Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle bantamweight
| Men's bantamweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||
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| Date | July 20 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 3 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics  | ||
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| Greco-Roman | ||
| Lightweight | men | |
| Middleweight | men | |
| Light heavyweight | men | |
| Super heavyweight | men | |
| Freestyle | ||
| Bantamweight | men | |
| Featherweight | men | |
| Lightweight | men | |
| Middleweight | men | |
| Heavyweight | men | |
The freestyle bantamweight was one of five freestyle 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 bantamweight was the lightest class, allowing wrestlers of up to 54 kilograms (119 lb).
Results
Standings
| Place | Wrestler | Nation |
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| 1 | George Mehnert |  United States of America |
| 2 | William J. Press |  Great Britain |
| 3 | Aubert Coté |  Canada |
| 4 | Frederick Tomkins | Great Britain |
| 5 | Frank Davis | Great Britain |
| Bruce Sansom | Great Britain | |
| George Saunders | Great Britain | |
| Harry Sprenger | Great Britain | |
| 9 | James Cox | Great Britain |
| William Cox | Great Britain | |
| Frank Knight | Great Britain | |
| George Schwan | Great Britain | |
| Harold Whiterall | Great Britain |
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| George Mehnert (USA) |
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| Mehnert (USA) |
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| Sprenger (GBR) |
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| Harry Sprenger (GBR) |
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| Bye | |||||||||||||
| Mehnert (USA) |
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| Coté (CAN) |
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| Aubert Coté (CAN) |
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| Bye | |||||||||||||
| Coté (CAN) |
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| Davis (GBR) |
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| Frank Davis (GBR) |
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| Frank Knight (GBR) |
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| Mehnert (USA) |
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| Press (GBR) |
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| William Press (GBR) |
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| Harold Whiterall (GBR) |
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| Press (GBR) |
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| Sansom (GBR) |
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| Bruce Sansom (GBR) |
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| George Schwan (GBR) |
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| Press (GBR) |
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| Tomkins (GBR) |
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| Frederick Tomkins (GBR) |
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| William Cox (GBR) |
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| Tomkins (GBR) |
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| Saunders (GBR) |
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| George Saunders (GBR) |
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| James Cox (GBR) |
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Cote beat Tomkins in a 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). "Freestyle Wrestling 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 28 May 2006.
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