown (GBR)
Bye  
Saarela (FIN)
    Jensen (DEN)  
Jensen (DEN)        
Bye  
Jensen (DEN)
  Oosten (NED)  
Oosten (NED)
Bye  
Jensen (DEN)
  Banbrook (GBR)  
Banbrook (GBR)
Bye  
Banbrook (GBR)
  Meesen (BEL)  
Meesen (BEL)
Bye  

Jensen beat Payr in the bronze medal match to take third place.

Sources

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