Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle featherweight
| Men's featherweight freestyle wrestling at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||
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| Date | July 22 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 2 nations | |||||||||
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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 featherweight 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 featherweight was the second-lightest class, allowing wrestlers of up to 60.3 kilograms (133 lb).
Results
Standings
| Place | Wrestler | Nation |
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| 1 | George Dole |  United States of America |
| 2 | James Slim |  Great Britain |
| 3 | William McKie | Great Britain |
| 4 | William Tagg | Great Britain |
| 5 | Arthur Goddard | Great Britain |
| Sidney Peake | Great Britain | |
| James Webster | Great Britain | |
| James White | Great Britain | |
| 9 | William Adams | Great Britain |
| Percy Cockings | Great Britain | |
| Richard Couch | Great Britain | |
| William Jones | Great Britain |
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| George Dole (USA) |
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| Percy Cockings (GBR) |
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| Dole (USA) |
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| Webster (GBR) |
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| James Webster (GBR) |
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| William Adams (GBR) |
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| Dole (USA) |
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| McKie (GBR) |
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| William McKie (GBR) |
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| McKie (GBR) |
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| White (GBR) |
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| James White (GBR) |
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| William Jones (GBR) |
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| Dole (USA) |
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| Slim (GBR) |
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| James Slim (GBR) |
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| Slim (GBR) |
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| Peake (GBR) |
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| Sidney Peake (GBR) |
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| Slim (GBR) |
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| Tagg (GBR) |
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| William Tagg (GBR) |
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| Tagg (GBR) |
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| Goddard (GBR) |
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| Arthur Goddard (GBR) |
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| Richard Couch (GBR) |
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McKie beat Tagg 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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